Car flips on NC 64

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News A 27-year-old Franklin resident avoided serious injury after she flipped her car on her way out of Highlands and veered off NC 64 near Oak Street on Saturday afternoon. […]

Last Thursday, the town board and staff conducted an all-day budget workshop, aka the Highlands Town Retreat. This event signaled the start of the budget process for the coming year. It will be followed up […]

Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (HCHF) recently announced that its Board of Directors has elected Dr. Barbara Blumer Corcoran as Board Chair. She succeeds Dr. Walter Clark who, after serving as Board Chair since the inception […]

In 2005, Cashiers Historical Society presented the first Jan Wyatt Symposium. It focused on William Holland Thomas, a North Carolinian born in the 1800s near Waynesville and later adopted into the tribe of the Eastern […]

Hundreds of eager spectators lined the slopes for the 16th annual Great Sapphire Outhouse Race at the Sapphire Valley Resort on Feb. 18. Pictured below is a glimpse of the 16th annual Great Sapphire Outhouse […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The public had a chance to view the proposed plans for the Blue Ridge Community Connector (BRCC) on Tuesday during a presentation at the Highlands Rec Center by the […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Elementary and Middle School students at Highlands School learned about West African culture when they were paid a visit by Music Educator Fonziba Koster, a teacher and performer of […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands varsity swimmer Aniah McKim is the first high schooler in the school’s history to compete at the NCHSAA High School State Championships, and he did so as a […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Summit High School girls basketball team took on Shining Rock Classical Academy on Senior Night and scored a big victory ending with a final of 55-11. There are no […]

Last Wednesday, our Town Manager Josh Ward, and I took the five-hour drive to Raleigh to attend the North Carolina League of Municipalities Town and State Dinner for 2023. This event always takes place at […]

Summit high school boys basketball team hosted Shining Rock Classical Academy in January and ended up losing by a mere 4 points, 48-44. This is the second time the Bears have faced off against Shining […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands boys varsity made it to the championship round of the Little Smoky Mountain Conference Championship against Hiwassee Dam on Feb. 16 in Nantahala, but lost 76-52. Highlands defeated […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands boys junior varsity faced off against Hiwassee Dam in the LSMC Championship on Feb. 16 in Nantahala but lost 54-40. JV teams did not play a first round […]

Jackson County Tourism Development Authority (JCTDA) has increased the funding of the Cleaning Up the Mountains initiative to $2,500 for the annual event’s third year. The funds will be used to purchase trash grabbers, to help pick up litter […]

Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau sent three teams to the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) Western Regional Tournament at McDowell High School Marion, NC on Feb. 25. The team competing in problem II, […]