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Press photo/Jake Browning - Franklin High School juniors Tyler Martin and Traveler Shaw rehearse for their play, a reimagining of the folktale of the Hatfields and McCoys.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Franklin High School juniors Tyler Martin and Traveler Shaw rehearse for their play, a reimagining of the folktale of the Hatfields and McCoys.

High school theatre returns with original works

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Franklin High School’s drama students will perform for an audience for the first time this year with a series of original productions next weekend.
Press photo/Jake Browning - HCA officials turn up the first dirt at the future site of Angel Medical Center at One Center Court. From Left: Becky Dahl, Peggy Ramey, Leslie Vanhook, David Franks, Tim Layman, Karen Gorby, Johnny Mira-Knippel.

Press photo/Jake Browning - HCA officials turn up the first dirt at the future site of Angel Medical Center at One Center Court. From Left: Becky Dahl, Peggy Ramey, Leslie Vanhook, David Franks, Tim Layman, Karen Gorby, Johnny Mira-Knippel.

HCA breaks ground on new hospital

Jake Browning
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Officials from Mission Health and HCA joined the Franklin community on Friday morning to break ground on the future site of a new and improved Angel Medical Center, which they expect will open by next fall. Located at One Center Court, 1.
East Franklin Elementary School third grader Levi Johnson learns a lesson on trajectory by firing an air-propelled rocket through a hoop.

East Franklin Elementary School third grader Levi Johnson learns a lesson on trajectory by firing an air-propelled rocket through a hoop.

Duke Energy sponsors Science Day

News Staff
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Macon County elementary schools joined more than 100 other schools across North Carolina last week in celebrating STEM with Duke Energy Science Day.
Macon Program for Progress human resources coordinator Lacy Carpenter discusses openings with a group of nursing students from Southwestern Community College.

Macon Program for Progress human resources coordinator Lacy Carpenter discusses openings with a group of nursing students from Southwestern Community College.

Macon County employers struggle to find workers

News Staff
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
When the federal government sent out stimulus payments and expanded unemployment benefits amid the worst of the COVID-19 shutdown last year, the payments helped millions of suddenly underemployed Americans pay their bills and stay in their homes.
Food Lion

Food Lion

New Food Lion opens today

News Staff
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The new Food Lion grocery store is slated to open today, April 28 in Macon Plaza on Highlands Road. Store manager Kristy McGuire said the company converted the store from Bi-Lo to Food Lion in a period of 10 days.
Real Estate

Real Estate

Real estate is hot

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Low interest rates coupled with people making work and lifestyle changes due to COVID has resulted in a fast-paced real estate market in Macon County. If you are a buyer, be ready to jump on the home of your dreams, because it could be sold in just a few days.

Ray “Buddy” Allen Cunningham

News Staff
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
FRANKLIN – Ray “Buddy” Allen Cunningham, 73, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021. A graveside memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021 at the Iotla United Methodist Church Cemetery. Bryant-Grant Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Cunningham family.
Photo submitted - Participants in the first monthly Vitality Retreat for Gold Star Widows are pictured with co-founder Jessica Merritt (sitting) at the Special Liberty Project’s Farm and Retreat Center in Franklin.

Photo submitted - Participants in the first monthly Vitality Retreat for Gold Star Widows are pictured with co-founder Jessica Merritt (sitting) at the Special Liberty Project’s Farm and Retreat Center in Franklin.

A place to remember and heal

News Staff
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
For the first time in its five-year history, the national veteran and Gold Star organization Special Liberty Project, which expanded to Franklin in September, completed an onsite Vitality Retreat on its own property.