The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, will host its annual Community Day on Friday, July 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on its six-acre campus at 323 Franklin Road. The event is free and open to the ...

The Brotherhood concluded its journey on Saturday, June 27, riding 123 miles from Fairview, North Carolina to Charlotte and ending a week of challenging rides and meaningful interactions with the ...

Highlands’ Independence Day Celebration offers a full day of family-friendly activities beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 4. The event is free and will take place at varying locations throughout ...

The Town of Highlands Board of Commissioners met for a special meeting on Tuesday, May 26, to discuss whether to approve an amendment to the town’s solicitation ordinance. N.C.G.S. § 160A-178 ...

"Local Republican leaders chose Anna Ferguson, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee (EBCI) and Jackson County resident, to finish the remainder of the late N.C. Rep. Mike Clampitt’s term ...

Whether she’s testing microplastics on Easter Island or working in the field with the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Lynsi Wavra has built a career dedicated to preserving the places she calls home.

Highlands Fire and Rescue’s Chief Ryan Gearhart presented a proposed fire tax increase for the Highlands Fire district at a public information session on Tuesday, March 31. The fire department’s ...

There are places where learning happens quietly—under the shade of hemlocks, along the edge of a bog, in the careful unfolding of a fern. At Highlands Biological Station, education is not confined to ...

The Cashiers Historical Society has launched “Campfires & the Embers of Youth: The History of Summer Camps in Western North Carolina,” a digital exhibition that opened in March 2026. This immersive ...

Paxton Media Group (PMG) has acquired nine community newspapers in the Murphy and Franklin regions of western North Carolina and north Georgia from Community Newspapers, Inc. (CNI), based in Athens, ...

As the Plateau population continues to grow, so does the amount of litter across the region. The Highlands Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Plateau Pickup on Saturday, April 18, from 8:30 a.m.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a concert by Irish group Red-Haired Mary on Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the John C. Campbell Folk School Keith House Community Room. Red-Haired Mary, which has ...