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Get your HCA questions ready for Thursday meeting

News Staff
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Almost a year after HCA’s acquisition of Mission Health became final, local residents still have serious questions about what Macon County health care will look like when the dust settles. They will have a chance to ask those questions on Thursday, Jan.
Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Danny and Mary Antoine sit surrounded by just some of their children.

Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Danny and Mary Antoine sit surrounded by just some of their children.

Love, faith built Antoine family

Andy Scheidler
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Danny and Mary Antoine sit next to one another on a loveseat inside their Franklin home. As they talk, whether about their unusually large family, or how they approach being parents to children in their karate classes and after-school program, they hold hands.
Photo submitted - Macon Program for Progress operates a Head Start child care facility that serves 301 children.

Photo submitted - Macon Program for Progress operates a Head Start child care facility that serves 301 children.

MPP plans to build child care facility

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Lee Buchanan editor@thefranklinpress.com Macon County families are facing a critical shortage of affordable, quality child care, but Macon Program for Progress plans to ease the burden by building a new day care facility.
Photo/Bob Scott - Saturday’s storm toppled this big pine tree on McCoy Street.

Photo/Bob Scott - Saturday’s storm toppled this big pine tree on McCoy Street.

Thousands lose power in storm

Lee Buchanan
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
A fierce line of storms whipped through Macon County on Saturday night, toppling trees and leaving thousands of residents without power. The storm hit the county about 6 p.m. By 8 p.m., 2,095 Duke Energy customers were without power, according to Lisa Leatherman, Duke’s district manager.
volunteers with the Nantahala Hiking Club meet before beginning a trail maintenance work day.

volunteers with the Nantahala Hiking Club meet before beginning a trail maintenance work day.

Dangers and delights of winter hikes

Jake Browning
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Hiking through the mountains of Western North Carolina in the winter can be a cool experience as long as hikers know what to expect.
Photo/Rebecca Martin The Franklin High School Marching Band impressed the crowd – and the judges – at a performance in Jackson Square.

Photo/Rebecca Martin The Franklin High School Marching Band impressed the crowd – and the judges – at a performance in Jackson Square.

Band returns triumphant from New Orleans

Jake Browning
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Franklin High School’s Band tasted sweet victory at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.
Photo submitted The suspect was driving on Sylva Road with $8,600 in cash, 109 grams of meth and an AR-15 rifle in his vehicle.

Photo submitted The suspect was driving on Sylva Road with $8,600 in cash, 109 grams of meth and an AR-15 rifle in his vehicle.

Traffic stop leads to big drug bust

Jake Browning
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com What began as a routine traffic stop on New Year’s Eve turned into one of Franklin’s biggest drug busts of the year. Just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec.
Press photo/Jake Browning Volunteers from Franklin First Assembly fix plates to serve to attendees at the Serving Spoon Dinner the week before Christmas.

Press photo/Jake Browning Volunteers from Franklin First Assembly fix plates to serve to attendees at the Serving Spoon Dinner the week before Christmas.

Homelessness in Macon: Out of sight, out of mind

Jake Browning
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com The plight of the homeless is easy to see in big cities, but in rural communities like Macon County, homelessness can be nearly invisible.  But the homeless are there, sleeping on a friend’s couch or in their cars, maybe living in a tent in the woods.