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Macon County’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts just got a much-needed shot in the arm.

Lee Buchanan

editor@thefranklinpress.com

There’s encouraging news on the COVID front: Active cases are down, health officials have ramped up their ability to dispense vaccinations infrastructure, and Western Carolina University is set to

Macon County is one of the biggest winners in the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which will put $9,009,136.30 towards broadband expansion in the county.

When Ann Marie McWhite became pregnant with her daughter, she knew she could not let addiction get in the way of her being a parent.

While Macon County Public Health waits for the state to increase its allocation of COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government is shipping 31,200 doses to Walgreens stores across North Carolina for p

Jake Browning

reporter@thefranklinpress.com

A global private equity firm now has an ownership stake in Drake Software after making a “significant” investment in the Franklin-based company.

With money matters still complicated by the pandemic, Macon County’s nonprofits can’t count on quite as much help from the county government and their community funding pool this year.