Snow from Winter Storm Izzy covered Highlands late on Saturday, Jan. 16 and into the following day transforming the Plateau into a winter wonderland. Pictured below is a glimpse of Highlands during Winter Storm Izzy […]
Highlands girls varsity basketball team hosted Swain on Jan. 14 and took the win with a final of 58-37. The Lady Highlanders hosted Nantahala on Jan. 13 and won 70-15. Photos by Brian O’Shea plateaudailynews@gmail.com […]
Highlands boys varsity basketball team took on Swain at home on Jan. 14 and lost 68-17. Highlands Rec Youth Basketball Photos by Brian O’Shea plateaudailynews@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @plateaudailynews Like us on Facebook HERE […]
Highlands Middle School basketball team travelled to Cashiers on Jan. 13 to take on Summit and took the win with a final of 38-17. Photos by Brian O’Shea plateaudailynews@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @plateaudailynews Like […]
Summit Middle School girls basketball team hosted undefeated Highlands on Jan. 13, but couldn’t stop the Lady Highlanders’ winning streak losing 30-5. Photos by Brian O’Shea plateaudailynews@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @plateaudailynews Like us […]
The Highlands Hurricanes hosted Smoky Mountain Aquatics Club for a 2022 Winter Invitation on Saturday, January 22. Due to weather concerns the North Georgia Rapids and Jackson County swim teams did not attend. The Hurricanes […]
The Highlands School varsity swim team traveled to Franklin to swim against Franklin, Smoky Mountain, Tri-County Early College, and Hayesville on Saturday, Jan. 15. The team of only two freshmen, Finneaus Garner and Bria Taylor […]
At the annual Highlands Fire and Rescue Award Banquet held Jan. 22 at OEI’s Spring House, the volunteer force with significant others in attendance was recognized by their own and by Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor. […]
Monday night, the Planning Board put the finishing touches on its Unified Development Code amendments in regards to short-term rentals. The ball is now in the Town Board’s court and will be reviewed at a […]
On Monday night, the Highlands Planning Board completed a review of the draft proposal for amending town ordinances related to short-term rentals. Their recommendations have now been sent to the Highlands Town Board for review. […]
By Tom Neal, CEO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital We’ve now officially entered 2022, and after a two-year span we’ll never forget, we are in a place of looking forward. Because of all we’ve been through with […]
The Nantahala Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest has implemented seasonal road closures on roads listed below. Closing roads to motorized vehicles seasonally helps reduce road maintenance costs. It also reduces wildlife disturbance so they can […]
From Town of Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor Let me update you about the storm situation. The county will declare a state of emergency starting on Saturday. I will follow with an emergency declaration for the […]
At a special called Planning Board work-session meeting Tuesday night, the board tried to put the finishing touches on the short-term rental ordinance they last worked on in December. Except for a couple of items, […]
Melanie Miller retired after 30 years as a teacher at Highlands School and showed up for her last day of work on Dec. 16 riding in the back of a stretch limousine, following an escort […]