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Press photo/Mia Overton Congressman Chuck Edwards speaks at the Rotary Club of Franklin meeting on Jan. 18. The new 11th District congressman spent last week touring Western North Carolina.

Press photo/Mia Overton Congressman Chuck Edwards speaks at the Rotary Club of Franklin meeting on Jan. 18. The new 11th District congressman spent last week touring Western North Carolina.

Edwards recaps first weeks in D.C.

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
As the new Congress convened this month, newly elected Western North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards plans on taking his work ethic from his time as a state senator in Raleigh to Washington, D.C.
Photo submitted Rep. Karl Gillespie (left) and his wife, Janet, with House Speaker Tim Moore at the Jan. 11 swearing-in ceremony for the N.C. General Assembly.

Photo submitted Rep. Karl Gillespie (left) and his wife, Janet, with House Speaker Tim Moore at the Jan. 11 swearing-in ceremony for the N.C. General Assembly.

Legislators speak on 2023 session

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Starting this month, state Rep. Karl Gillespie and Sen. Kevin Corbin, both Franklin Republicans, will be making the roughly 600-mile round-trip journey to Raleigh each week for the North Carolina General Assembly’s biennium long session.
Press file photo; Mark Meadows

Press file photo; Mark Meadows

Meadows not charged with voter fraud

News Staff
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The North Carolina Department of Justice says there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges against Mark Meadows or his wife Debra Meadows for alleged voter fraud involving the 2020 election.
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill = Jack Morgan gives a presentation on the Nantahala library/community center during the Dec. 13 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill = Jack Morgan gives a presentation on the Nantahala library/community center during the Dec. 13 Board of Commissioners meeting.

County approves Nantahala plans

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
After what Nantahala residents feel like was too long without action, on Dec. 13, the Macon County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved going forward with quarter-million-dollar renovations to the Nantahala Library/Community Center.
Public Health officials recommend getting the flu vaccine to protect yourself. In addition to the vaccine, you can help prevent spreading the flu and other illness by avoiding close contact with sick people, avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, covering your coughs and sneezes, and washing your hands frequently with soap and water.

Public Health officials recommend getting the flu vaccine to protect yourself. In addition to the vaccine, you can help prevent spreading the flu and other illness by avoiding close contact with sick people, avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, covering your coughs and sneezes, and washing your hands frequently with soap and water.

Flu cases on the rise

News Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
North Carolina experienced an early surge in flu cases this year. High levels of RSV, flu, strep and rhinovirus/enterovirus have been reported across the state, and Macon County Public Health has seen the same trend.
Photo/Town of Franklin - Winter Wonderland will be held in Franklin Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. The tree lighting ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.

Photo/Town of Franklin - Winter Wonderland will be held in Franklin Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. The tree lighting ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.

Winter Wonderland in Franklin

News Staff
Monday, November 21, 2022
The Town of Franklin will officially welcome the holidays during Winter Wonderland, a two-night event held in downtown Franklin on consecutive Saturdays, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. each evening.
Photo/Franklin Chamber of Commerce - Santa will make an appearance in the Franklin Christmas parade on Nov. 27.

Photo/Franklin Chamber of Commerce - Santa will make an appearance in the Franklin Christmas parade on Nov. 27.

Franklin Christmas parade set for Nov. 27

News Staff
Monday, November 21, 2022
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce will officially ring in the holiday season with the annual Christmas parade beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27. Entries will line up along Church Street behind the Courthouse. The route will begin by pulling out on the top of Town Hill beside Town Hall.
Press photo/Mia Overton - Cheryl Contino-Conner presents information about the PEAK Explorers program at the August Board of Education meeting.

Press photo/Mia Overton - Cheryl Contino-Conner presents information about the PEAK Explorers program at the August Board of Education meeting.

Macon County Schools leading PEAK Explorers

News Staff
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
A collaboration between Southwestern Community College (SCC) and Macon County Schools (MCS) will deliver a new career readiness program to middle and high school students next year.
Photo/Eric Haggart - Dry Falls is a popular destination during fall leaf season. The Oct. 12 issue of The Franklin Press includes the Leaf edition of our Destination magazine. You can also read the magazine online; it will be posted at bottom of our homepage.

Photo/Eric Haggart - Dry Falls is a popular destination during fall leaf season. The Oct. 12 issue of The Franklin Press includes the Leaf edition of our Destination magazine. You can also read the magazine online; it will be posted at bottom of our homepage.

Peak Leaf Season

News Staff
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Western North Carolina is always beautiful, but in October, residents anticipate, and visitors arrive from around the world to see more than 200 species of trees dressed in colors that can be found in Crayola crayons: red-violet, goldenrod, asparagus, yellow-orange and more.