The U.S. Forest Service will restrict all open burning on North Carolina’s four national forests that began on March 21, in response to the elevated fire danger occurring across the state. Remaining in effect through […]
Plateau Daily News needs your support. If you like what you see, please consider making a tax free donation HERE. By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands Fire & Rescue responded to a call reporting a […]
Pictured above are HFR firefighters and an HPD officer pouring water on a house fire in Sagee Woods a day after the initial emergency call was made. The fire took multiple days to fully extinguish. […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Eight area fire departments responded to a house fire on Saturday afternoon on the 200 block of Sagee Woods Drive that took days to fully extinguish. Firefighters responded from […]
Highlands and Cashiers fire departments responded to a myriad of calls throughout the Christmas holiday, but freezing temperatures at -6 degrees made battling two structure fires especially difficult. The first call was made just before […]
Highlands Fire & Rescue responded to a structure fire on the 3900 block of Flat Mountain Road at 1 a.m. on July 6. The home was vacant at the time of the fire and HFR […]
Construction of the new Highlands Fire & Rescue station at the corner of Oak and Main streets was set back 2-3 weeks because wet soil wasn’t passing compaction tests, said Highlands Town Manager Josh Ward. […]
Blue Ridge Early College students are training for possible careers fighting fires through BREC’s Fire Internship Program. The Fire Internship is a cooperative program between BREC and the Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department that allows students that […]
Homeowner and rattlesnake-bite survivor says August just isn’t his month Highlands Fire & Rescue responded to a structure fire at approx. 4:45 a.m. on Thursday at the 200 block of Foreman Road in Highlands. HFR […]
Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire yesterday evening in time to prevent a home from going up in flames. “This is a win,” said CGFD Chief Randy Dillard. “This is […]
Every year the Highlands Fire & Rescue Department enjoys a little down time to recognize its own for the year-long work it does and to announce the Firefighter of the Year. The Firefighter of the […]
Smokey Bear stopped by Highlands School on Wednesday to chat with some pretty psyched first graders about how they can help prevent wildfires. Smokey was accompanied by Nantahala National Forest Service Firefighters Adam Henry and […]
Four area fire crews responded to a call of a structure fire off of Bee Tree Road in Glenville shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday. There are no injuries and it’s believed the residence is […]
Theater goers for the last week of Oklahoma! at The Highlands Playhouse will see a different backdrop and props for the remaining performances. Gone are the bales of straw on stage which were used as […]