FRANKLIN - Gail Ruffner, 86, passed away Sunday, Oct. 4. She was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to the late Glenn H. Wright and Florence Anderson Wright.
Officers with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 12 arrested four suspects and seized methamphetamine and heroin at a home in the South Skeenah community.
The Zonta Club of Franklin came together on Oct. 10 to conduct Franklin’s first event for the Red Sand Project, an event meant to draw attention to human trafficking.
On Monday, Oct. 5, classrooms in grades K-5 all over North Carolina were given permission to return to in-person classes for four days per week.
Franklin High School has almost finished its first nine weeks of classes for the 2020-21 school year, but there are concerns that grades aren’t where they need to be.
Macon County election officials were busy this week setting up the voting site at the Robert C. Community building as the early one-stop voting period begins on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Lance Holland has lived and worked around the Nantahala River for 40 years, so he figured he knew pretty much everything there was to know about the area.
As the COVID-19 pandemic put the world on lockdown and prevented most physical interaction between people, the restrictions forced many to live several weeks in near-isolation.
Macon County attorney Chester Jones will retire this month after nearly 11 years of service.
Active COVID-19 cases have edged up, with four more in schools and a cluster identified at the Macon County Sheriff’s Office.