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PAC celebrates grand opening

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A new era began at the Highlands Performing Arts Center on Sunday.

As a red ribbon floated to the ground, the PAC officially opened its new and improved facility on Chestnut Street.

Town ordinance stops new STRs

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The Highlands Board of Commissioners voted to approve an amendment to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance related to short-term rentals within Highlands town limits Thursday.

Pet CPR class coming to Scaly Mountain

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Pet owners in the Highlands area will have an opportunity to participate in a free pet CPR and first aid class at the Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, located at 169 Hale Ridge

HBF to present Antarctica lecture

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The Highlands Biological Foundation will welcome award-winning author, endowed professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and leading expert on the ecological

Rain doesn't slow down Dahlia festival

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What a weekend it was as Highlands was draped in dahlias from The Bascom to the Historical Village, and everywhere in between. There were dahlias as paintings, dahlia trees, and dahlia brides.

Gorges to host Monarch event

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The first annual Mountain Monarch Festival will be at Gorges State Park in Sapphire, Saturday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.