Duncan Greenlee, The Highlander’s cartoonist for 40 years, will showcase his work in an art exhibit at the Albert-Carlton Cashiers Community Library from July 18 through Aug. 9. The exhibit will ...

Glenville resident Nancy Turner will sign copies of her new book, “Tampa Bay Downs: The First Hundred Years” on Friday, July 17, from 2 to 4 pm at the Highland Hiker Cabin in Highlands at 601 Main ...

Macon and Jackson Counties will host its annual Boots and Bourbon fundraising event on Thursday, Aug. 6, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Chimney Pond Farm in Glenville. The event returns to the venue for its ...

The Cashiers Plein Air Festival, a biennial fundraiser for The Village Green, returns to the Plateau July 13-18, bringing 20 nationally and internationally recognized plein air artists to the area.

Members of the Macon County Planning Board met last week to discuss creating voting districts with fairer representation in county government. The May 7 meeting began with the swearing in of new ...

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.

The first annual Highlands Restaurant Week, hosted by Stubborn Seeds Hospitality Group and The Laurel Magazine, ran April 6-12, featuring special menus, new dishes, and multi-course experiences at 21 ...

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 ...

The Jackson County Public Library will host a roundtable discussion on homelessness at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16, featuring author Brian Barth, Sylva Police Chief Chris Hatton and Paul Phillips, ...

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 ...

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.