The Franklin Press, Franklin, North Carolina

Residents: Build wireless tower somewhere else

The approval of a new Verizon Wireless cell tower at CR Cabe Road will have to wait another month after the Macon County Board of Commissioners voted to suspend the decision after hearing from local residents who would be affected by the tower’s...

Gun rights vs. gun control

Every mass shooting stirs a renewed national debate about access to guns and the ethics of gun ownership, and the recent massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio have brought the issue into sharp focus again. Various proposals have been raised...

County manager gets $20K pay raise

The Macon County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at its Tuesday meeting to give county manager Derek Roland a $20,000 raise, bumping his annual salary to $140,000. Roland, who has a master’s degree in public administration from Western...

Players, coach share high expectations

The players remember the sinking feeling when they found out they didn’t qualify for the 2018 playoffs. Franklin’s soccer team met after the season and immediately began plotting ways to improve. “We talked about our expectations for this year and...

Georgia Road revamp underway

Earlier this month, the NCDOT began work on a $31 million project to alter 2.8 miles of Georgia Road. The current five-lane highway would become a four-lane highway with a median in the middle and bike lanes on either side. In April, the NCDOT...

Hemp cooperative met with interest, questions

Representatives with newly formed Macon Hemp Collective made their pitch to a group of small farmers and potential hemp growers at the Carpenter Community Building on Aug. 8. The presentation drew more than 50 people who expressed interest and some...

News Stories

Residents: Build wireless tower somewhere else

The approval of a new Verizon Wireless cell tower at CR Cabe Road will have to wait another month after the Macon County Board of Commissioners voted to suspend the decision after hearing from loca

By Luke Barber

Gun rights vs. gun control

Every mass shooting stirs a renewed national debate about access to guns and the ethics of gun ownership, and the recent massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio have brought the issue into sha

By Luke Barber

County manager gets $20K pay raise

The Macon County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at its Tuesday meeting to give county manager Derek Roland a $20,000 raise, bumping his annual salary to $140,000.

By Luke Barber

Sports

Players, coach share high expectations

The players remember the sinking feeling when they found out they didn’t qualify for the 2018 playoffs.

Players make pads pop for 1st time

The final touchdown tally advantage went to Tuscola in Saturday’s scrimmage in Waynesville. Yet the young and inexperienced Franklin players held their own with the senior-laden Mountaineers.