By Kim Lewicki & Brittney Lofthouse The Fontana Regional Library System (FRLS) bi-monthly meeting held at the Hudson Library in Highlands Tuesday, was commandeered by attendees from Franklin and Highlands who were there to speak […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News A 27-year-old Franklin resident avoided serious injury after she flipped her car on her way out of Highlands and veered off NC 64 near Oak Street on Saturday afternoon. […]
By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper It’s not clear if a new act moving through the NC legislature is the Short-term Rental legislation Highlands Town Board has been waiting on before making changes to or expanding […]
Last Thursday, the town board and staff conducted an all-day budget workshop, aka the Highlands Town Retreat. This event signaled the start of the budget process for the coming year. It will be followed up […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The public had a chance to view the proposed plans for the Blue Ridge Community Connector (BRCC) on Tuesday during a presentation at the Highlands Rec Center by the […]
MC Commission nixed project last month By Brittney Lofthouse Last month, the Macon County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to cancel a contract with LS3P Architect for the design concept work to renovate an existing […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Elementary and Middle School students at Highlands School learned about West African culture when they were paid a visit by Music Educator Fonziba Koster, a teacher and performer of […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands varsity swimmer Aniah McKim is the first high schooler in the school’s history to compete at the NCHSAA High School State Championships, and he did so as a […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands boys varsity made it to the championship round of the Little Smoky Mountain Conference Championship against Hiwassee Dam on Feb. 16 in Nantahala, but lost 76-52. Highlands defeated […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands boys junior varsity faced off against Hiwassee Dam in the LSMC Championship on Feb. 16 in Nantahala but lost 54-40. JV teams did not play a first round […]
Join your neighbors, friends, family and co-workers for the annual Plateau Pickup on Saturday, April 15. Volunteers will begin at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street at 8:30 a.m., where they will receive their geographic […]
The Fontana Regional Library system, including Hudson Library in Highlands and the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, is starting an Active Audio Challenge that will run now through May 31. Participants who listen to 25 hours […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The old Crane family home across from The Bascom at 65 Oak Street has been a part of Highlands history since the early 1900s, but on Saturday that remnant of the […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands girls varsity basketball team heads to the second round of the NC High School Athletic Association State Playoffs after defeating Hiwassee Dam 43-36 at home on Tuesday. The […]
I was optimistic, and the staff was too, that the town would receive a state grant to replace the aging pre-clarifier tank at the water tank. The town had resubmitted the grant we applied for […]