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volunteers with the Nantahala Hiking Club meet before beginning a trail maintenance work day.

Dangers and delights of winter hikes

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Hiking through the mountains of Western North Carolina in the winter can be a cool experience as long as hikers know what to expect.

Photo/Rebecca Martin The Franklin High School Marching Band impressed the crowd – and the judges – at a performance in Jackson Square.

Band returns triumphant from New Orleans

Jake Browning

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Franklin High School’s Band tasted sweet victory at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year’s Day.

Photo submitted The suspect was driving on Sylva Road with $8,600 in cash, 109 grams of meth and an AR-15 rifle in his vehicle.

Traffic stop leads to big drug bust

Jake Browning

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com What began as a routine traffic stop on New Year’s Eve turned into one of Franklin’s biggest drug busts of the year. Just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec.

Press photo/Jake Browning Volunteers from Franklin First Assembly fix plates to serve to attendees at the Serving Spoon Dinner the week before Christmas.

Homelessness in Macon: Out of sight, out of mind

Jake Browning

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com The plight of the homeless is easy to see in big cities, but in rural communities like Macon County, homelessness can be nearly invisible. But the homeless are there, sleeping on a friend’s couch or in their cars, maybe living in a tent in the woods.

A year in review

Scouts BSA now welcoming girls in Macon troop

News Staff

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Macon County’s girls have a new venue to learn life skills in the form of the area’s first girls-only Scouts BSA Troop 4200.

The Franklin High School marching band had to completely revamp their program for the event.

‘Chance of a lifetime’: FHS band to play at Sugar Bowl

Jake Browning

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com The Franklin High School marching band will be spending New Year’s in New Orleans for a performance at the Sugar Bowl.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Lauren Macumber presents Leanne Webb with her Christmas stocking at Macon Citizens Habilities.

FHS students spread Christmas cheer at Habilities

Jake Browning

Monday, December 23, 2019

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Christmas came early at Macon Citizens Habilities when student representatives of the Future Business Leaders of America and Skills USA came from Franklin High School to give out gifts.

2020 election

Davis runs for US 11th district seat

Jake Browning

Monday, December 23, 2019

Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com It turns out that state Sen. Jim Davis isn’t done with politics just yet after he filed Dec. 20 to run for the 11th congressional district in 2020. U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, who currently holds the District 11 seat, announced on Dec.

Photo submitted Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the house fully engulfed in flames.

Fire destroys Ellijay house

Lee Buchanan

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Lee Buchanan editor@thefranklinpress.com A lightning strike ignited a fire that burned a home on Nickajack Road to the ground early Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to the report of a fire at 1877 Nickajack Road about 2 a.m. Tuesday.