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The board of commissioners voted 4-1 to accept a settlement with TRC2 due to an error in the company's bid for services.

The board of commissioners voted 4-1 to accept a settlement with TRC2 due to an error in the company's bid for services.

Accounting error in fiber network contract benefits town

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, December 24, 2020
The Town of Highlands high-speed broadband network will cost slightly less than previously expected thanks to an accounting error by subcontractor TRC2.
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation will sponsor COVID-19 testing on two dates in January.

The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation will sponsor COVID-19 testing on two dates in January.

Health foundation to sponsor another round COVID-19 testing

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation is sponsoring local COVID-19 testing initiatives on the plateau Jan. 4 and Jan. 11.  The format will be drive-thru at the Village Green in Cashiers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the Highlands Recreation Center from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Vecinos’ mobile clinic has served Spanish-speaking farm workers at area Christmas tree farms during the holiday season.

Vecinos’ mobile clinic has served Spanish-speaking farm workers at area Christmas tree farms during the holiday season.

Vecinos receives Dogwood Trust grant

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
In a year marked by setbacks, Vecinos Farmworker Health Program is continuing to grow and evolve to meet the needs of the Spanish-speaking community in Western North Carolina.
This artists rendering shows what the exterior of the Highlands Performing Arts Center will look like once a renovation and expansion project is completed at the Chestnut Street facility.

This artists rendering shows what the exterior of the Highlands Performing Arts Center will look like once a renovation and expansion project is completed at the Chestnut Street facility.

PAC and Playhouse share vision for future of performing arts partnership

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, December 17, 2020
The holiday season is often called the season of giving. For board members of the Highlands Performing Arts Center and the Highlands Playhouse, the 2020 holidays are being marked as a season of collaboration.
The Town of Highlands has received the necessary permits to mitigate a wetland at the site of the new fire station.

The Town of Highlands has received the necessary permits to mitigate a wetland at the site of the new fire station.

Fire station build temporarily delayed

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, December 17, 2020
A mistake in Raleigh has caused a holdup in the loan closing process for the Town of Highlands’ new fire department.

Possible COVID-19 exposure shutters Highlands pool

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, December 17, 2020
A potential COVID-19 exposure forced the Highlands Rec Center swimming pool to close Monday. According to Highlands Town Manager Josh Ward, one of the pool’s users informed town staff that they had tested positive for COVID-19 and had used the pool in the days leading up to their positive test.
The intersection of Main Street and 4th Street will get a new look in 2021 when both streets are repaved by the NC Department of Transportation.

The intersection of Main Street and 4th Street will get a new look in 2021 when both streets are repaved by the NC Department of Transportation.

Repaving Main Street set for 2021

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Plans to repave sections of three of Highlands’ busiest roads are beginning to come into focus. The North Carolina Department of Transportation will tackle repaving Main Street from the intersection of NC 106 to the intersection of 5th Street beginning in March of 2021.
The real estate market in Highlands and Cashiers has accounted for nearly $1 billion in sales in 2020.

The real estate market in Highlands and Cashiers has accounted for nearly $1 billion in sales in 2020.

Highlands real estate market booming in 2020

Dan Brown
Thursday, December 10, 2020
If one good thing has come out of the COVID-19 pandemic it would be, according to local Realtors, the state of the local housing market.  It’s off the charts.  Nearly a billion dollars in sales from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30.
Hilary Wilkes takes her oath of office on Monday before joining the Macon County Board of Education as the board’s Highlands representative.

Hilary Wilkes takes her oath of office on Monday before joining the Macon County Board of Education as the board’s Highlands representative.

Wilkes, Arnold join school board

News Staff
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Carol Arnold, newly elected Macon County Board of Education member Hilary Wilkes, and reelected board member Jim Breedlove took their oaths of office on Monday, Dec. 7. Arnold will fill the remaining two years of Fred Goldsmith’s term on the Macon County Board of Education.