Flat Mountain fire leaves no trace for investigators

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 […]

by Kim Lewicki
Posted on 6 Feb 2020
News

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 […]

Highlands Fire & Rescue received a call at 9:22 a.m. this morning for a structure fire next door at the Highlands Playhouse located at 362 Oak Street, right between HFR and Highlands Police departments. Playhouse […]

Editor’s Note: Hopefully everyone spent Christmas Day the way they wanted. That can mean a variety of things depending on your traditions; but often entails family, friends, loved ones, libations, presents, coffee, bad sweaters, worse […]

April 18 HFR responded to a medical alarm on Gold mine Church Road. HFR were called for reports of smoke from a controlled burn on Cashiers Road. April 19 HFR were called to a motorcycle […]