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The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t quite crushed Macon County’s spooky spirit this Halloween season.

An increase in COVID-19 cases across much the country is worrisome, but Macon County health officials are hopeful that the county can avoid a major spike – if residents follow virus protocols.

When the pandemic first hit, many Macon County employers couldn’t afford to keep their full staffs on the schedule.

As restrictions put forth by the state related to the COVID-19 pandemic begin to dial back, churches around Macon County are starting to resume their in-person services, albeit with far more precau

Thanks to a historic flood of absentee and early voting, about half of Macon County’s registered voters will have already cast ballots ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Macon County has crept up after a cluster was reported at a Franklin Church and new cases were identified at county schools.

Officials with the NCDOT hope that the construction work currently snarling traffic on Georgia Road will be complete by August 2021. 

As the first grading period of the 2020-21 school year comes to a close, Macon County Schools officials and families share concerns that students aren’t learning enough during their in-person/digit

Macon County voters are turning out in unprecedented numbers to cast ballots in the early voting period.

Officers with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 12 arrested four suspects and seized methamphetamine and heroin at a home in the South Skeenah community.