Highlands News

I was asked to write a brief history of the Church of the Incarnation, in Highlands.

Last year Jackson County saw five of its primary care physicians leave their practices.

We've learned a new word this year. Instead of vacations, families are taking 'staycations.' Some are taking short driving trips, while others are staying home and catching up on do-it-yourself projects.

For 40 minutes, Cesar Gonzalez, a man vacationing in the North Carolina mountains with his family, lay on a rock on the edge of a raging river, clinging to a Maitland father and the man's 12-year-old son.

Maitland 12-year-old Austin Grady jammed his foot beneath a boulder while sliding down a mountain stream and couldn't pull free.

A man died Sunday afternoon rescuing his son from a Macon County waterfall. The man got his leg stuck in a hole and apparently drowned, according to information from county and Highlands emergency officials.

A man suffered serious injuries after he plunged 70-80 feet from a waterfall in Macon County.

A teen who fell about 80 feet from a waterfall in Macon County was upgraded to good condition Wednesday.

A woman called Macon County 911 on Wednesday to report that a police officer was asleep in his car and that she couldn't wake him.

Authorities say a teenager trying to take a picture of a western North Carolina waterfall fell off an 80-foot cliff, but suffered only minor injuries.

Water and wastewater projects in Western North Carolina will receive a $13.9 million boost from the federal stimulus.

The great masterpieces of art sell for millions. But like any commodity, good art takes some financial investment.

A Macon County man is in jail today on charges he raped a 13-year-old. Authorities declined to make public the gender of the victim.

Published: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 9:38 p.m. North Carolina is facing the most difficult economic climate since the Great Depression, an era when most local government became insolvent.

The General Assembly has proposed slashing $2.4 billion from the state's Department of Health and Human Services budget over the next two years in an attempt to close a $4 billion budget gap.

The Asheville-based American Chestnut Foundation has created a list of local sites that architecturally showcase the American chestnut.

"You are so cute," Patty Morales of Cary says to one of the camels at the free petting zoo at The Got to Be NC Festival at the State Fairgrounds.

'Handcrafted Glass Stemware' and 'Instruments of Appalachian Music' will open at The Bascom for Collective Spirits, set for May 29-30. Cheers! features a gathering of drinking vessels by Wendy Besett, Jeff Crandall, Shane Fero, John Geci, Kenny Pieper, Charles Savoie and other contemporary glass craftsmen.

Beach Fire Keeps Families Waiting By Charu Kumarhia Many mountain families have property in Myrtle Beach, or have spent summer vacations there, and are anxiously watching what's happening.

Ita s All Relative Last weekend, I went to Highlands, North Carolina with my boyfriend, Bruce, and my kids.