Macon County Public Health has identified an outbreak of COVID-19 at a congregate living facility in Franklin.
Franklin’s Town Council voted unanimously to cancel PumpkinFest, the town’s biggest and most successful festival.
Nearly five months after the COVID-19 pandemic cut their senior year short, Macon County’s class of 2020 finally graduated this past weekend.
Macon County is going halfway back to school on Aug. 17.
Tucked away in a holler near Ellijay lie 25 acres of meadows and forests that make up Bella View Farm.
The Macon County Planning Board is considering a request from two area wireless internet providers to build towers to expand broadband coverage in rural areas of the county.
MANNA Food Bank held its monthly pop-up market at Mountain View Intermediate School on Monday, July 27, and the need in the community was on full display.
Macon County has recorded its second death related to COVID-19.
The county public health department said on July 21 that a Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 had died.
Franklin High School rising junior and cross-country athlete Ethan Farrell was critically injured in a head-on collision on Cowee Mountain last week.
Hundreds of people turned out to show their support of law enforcement at a Back the Blue event held July 25 in downtown Franklin.