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Press file photo - The Nikwasi Mound and information kiosk in East Franklin. New signs will be placed at the mound informing people about the significance of the mound and that walking on it contributes to erosion and is “inappropriate or disrespectful.”

Press file photo - The Nikwasi Mound and information kiosk in East Franklin. New signs will be placed at the mound informing people about the significance of the mound and that walking on it contributes to erosion and is “inappropriate or disrespectful.”

New signs aim to protect Nikwasi Mound, honor culture

Mia Overton
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
The Franklin Town Council voted 5-1 on Sept. 19 to approve new signage at the Nikwasi Mound.
Graphic/LS3P - A drawing showing the proposed new stadium at Franklin High School. Construction is expected to begin following the end of football season.

Graphic/LS3P - A drawing showing the proposed new stadium at Franklin High School. Construction is expected to begin following the end of football season.

Town OKs moving water, sewer lines for FHS project

Mia Overton
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
During their special called meeting on Sept. 19, the Franklin Town Council unanimously approved a request to move the water and sewer lines for the Franklin High School project.
Photo/Bob Scott - Workers from the Town of Franklin and LBJ Job Corps decorating for fall on Main Street.

Photo/Bob Scott - Workers from the Town of Franklin and LBJ Job Corps decorating for fall on Main Street.

It’s leaf season!

News Staff
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Fall officially arrived on Sunday, Sept. 22. On Monday morning crews from the Town of Franklin and the LBJ Job Corps were out decorating the public spaces along Main Street, the roundabouts and the entrances to town. The town’s signature event, PumpkinFest, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9 a.
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County pauses watershed, floodplain decisions

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
The Macon County Board of Commissioners delayed discussions and possible votes on the watershed and soil erosion ordinance changes until January 2025, adding a discussion and possible study about removing the Lake Emory Dam.
Image/LS3P - A drawing of the new Franklin High School. Construction is set to begin on the new stadium in November.

Image/LS3P - A drawing of the new Franklin High School. Construction is set to begin on the new stadium in November.

State approves FHS project funding

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Macon County got final approval for the funding for the Franklin High project and the ensuing bond sale had higher demand than supply, meaning the project should have the $135 million needed to start. At its Sept. 10 meeting, the N.C.
Press photo/Mia Overton - The third floor of the Macon County Courthouse was evacuated last Friday after a bomb threat was called in.

Press photo/Mia Overton - The third floor of the Macon County Courthouse was evacuated last Friday after a bomb threat was called in.

Arrest made in courthouse bomb threat

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
A Franklin man is facing charges after allegedly making a bomb threat to the Macon County courthouse on Friday. According to the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, the call to the deputy clerk came in at 9:47 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, of a bomb threat to the third floor of the courthouse.
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Derek Roland (left) meets a representative of Vannoy Construction minutes before the Sept. 10 Macon County Commissioners’ meeting where he tendered his resignation as county manager.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Derek Roland (left) meets a representative of Vannoy Construction minutes before the Sept. 10 Macon County Commissioners’ meeting where he tendered his resignation as county manager.

Roland resigns as county manager

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
A decade-plus run as Macon County manager will end for Derek Roland, who announced his resignation at the county commissioners’ meeting on Sept. 10.
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Absentee ballot mail out delayed

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Just under 600 ballots printed by the Macon County Board of Elections must be thrown out to comply with a court ruling as absentee by mail voting was to start. Friday, Sept. 6, should have been the day absentee ballots went out for the 2024 Election in North Carolina. The N.C.