Mayor on Duty
Tonight’s town board meeting is kind of a wrap up meeting here at the end of the year. At the December meeting newly elected town board members will be sworn in, and new business will […]
Fire Department
Cashiers FD places weather vane on new Commons building at The Village Green
It wasn’t exactly saving a cat out of a tree, but it was close. The Village Green had the weather vane installed on top of the new Commons building on Wednesday, but even with the […]
BREC Fire Academy Program gives students live-action training
Blue Ridge Early College students enrolled the Fire Academy Program were geared up on Friday and worked as a team to put out pallets set ablaze for training. “The students were doing practical training associated […]
Blue Ridge School students learn about fire safety and prevention
Blue Ridge School students learned about fire safety and prevention on Oct. 9 through a cooperative effort between fire, EMS, law enforcement, and emergency management throughout Jackson County organized by Jackson County Fire and Life […]
Gas leak at Cashiers-Glenville Rec Center
Folks were evacuated from the Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center this morning after a strong odor of gas permeated the building. Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department responded at approx. 9 a.m. after receiving the call. FD Chief […]
Woodruff comes through for Highlands Fire & Rescue Department
Jane Woodruff has done it again. Thanks to her years of philanthropic work Highlands has a civic building at the Rec Park, a hospital, and a post office. Now Highlands is about to get a […]
Chiefs outline reasons for fire tax hike for Sky Valley/Scaly & Highlands FDs
At recent budget discussions for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget both the Highlands Fire and Rescue and the Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Fire and Rescue departments have come before the Macon County Board of Commissioners requesting […]
Dump truck clips power line, catches fire, and causes outage
Driver transported to Highlands-Cashiers Hospital for burn injuries Thousands throughout Macon and Jackson Counties were without power on Wednesday after a dump truck unloading waste materials clipped a power line about a mile off Highway […]
Highlands Police and Fire Departments battle car fire at gas station
During the early morning hours of February 15 at approximately 4 a.m., Highlands Police Officer Eryn Sueyklang observed a pickup truck parked in the parking lot of the North 4th Street Market Shell engulfed in flames while on […]
HFR stays sharp with continued training
To stay up to date on the latest techniques and equipment, firefighters from departments throughout the area attended a training session hosted by Highlands Fire and Rescue focused on forcible entry training on Sept. 21. […]