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Frank and Allie play outside Hudson Library during the first ever Meander in May on Saturday afternoon.

Frank and Allie play outside Hudson Library during the first ever Meander in May on Saturday afternoon.

Meander in May kicks off concerts

The streets of Highlands were alive on Saturday with sights and sounds of artists and musicians taking part in the first ever “Meander in May” sponsored by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce.
A recent encounter with a bear left a Highlands pet seriously injured.

A recent encounter with a bear left a Highlands pet seriously injured.

Bear encounter leaves dog injured

A recent bear encounter left a Highlands resident shaken and a pet seriously injured, according to Highlands Police Department reports. On Friday morning, HPD officer Leah McCall responded to the incident on Big Bear Pen Road near the water tower following a call from the resident.

HCLT hosting nature hike

On the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and in the surrounding Southern Appalachians, residents and visitors are lucky to be amongst an incredible diversity of plants.
Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC Grant recipients for 2020-21 included Fallon Hovis, Bonnie Dayton, Sandy Carlton and Lee Garrett, President, Center for Life Enrichment; Jeannie Mullen and Sandie Trevathan, Highlands Playhouse; Steve Mehder, Highlands Motoring Festival; Mary Adair Trumbly, Highlands Performing Arts Center; Billy Love and Karin Peterson, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts.

Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC Grant recipients for 2020-21 included Fallon Hovis, Bonnie Dayton, Sandy Carlton and Lee Garrett, President, Center for Life Enrichment; Jeannie Mullen and Sandie Trevathan, Highlands Playhouse; Steve Mehder, Highlands Motoring Festival; Mary Adair Trumbly, Highlands Performing Arts Center; Billy Love and Karin Peterson, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts.

Chamber awards grant funds

The Highlands Chamber of Commerce recently unveiled the third quarter recipients of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC Grants. Each year Visit Highlands, NC supports local nonprofits through our Tourism Grant program and sponsorships.
A group of 237 runners took off from the starting line at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park for the annual Twilight 5K and 10K on Saturday night.

A group of 237 runners took off from the starting line at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park for the annual Twilight 5K and 10K on Saturday night.

Twilight run draws big crowd

Runners from across Western North Carolina and beyond toed the starting line for the first road race in Highlands in over a year and a half when the Highlands Twilight 5K and 10K got underway Saturday night.
The Macon County EDC and Southwestern Commission are looking at options to promote the construction of workforce housing.

The Macon County EDC and Southwestern Commission are looking at options to promote the construction of workforce housing.

EDC examines workforce housing

The Macon County Economic Development commission heard from regional experts regarding a question on many employers’ minds on Thursday night. What can be done about workforce housing in Western North Carolina?
The Highlands Biological Station will begin a lecture series entitled “Climate Conversations” at 6 p.m. on Thursday via Zoom online.

The Highlands Biological Station will begin a lecture series entitled “Climate Conversations” at 6 p.m. on Thursday via Zoom online.

Climate Conversations hosted by HBF

The Highlands Biological Foundation will kick off a new virtual lecture series, Climate Conversations, with Dr. Richard Chandler’s lecture titled “On the edge of a shifting range: Climate change and birds of the southern Appalachian Mountains” at 6 p.m. tonight.  Dr.

Author Monroe to speak at Hudson Library

Award-winning, New York Times best-selling author Mary Alice Monroe will appear at Hudson Library on Saturday, May 29 to talk about her new novel The Summer of Lost and Found. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this free event.
This 1963 split-window Corvette is one of the first three cars on display at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts as part of the exhibit “FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art.”

This 1963 split-window Corvette is one of the first three cars on display at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts as part of the exhibit “FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art.”

The Art of the Automobile

Classic cars rolled into the parking lot of The Bascom Center for Visual Arts on Friday afternoon and this time they didn’t stop in between the white lines.
This 1963 split-window Corvette is one of the first three cars on display at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts as part of the exhibit “FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art.”

This 1963 split-window Corvette is one of the first three cars on display at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts as part of the exhibit “FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art.”

The Art of the Automobile

Classic cars rolled into the parking lot of The Bascom Center for Visual Arts on Friday afternoon and this time they didn’t stop in between the white lines.