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Photo submitted Jerry Sutton (right) served on the SCC Board of Trustees from 1983 to 2015. He participated in the swearing-in ceremony for his grandson Cory McCall (left) in 2019. They are pictured with SCC President Don Tomas.

Sutton dedicated to rural communities

Mia Overton

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Macon County lost one of its longtime native residents last week; a man who made a difference in many ways throughout the county and Western North Carolina. Jerry Sutton died on June 29, 2022, at the age of 85. After graduating from N.C.

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Otto woman killed in wreck

Mia Overton

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

An Otto woman was killed in a three-car wreck June 29 on Hwy. 441 (Georgia Road). Trooper J.D. Gass said the N.C. Highway Patrol received a call at 4:20 p.m. about the wreck just north of the old Otto School.

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New principals named for MMS, MEC

News Staff

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Macon County Board of Education approved the appointments of two new principals at the June 30 meeting. Mark Sutton was named principal of Macon Middle School, where he had served as interim principal since April.

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Council shows support for hotel project

News Staff

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Carter Giegerich for The Franklin Press A proposed development in downtown Franklin took another step forward during the June 21 meeting of the Franklin Town Council, laying the groundwork for a feasibility study for new uses for businesses in the upper floors of a building on Main Street.

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Town approves tax increase

News Staff

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Carter Giegerich for The Franklin Press The proposed fiscal year 2022-23 budget for the Town of Franklin passed almost unanimously on June 21, with Town Council member Mike Lewis casting the one dissenting vote.

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Warrants reveal details about death

Mia Overton

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

A made-up story about the killing of a man’s girlfriend led to the kidnapping and possible death of another woman. Four people have been arrested on charges related to the disappearance of Tina Walkingstick Frizsell.

Photo submitted Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward recently published a new book “Dirt Road Revival.”

Franklin native shakes up political organizing

News Staff

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

For the past several years, Canyon Woodward has spearheaded a unique movement in state-level electioneering, managing the campaigns of his friend and Maine’s youngest-ever female state senator Chloe Maxmin.

Photo submitted Youth Conservation Corps members take a break from their work on the Bartram Trail.

Students hit the trail for summer work experience

News Staff

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Carter Giegerich for The Franklin Press For many students, the promise of a month-long summer work program spent shoveling dirt and busting up rocks might not be too enticing. For this year’s Youth Conservation Corps cohort working on the Bartram Trail, though, it’s four weeks of paradise.

Photo submitted The Macon County Recreation Park pool workers wear the new protective sun shirts provided to them through donations received at the June 14 County Commissioners meeting.

They’ve got it covered

Mia Overton

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

While many people attending the June 14 Board of County Commissioners meeting were divided on one issue, they also showed community spirit in coming together to help the workers at the county pool. MaryAnn Ingram shared with the commissioners what a good job the pool workers do each day.

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Library funding draws divided crowd

Mia Overton

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

With more than 20 people wanting to address the Board of County Commissioners on June 14, the meeting was moved from the regular meeting room to one of the larger courtrooms.