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Press photo/Jake Browning - Teachers get ready for more digital learning

Press photo/Jake Browning - Teachers get ready for more digital learning

Teachers get ready for more digital learning

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
One way or another, classes are going to resume this August, and Macon County teachers all over Macon County are preparing for the worst as case numbers for COVID-19 continue to suggest that at least part of the semester will be held from a distance.
Intruder shot in home invasion

Intruder shot in home invasion

Intruder shot in home invasion

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Lee Buchanan editor@thefranklinpress.com An elderly man turned the tables on suspects in a home invasion, pulling a .38-caliber handgun from a basket attached to his walker and shooting one of the intruders.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Rockin’ Rollie Pollies, in owner Roland Mock’s words, welcomed customers back “at 5:01 the day the governor said we could at 5”. From left, customers Amy Evans-Fisher, George Fisher, Virginia Brubeck and Phil Walker.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Rockin’ Rollie Pollies, in owner Roland Mock’s words, welcomed customers back “at 5:01 the day the governor said we could at 5”. From left, customers Amy Evans-Fisher, George Fisher, Virginia Brubeck and Phil Walker.

Restaurants report surge in business

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Macon County restaurants were given permission to reopen their dining rooms on May 22, and for many of them, business has been good.
COVID-19

COVID-19

COVID cluster found at farm

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Lee Buchanan editor@thefranklinpress.com Total cases of COVID-19 in Macon County climbed to 336 as of July 13 after the health department identified a cluster of nine people who tested positive at a county farm.
Jake Browning/Franklin Press - The restaurant wants to build an outdoor seating area.

Jake Browning/Franklin Press - The restaurant wants to build an outdoor seating area.

Root and Barrel requests more outdoor seating

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Root and Barrel co-owner Brett Murphy proposed expanding his restaurant’s outdoor seating capacity during the July 6 Franklin Town Council meeting. Murphy proposes adding a 41-seat seating area to a 20-foot wide space between the restaurant and Town Hall.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Devyn Blackburn, who is fighting to recover from severe injuries he suffered in a wreck, has been embraced by the community.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Devyn Blackburn, who is fighting to recover from severe injuries he suffered in a wreck, has been embraced by the community.

Devyn’s homecoming

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
A crowd of well-wishers welcomed Franklin High School rising junior Devyn Blackburn home after a lengthy hospital stay in Charlotte.
Reggie Holland

Reggie Holland

Macon mourns Holland

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Macon County is mourning the death of Reggie Holland, who died July 2 after his motorcycle was struck by a truck in Cullowhee. At about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, Holland was driving a motorcycle north on NC 107 at the East LaPorte River Access.
Photo courtesy Franklin Panther Sports Network - Assistant coach Greg Trawick oversees a limited workout for the Franklin High School football team on June 15.

Photo courtesy Franklin Panther Sports Network - Assistant coach Greg Trawick oversees a limited workout for the Franklin High School football team on June 15.

Student athletes return to limited practice

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
As student athletes prepare to compete in their favorite sports this fall semester, the North Carolina High School Athletics Association is preparing for the worst.  The NCHSAA lifted its dead period and allowed schools to send their teams back to practice and workouts on Monday, June 15.