Car flips on NC 64

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. […]

Highlands Police Chief Andrea Holland was beginning her morning patrol around 9 a.m. on Aug. 27, when Macon County dispatch called over the radio that a stolen wrecker was driving from Franklin and believed to […]

by Kim Lewicki
Posted on 4 Jun 2021
News

Though the Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the town holds litter pick-ups a couple times a year, it’s clear twice a year isn’t enough. Highlands’ byways are consistently littered with garbage. At a recent […]

Highlands Police Department received a call around 2 p.m. on May 25 from the retail clothing store Potpourri about a shoplifting incident, which had taken place just minutes prior. According to a statement from HPD, […]

Investigators at the Highlands Police Department have been made aware of several fake social media accounts which have been created, claiming to be members of the Highlands Community. In some of these cases, an account is created using the name and […]

Members of the Highlands Biological Foundation’s Board of Trustees and staff members dropped off lunch to the Highlands Police Department on Friday. HBF did so to recognize the diligent work of the HPD, especially during […]

Highlands Police Department began running manned checkpoints at most entrances to Highlands at the end of March to keep all nonessential visitors from entering Town. After a few days of daily checkpoints at varying times […]

Over the weekend, the law enforcement community bid farewell to one of their own – its first K9 Officer Ruby – who was laid to rest. She was 15 years old. Pictured at the top […]

Highlands School students got to see K-9s from the Highlands Police Department in action on Thursday demonstrating tracking and suspect apprehension, also called ‘bitework.’ K-9 Officers Hope and Xena performed the tasks for middle-school students […]

Highlands Police Officer Tim Fish was honored with a retirement party after last week’s Town Board meeting. He spent 30 years as a law enforcement officer working in Highlands, Franklin, and Macon County. Pictured at […]

The Town of Highlands hired Officer John Cherry for the position of Code/Animal Control Officer. Cherry began his second tour in Highlands on Feb. 7, 2019. Officer Cherry returns to the Highlands Police Department after […]

For more than a month now there have been a rash of breaking and enterings and burglaries at the Highlands Biological Center ranging from cash, tools, a motor vehicle and office and computer equipment. Highlands […]

Sept. 20 HPD received a call at 7:50 p.m. of a vehicle attempting to enter the underground garage at the Park on Main and the cargo box on the roof was too tall and would […]

Highlands Fire and Rescue is collecting items to help those affected by Hurricane Florence. HFR Assistant Fire Chief Robbie Forrester has organized drives like this before, six of them. “Because these people need help,” said […]