Press photo/Will Woolever - Eighth-grader Sam Moore makes contact with a pitch in the Blue Ridge Athletic Conference ...

When the Franklin Town Council meets next week, they will hold a public hearing on the town’s proposed budget for 2025-26.

The continuing shortage of bus drivers was a topic during the May 19 Macon County Board of Education meeting. The board also ...

County Manager Warren Cabe presented a proposed budget of $64,711,599 that maintains the current property tax rate of .27 per ...

On May 22, Franklin High athletes, coaches and family members gathered in the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts for the school’s 2024-25 Athletic Awards Ceremony. Those awards are lis ...

Macon Middle School softball is pictured with their fourth straight Blue Ridge Athletic Conference title plaque after a ...

Press photo/Shelby Powell - The Macon County Board of Commissioners have instructed Burningtown-Iotla and Cowee fire ...

With Jackson County considering leaving the regional library system, Macon County residents showed up at the Board of ...

Another strong year is in the books for Panther track and field. Having placed first and third in the 3A West Regional May ...

Press photo/Shelby Powell - Local biologist Jason Love (right) discusses unnecessary damage to local waterways caused by U.S.

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Greenback, Tennessee, rattled the weekend as homes throughout Western North Carolina felt the shaking. The earthquake, which occurred at 9:04 a.m. on Saturday, May 1 ...

During its meeting on May 5, the Franklin Town Council passed a resolution opposing several bills introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly. The resolution lists 14 bills that town official ...