The Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau is looking to expand into Franklin and is eying the soon-to-be-emptied Bartram Academy building as its destination. Carmen Waite, the club’s CEO, attended the ...

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Kamden Reis competes in the long jump at the Mountain Eight Conference Championships at North Henderson April 30. The junior was named the meet’s Women’s Field Event MVP, placing first in the long ...

Education in particular will see significant cuts from local funding requests in the 2026-27 county budget. Macon County Schools and Southwestern Community College were both topics of discussion at a ...

One of Franklin’s greatest-ever golf careers is at an end.

The Fontana Regional Library (FRL) Board met for its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 13, at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library discussing topics including the distribution of net ...

Press photo/Shelby Powell - Mark Masters of Masters Architecture proposed four options to build a new Highlands soccer field, ranging in cost from $1 million to $3.4 million to build an Astroturf ...

Because Main Street is owned by the N.C. Department of Transportation, they will need to be involved in any proposed changes and give approval. DOT is scheduled to pave Main Street in 2028, and the ...

Guests, friends and family, crowded into Discover Church Friday, May 29, to celebrate the 37 graduates from Bartram Academy. Prior to the ceremony, Hayden Perez said he was nervous about his role in ...

Another good year is in the books for Panther sports. On May 28, Franklin High School athletes, coaches and family members gathered in the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts for the ...

American Legion Post 108 presented the Memorial Day ceremony on May 25, 2026, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Franklin. Guest speaker was Mike Carpenter, son of Ken and Audry Carpenter of Franklin.