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During the called March 24 meeting, Macon County Manager Derek Roland said the county anticipates receiving four applications from three companies ahead of the April 4 deadline with projects totaling $10.6 million.

During the called March 24 meeting, Macon County Manager Derek Roland said the county anticipates receiving four applications from three companies ahead of the April 4 deadline with projects totaling $10.6 million.

County approves broadband funding

Highlander Editor
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
On March 24, the Macon County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to set aside up to $200,000 in American Rescue Plan funds for future broadband expansion in the county.
Submitted Photo Catherine Connolly Hudson, originally from Coventry, England, has been in Highlands since 2019 shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Submitted Photo Catherine Connolly Hudson, originally from Coventry, England, has been in Highlands since 2019 shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artist raising funds to support Ukraine

Highlander Editor
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
A Highlands artist is working on selling prints of her works in support of those impacted the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Photo by Mia Overton/The Franklin Press Mark Pless, Mike Clampitt, Kevin Corbin, Karl Gillespie, Nate Denny, Angie Bailey at the Broadband meeting on Monday.

Photo by Mia Overton/The Franklin Press Mark Pless, Mike Clampitt, Kevin Corbin, Karl Gillespie, Nate Denny, Angie Bailey at the Broadband meeting on Monday.

WNC representatives host broadband meeting

Highlander Editor
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Representatives from across Western North Carolina gathered in Franklin Monday afternoon to hear an update from the state on the nearly $1 billion in funding available for broadband expansion.
Submitted Photo On March 6, The New Yorker released a report that connects Meadows with possible voter fraud and a mobile home in Scaly Mountain that he has never owned or even stayed at.

Submitted Photo On March 6, The New Yorker released a report that connects Meadows with possible voter fraud and a mobile home in Scaly Mountain that he has never owned or even stayed at.

State to investigate Meadows’ alleged voter fraud

Highlander Editor
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
State investigators in North Carolina have agreed to investigate former North Carolina congressman, former White House Chief of Staff, and former Cashiers resident Mark Meadows’ voter registration allegations related to his use of a Scaly Mountain address he did not own or stay in during the 2020...

BBBS fundraiser set for March 26

Highlander Editor
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” fundraiser is back and ready to roll this year. The fundraiser is an annual national initiative meant to help raise money for the individual branches of BBBS.

Sales tax increase on the ballot

Highlander Editor
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Macon County voters will have the opportunity to vote on a quarter-cent sales tax increase during this year’s general election in November. The tax increase, which Macon County Manager Derek Roland estimates would raise roughly $1.
Submitted Photo Kyler Boudreau on the set of his first film “Rose and the Outlaw.”

Submitted Photo Kyler Boudreau on the set of his first film “Rose and the Outlaw.”

Plateau to be backdrop for indie film ‘Reckoning’

Highlander Editor
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
The plateau is soon to be the backdrop for an independent filmmaker’s next movie, “Reckoning,” set in the late 1800s. Kyler Boudreau is currently in pre-production on the short film and scouting locations in Cashiers and Highlands with the help of the historical societies in both towns.