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Rescue crews perform welfare check at 800 feet on Whiteside Mountain

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 21 Oct 202021 Oct 2020
  • News

Highlands Fire & Rescue received a call on Tuesday shortly after 5:30 p.m. reporting two climbers possibly trapped on a rope on the east face of Whiteside Mountain. Pictured below is a welfare check for […]

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Take a trip along the Chattooga River

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 10 Oct 2020
  • News

The Iron Bridge sets the stage at the trailhead of the Chattooga Loop Trail, a 2-mile hike that runs along the Chattooga River and is a popular place to kick back and spend the day […]

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Halloween trivia hike with the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 10 Oct 2020
  • News

Among the hauntingly beautiful mountains of the Southern Appalachians, nestled only steps away from downtown Highlands, is the historic Kelsey Trail.  Built over a century ago by one of the town’s founders as a path […]

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HBF’s Knee High Naturalists active through October

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 10 Oct 2020
  • News

Time to go outside and explore! Join the Highlands Biological Foundation’s Education Specialist, Paige Engelbrektsson, every Friday morning in October as she leads you and your little ones in the Knee-High Naturalists Outdoor Educational Program […]

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Livin’ that turtle life

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 7 Oct 20207 Oct 2020
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There are several species of turtles that make the Plateau their home, the most common are Snapping and Box turtles. Other species include Painted turtles that are found in a few local areas, and Bog […]

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Raptors of Whiteside Mountain

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 30 Sep 202017 Jan 2021
  • News

The high cliffs of Whiteside Mountain make for the ideal home to a variety of raptors, the peregrine falcon being one of the more popular. However, more commonly seen by visitors and often mistaken for […]

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Catch a ride on the Glenville Dam release

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 30 Sep 2020
  • News

Seven times a year Duke Energy opens up the spill gates at the Glenville Dam and releases a deluge of water into the West Fork of the Tuckasegee River to the delight of area paddlers. […]

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RotorACT battles invasive plants at the root of the problem

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 24 Sep 202024 Sep 2020
  • News

The newly formed RotarACT Club, based in Highlands and parented by the MountainTop Rotary Club of Highlands, organized and implemented their first project earlier this month aimed at removing invasive species of plants from nonprofit lands in […]

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Mountain Garden Club brightens up Highlands Old Jail

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 12 Sep 202015 Sep 2020
  • News

The Mountain Garden Club added a new garden surrounding the Old Highlands Jail on Maple Street in dedication to Wiley Sloan, who passed away in March, for his dedication to helping the community. “He did […]

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Dragonflies on the Plateau

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 4 Sep 2020
  • News

Dragonflies are found throughout the state in a large variety of colors and sizes. North Carolina boasts 187 species of dragonflies and their smaller cousins, damselflies, which are collectively in the insect order Odonata. The scientific name […]

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