Mayor on Duty

I was at an inaugural Earth Day convocation 53 years ago this month, and it will be celebrated again this year on Saturday, April 22. I had a little longer hair back in April 1970 […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands and Summit middle school track and field athletes traveled to Rabun Gap on March 27 to compete in the Tri-State season opener. Both Highlands and Summit did not […]

Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (HCHF) has awarded a grant to Macon County Schools (MCS) to fund a full-time nurse at Highlands School. MCS has used the grant funds to hire Martine Salter, RN, to serve […]

Friday morning, Highlands Fire & Rescue was called about a vehicle fire on US 64 West at Bust Your Butt Falls. The occupants of the vehicle pulled over and got out of the vehicle just […]

At the March Town Board meeting, some issues looming for months were finalized and new issues were introduced. The board finally put to rest lease agreements with the HAM amateur radio club and Charisma Radio […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Members of the community gathered to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on March 15. HCH CEO Tom Neal spoke about how far healthcare has come on […]

Annual Fundraiser Scheduled for Aug. 25-Sept. 2, 2023 The Cashiers Historical Society—a nonprofit that honors and protects the historical past of Cashiers, North Carolina—recently announced the 2023 Cashiers Designer Showhouse. For 26 years, the annual Cashiers […]

In October 2022, Miguel Angel Lopez-Hernandez, 30, was charged by the Highlands Police Department with several counts of felony disseminating obscenity and cyber stalking for creating fake social media accounts and posting explicit images. He was later […]