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 ...

Carolina Brotherhood, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit made up of emergency responders and their families from North and South Carolina, cycles across the Carolinas each year on a different route to meet the ...

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 ...

A possible threat of violence posted online led to an increased police presence at Highlands School on Monday. According to Highlands Police Department reports, someone shared screen captures of ...

A new office for MHK Architecture, which operates offices all over the country, has opened in Highlands, with a new office at 1152 N 4th Street. Company founder Matthew Kragh originally came to ...

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 ...

In front of a packed house inside the Martin Lipscomb Theatre the Highlands Cashiers Players raised the curtain on their 30th season with a production of “The Outsider.” Director Michael Lanzilotta ...

The three high schools in Highlands and Cashiers will all be conference mates next fall after the final realignment proposal form the NC High School Athletic Association was approved last week.

Independence Day is kicking off with an onslaught of activities and offerings to the community on the Plateau. Highlands will see the return of its annual fireworks show, slated to begin at 9:30 p.m.

After 10 years of culinary distinction, world-class music and community celebration, Highlands Food & Wine will conclude its historic run and will not return in 2026. Founded to bolster tourism during ...

Highlands’ largest hospitality company has been sold. Old Edwards Hospitality Group’s assets, including Old Edwards Inn, 200 Main, and the Old Edwards Club golf course have been purchased by James and ...

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 ...