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Photo submitted With the Crawford Senior Center closed, Lynn Rigg’s tai chi class has moved to Zoom.

Photo submitted With the Crawford Senior Center closed, Lynn Rigg’s tai chi class has moved to Zoom.

Senior Center works to keep clients active

News Staff
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
In a year where people have had to trade face-to-face contact with phone calls and computer screens, many have been forced to alter their routines drastically.
Cookout Restaurant slated for 963 Georgia Road

Cookout Restaurant slated for 963 Georgia Road

New fast food restaurants on the menu

Jake Browning
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The rumor mill has been cooking in recent months about fast food restaurants like Chick-Fil-A, Cookout and Dunkin’ Donuts making their way to the Franklin area, but those plans are still going to need awhile to simmer.
1-800-273-8255 Suicide Prevention

1-800-273-8255 Suicide Prevention

Couple dead in murder-suicide

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Lee Buchanan editor@thefranklinpress.com A Macon County man shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Sunday, Feb. 21.
Nikwasi Initiative director Elaine Eisenbraun presented one possible configuration for a new vision of the Nikwasi Mound and surrounding property. The schematic includes an alternate Cherokee spelling of Nokwisiyi for the mound.

Nikwasi Initiative director Elaine Eisenbraun presented one possible configuration for a new vision of the Nikwasi Mound and surrounding property. The schematic includes an alternate Cherokee spelling of Nokwisiyi for the mound.

Nikwasi Initiative imagines new vision for mound

Jake Browning
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Ever since the Nikwasi Initiative acquired the Nikwasi Mound from the Town of Franklin in 2019, their goal has been to transform the mound site into a space for Cherokee cultural appreciation and education, but the methods they hope to use in pursuit of that goal are starting to change.
Vaccine clinic

Vaccine clinic

Cases declining; WCU readies regional clinic

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
There’s encouraging news on the COVID front: Active cases are down, health officials have ramped up their ability to dispense vaccinations infrastructure, and Western Carolina University is set to open a clinic to serve the region.
Broadband

Broadband

Macon getting $9M for internet

Jake Browning
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Macon County is one of the biggest winners in the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, which will put $9,009,136.30 towards broadband expansion in the county.
Press photo/Will Woolever - Ann Marie McWhite and Doug Cross work on the Arise and Shine Thrift Store located in the Carson Community Center.

Press photo/Will Woolever - Ann Marie McWhite and Doug Cross work on the Arise and Shine Thrift Store located in the Carson Community Center.

Recovered addict follows God’s call to launch women’s center

Will Woolever
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
When Ann Marie McWhite became pregnant with her daughter, she knew she could not let addiction get in the way of her being a parent. “I was born into a family with addiction,” said McWhite.
Vaccines

Vaccines

Walgreens to offer vaccine

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
While Macon County Public Health waits for the state to increase its allocation of COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government is shipping 31,200 doses to Walgreens stores across North Carolina for public distribution under state guidelines beginning Friday, Feb. 12.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Angie Walker and Tabitha Johnson show off some of the book bundles and take-home activity bags that are now available to patrons of the Macon County Public Library’s children’s department.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Angie Walker and Tabitha Johnson show off some of the book bundles and take-home activity bags that are now available to patrons of the Macon County Public Library’s children’s department.

Library gets creative to serve patrons

Jake Browning
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com It’s been almost an entire year since the Macon County Public Library had to shut down its normal business model, and library staff members are still finding new ways to keep people reading.