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Press photo/Jake Browning North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby meets with judicial staff and other Macon County representatives during his courthouse tour on May 10.

Press photo/Jake Browning North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby meets with judicial staff and other Macon County representatives during his courthouse tour on May 10.

Newby visits Macon for courthouse tour

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Macon County was an early stop for North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby during his statewide courthouse tour that kicked off May 10.
Submitted Novus Architects presented a concept drawing for improvements at the Franklin High School campus. The plan has not been approved yet.

Submitted Novus Architects presented a concept drawing for improvements at the Franklin High School campus. The plan has not been approved yet.

FHS construction plan presented

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Macon County Board of Commissioners listened to a proposal for a new construction project that could be a glimpse into the future of Franklin High School during the meeting on May 11.

John Blaine

News Staff
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
FRANKLIN – John Blaine passed away on May 11, 2021. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Macon Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Franklin High School students Gavin Awtrey, Bryce Rogers and Blaine Doolittle wash teachers’ cars at Cartoogechaye Elementary School as part of North Carolina’s Teacher Appreciation Week.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Franklin High School students Gavin Awtrey, Bryce Rogers and Blaine Doolittle wash teachers’ cars at Cartoogechaye Elementary School as part of North Carolina’s Teacher Appreciation Week.

Macon County Schools celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week in North Carolina, so students and administrators in Macon County took on a few extra projects to show they care. Gov.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Restaurants have been among the businesses hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, so the Restaurant Revitalization Fund will be a critical resource for many struggling restaurants.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Restaurants have been among the businesses hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, so the Restaurant Revitalization Fund will be a critical resource for many struggling restaurants.

Restaurant revitalization fund now open

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The United States Small Business Administration has launched the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a program meant to give new hope to one of the industries hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. A function of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund sets aside $28.
Wreck on Highlands Road

Wreck on Highlands Road

Wreck on Highlands Road

News Staff
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
A driver was ejected from his vehicle in a collision at 4:22 p.m. Monday on the Highlands Road. According the N.C.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Hunter Kroeger, Jude McIntee and Giuliana Mendoza during a meeting of the Macon Bots robotics team.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Hunter Kroeger, Jude McIntee and Giuliana Mendoza during a meeting of the Macon Bots robotics team.

School robotics team gets rebooted

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
It’s been well over a year since the last time the Macon Bots robotics team went to a competition. For most of 2020, the team was one of many groups whose schedules were decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This semester, however, the group is back and doing things differently.
Press photo/Jake Browning - The Franklin High School symphonic band, led here by student director Zack Brown of Western Carolina University, performed its first concert in 16 months on Monday night..

Press photo/Jake Browning - The Franklin High School symphonic band, led here by student director Zack Brown of Western Carolina University, performed its first concert in 16 months on Monday night..

FHS Band holds first concert since last school year

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Franklin High School’s band students got to perform for an audience for the first – and last – time this school year when they took the stage on Monday night. When COVID-19 shut down mass gathering venues at the end of last school year, the school’s auditorium was emptied of guests for months.