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Panther cross country is back in action. 

While the state delayed the planned Oct. 1 Medicaid expansion launch, the state biennium budget that will fund it is scheduled for a vote next week.

The town-owned building leased by a local nonprofit for a warming/cooling station is tentatively planned to open this fall.

More than halfway into the contract, the under-construction athletics building at Macon Middle School is currently on track for completion as scheduled.

After meeting once every two months to talk about the opioid crisis, housing crisis and other behavioral health issues in Macon County, on Aug.

The Franklin Planning Board met on Aug. 21 to hear a rezoning request for a piece of property on Golfview Drive.

The Macon County Schools’ Board of Education unanimously approved a new version of the Higdon property lease that would mandate the county cover all maintenance and land upkeep costs.

After a month and a half, the N.C. General Assembly reconvened the week of Aug. 14 not for a budget vote, but for veto override and to consider a new election bill.