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Press photo/Jake Browning - Mountain View Intermediate School’s solar power station would function similarly to an array that was installed on the roof at First United Methodist Church.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Mountain View Intermediate School’s solar power station would function similarly to an array that was installed on the roof at First United Methodist Church.

MVI raising money for solar energy station

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Mountain View Intermediate School could be the first of many Macon County schools to partially provide its own power with a new solar energy station.

Two charged in Franklin-Mexico meth by mail case

News Staff
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Two Franklin men were arrested on June 15 in an ongoing investigation of an international drug operation, according to the Macon County Sheriff’s Office. The MCSO Narcotics Unit, along with the Department of Homeland Security, N.C.
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Schools weigh reopening options

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Schools are scheduled to reopen on Aug. 17, but no one knows yet how that will happen. On June 11, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and Board of Education agreed on a guidebook on reopening schools for the 2020-21 school year.
Weekly progression of overall COVID-19 Cases in Macon County

Weekly progression of overall COVID-19 Cases in Macon County

Growth slows in COVID-19 cases

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Macon County Public Health reported 257 total cases of COVID-19 as of June 22, an increase of four from the previous day’s total. That number includes 191 active positive cases, 65 patients who have recovered, along with one death.
Photo submitted - The Chapel School served Franklin’s African-American community before integration.

Photo submitted - The Chapel School served Franklin’s African-American community before integration.

Being black in Macon

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Barbara McRae mcbarbara@frontier.com The year 1941 was a tough one, especially for a young black boy in the Jim Crow South who was hoping to make his mark on the world.
COVID update

COVID update

COVID cases top 200

Lee Buchanan
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb as the health department identified a third cluster in Macon County. On June 12, Macon County Public Health (MCPH) reported that a third cluster of six cases was identified at Franklin-based Wind River Construction. The N.C.
Press photos/Jake Browning - Participants make their way through downtown Franklin during a Peace March on Friday, June 12.

Press photos/Jake Browning - Participants make their way through downtown Franklin during a Peace March on Friday, June 12.

Peaceful pleas for change

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Marchers took to the streets of Franklin twice in four days, joining demonstrations nationwide calling for an end to racial injustice in the wake of  the killing of George Floyd.
Shooting

Shooting

Two charged in shooting

News Staff
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Two suspects have been charged with assault after a shooting victim showed up at an Echo Valley home seeking help on Thursday, June 4. Matthew Dakota Shuler, 27, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and jailed on a $200,000 bond.