Macon seeing flood of absentee ballot requests
Macon County elections officials are reporting a huge surge in requests for absentee ballots for the November election.
Macon County elections officials are reporting a huge surge in requests for absentee ballots for the November election.
Nobody ever said it was going to be easy.
Macon County Schools didn’t make it to the first day of school before the first staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.
Jake Browning
reporter@thefranklinpress.com
A free drive-thru testing event at Macon Middle School on Aug. 13 attracted a steady stream of residents.
In the face of mounting criticism, Duke Energy has halted the spraying of herbicides in Western North Carolina.
Lee Buchanan
editor@thefranklinpress.com
Five months after they were ordered to shut down, Macon County Schools reopened on Monday with a hybrid schedule and a robust slew of measures designed to enhance virtual learning and keep kids saf
Over a year after the Town of Franklin transferred the deed to the Nikwasi Mound to the Nikwasi Initiative, the project took a step forward with a ceremonial ground breaking on Monday morning.
Macon County residents had their quiet Sunday morning shaken when an 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Sparta, 230 miles away.
There’s less than a week left before Macon County Schools begin their most unconventional school year ever, but teachers and administrators are doing their best to keep a level head as they prepare