Franklin town manager Summer Woodard will be leaving her position this summer to take the position as city manager for Reidsville, North Carolina.
By Ryan Hanchett
editor@highlandsnews.com
If you’re hungry or homeless or both in Macon County, you can now find help under one roof. Beginning this week CareNet is now housing the Macon New Beginnings program.
Franklin’s Town Council brought up a lot of concerns during their strategic planning meeting and the board members are determined to do something about them.
Franklin’s Town Council hasn’t appointed a new member to replace Barbara McRae – and it’s possible that they won’t, given the municipal election that’s supposed to be held in a few more months – bu
This week, Macon County residents will have more access to COVID-19 vaccines than before thanks to an additional vaccine shipment.
The Macon County Public Library and Southwestern Community College teamed up last month to help some of the area’s less tech-savvy citizens get more comfortable behind a computer screen.
A Franklin man has set a record in one of Western North Carolina’s steepest footraces.
Governor Roy Cooper ordered last week for capacity regulations related to preventing the spread of COVID-19 to be relaxed effective on Friday, March 26.
The Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps should have much better Internet access by next month, and if it works out, the rest of the county could follow suit.