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Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Board of Education member Diedre Breeden (left) and Macon County Schools administrators Todd Gibbs, Tracy Tallent and Mickey Noe during the emergency meeting on Friday, Sept. 6.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Board of Education member Diedre Breeden (left) and Macon County Schools administrators Todd Gibbs, Tracy Tallent and Mickey Noe during the emergency meeting on Friday, Sept. 6.

Construction issues force school board to ask for more money

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
An emergency meeting of the Macon County Board of Education on Friday morning resulted in the board approving two resolutions to ask county commissioners for an extra $945,000 for school construction projects.
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Jason Love (at left with laptop computer) shares a presentation with the Water Quality Advisory Committee during an Aug. 28 meeting.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Jason Love (at left with laptop computer) shares a presentation with the Water Quality Advisory Committee during an Aug. 28 meeting.

Water Quality Committee to make report to County Commissioners

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Ahead of the possible votes on changes to land management and floodplains in Macon County, a group works to convince the county commissioners to halt the changes. The Water Quality Advisory Committee was formed in the last couple of weeks, first meeting the week of Aug. 19.
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Absentee ballots to be mailed out Sept. 6

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Absentee ballots will be mailed starting this Friday, Sept. 6, for the 2024 General Election, and North Carolina’s ballot will include seven presidential candidates. Any North Carolina registered voter may request, receive and vote a mail-in absentee ballot where absentee voting is permitted.
Drawing/Solstice Partners - A drawing of the proposed Franklin Falls apartment complex that will be built on Siler Road.

Drawing/Solstice Partners - A drawing of the proposed Franklin Falls apartment complex that will be built on Siler Road.

60-unit apartment complex approved for Franklin

Mia Overton
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Solstice Partners LLC has been approved to build a 60-unit low-income apartment complex in Franklin. Solstice Partners was one of three developers who had presented apartment complex plans to the Franklin Town Council and Franklin Planning Board earlier this year.
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Macon County makes gain in farmland production

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The recently completed Macon County Farmland Protection Plan found more land is farmed locally than 15 years ago, and the number of producers and products sold is up in that period. This plan is the result of a 2022 N.C.
Press photo/Mia Overton - Main Street in Franklin is a state highway and is on the DOT’s schedule to be paved in 2028. Town of Franklin officials are working to get the DOT to make the needed improvements before then.

Press photo/Mia Overton - Main Street in Franklin is a state highway and is on the DOT’s schedule to be paved in 2028. Town of Franklin officials are working to get the DOT to make the needed improvements before then.

Town of Franklin wants DOT to make Main Street a priority

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The condition of Main Street was a topic of conversation during the Street Department’s report at the August Franklin Town Council meeting. Mayor Jack Horton said someone had recently asked him when the town was going to pave Main Street.
(From left) Matt Holland, chair of the Macon County Young Progressive Voters, and Betsy Baste, third vice chair of the Macon County Democratic Party speak at the beginning of the school board forum on Aug. 25 with candidates Jim Breedlove and John deVille.

(From left) Matt Holland, chair of the Macon County Young Progressive Voters, and Betsy Baste, third vice chair of the Macon County Democratic Party speak at the beginning of the school board forum on Aug. 25 with candidates Jim Breedlove and John deVille.

Macon County school board candidates quizzed

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The Sunday evening before school started on Monday found two retired teachers pitted against school board candidates in an “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” match up on the stage at the Franklin High School Fine Arts Center. The trivia contest on Aug.
Press photo/Eric Braham - Students in Miss Evers first grade class begin the day coloring at Iotla Valley Elementary.

Press photo/Eric Braham - Students in Miss Evers first grade class begin the day coloring at Iotla Valley Elementary.

Back to School

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
A total of 4,461 Macon County students headed back to school on Monday, Aug. 26 for the first day of the 2024-25 school year. Superintendent Josh Lynch, who is visiting all 11 schools this year, described the first day as “phenomenal” and “fantastic.