The Franklin tree is extinct in the wild. All living trees are cultivated from descendants of specimens collected by William ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a notice to its website saying it would not draw on contingency funds to extend ...

The Macon County Board of Education held a joint meeting with the Board of Commissioners last week to discuss how the ...

Panther cross country are state-bound. After the Mountain Eight Conference meet the previous week, on Oct. 25 the team ...

The state school superintendent joined Macon County commissioners, school board members, school staff and N.C. Sen. Kevin Corbin for a tour of classrooms and campuses in Macon County. ...

A historic year is at an end for Panther volleyball. After defeating West Henderson in the Mountain Eight Tournament Final, on the week of Oct. 20 the team dove into the state playo ...

Features include a 55 site campground, pastures, creeks, waterfalls. There is a potential lake site and this may be one of the last golf course sites in the Cashiers area. $4.6 Million. Call Jim ...

Photo/Franklin Police Department - A Georgia woman driving a U-Haul led police on a chase through Macon County and into Mountain City, Georgia, on Saturday. According to FPD, the incident began when ...

FRANKLIN - Richard Sloan Jones III, died on Nov. 1, 2022, at his home in Asheville. He was raised in Franklin, the son of Richard (Dick) S. Jones Jr. and Melissa O. Jones.

The Macon County Board of Education approved a new policy banning wireless devices from “bell to bell.” Most Macon County Schools have policies forbidding the use of wireless devices ...