Cashiers businesses will be competing to build the best burger as part of the annual Burger Week, which begins on Saturday.
Photo by Ryan Hanchett/Staff Highlands ABC General Manager Kevin Vinson cuts a ribbon at the new store location on Oak Street. He was joined on Thursday by ABC board members Rick Trevathan, Jim Ward, Dave O’Harra, Andy Chmar and Steve Mehder.
A judge granted an injunction stopping Cashiers Marketplace developers from connecting to wells in Sapphire.
Children will have the opportunity to hunt for Easter Eggs at the Highlands Rec Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The Village Green will host its annual egg hunt at 11 a.m. on Saturday for children ages 11 and under. Both events are free and open to the public.
Highlands Fire and Rescue proposed adding a new truck in the upcoming budget, but that purchase has been moved to the 2026-27 budget year.
Heritage Apple Day will return to Cashiers on April 26 at the Cashiers Historical Society campus.
An excavator sits at the ready next to Mirror Lake where the yellow boundary lines for dredging have been put in place.
Musicians Margaret Tooke and Glenn Morris will bring the sounds of traditional bagpipes to locations around Highlands throughout the high-tourism season.
U.S. Forest Service crews battle a wildfire that started in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
A man has been arrested for his role in a physical altercation in Highlands on Feb. 1.