Activates National Guard and Deploys Swift-Water Teams in Advance of Storm Today, Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency ahead of Hurricane Helene as North Carolina prepares for severe weather impacts that could threaten life and […]
The children’s book “Cashiers, Come Play With Me” was recently installed into the StoryWalk at The Village Green and tells the tale of how the Cashiers community came together and overcame tremendous adversity to build […]
Highlands Fire & Rescue Assistant Chief Robbie Forrester hit the road on Wednesday morning to travel 12 hours to Lake Charles, Louisiana to bring supplies to people trying to recover from Hurricane Laura. In this […]
Plateau area swimmers on the Highlands Hurricanes swim team (HHST) competed in the Clemson Aquatics Team (CAT) Invitational for the second year in a row at Clemson University on Jan. 17-20. Hurricane Head Coach Steve […]
Jodie Zoellner is the brainchild behind the plan to provide backpacks to students at Potter Street Elementary in Bainbridge, Ga. that was damaged by Hurricane Michael in October earlier this year. Zoellner, along with Mike […]
We anticipate Florence to hit Highlands as a hurricane or tropical storm on Sunday afternoon or night. The town will be staging electrical crews in anticipation of wide spread power outages. If these outages occur […]