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

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.

Panther women’s track are champions of the 3A West. After winning men’s and women’s titles at the Mountain Seven Conference ...

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 ...

A group of Franklin High School students earned a unique opportunity last week. On Friday, May 9, members of the Aviation 1 class traveled to the Macon County Airport for a hands-on flying lesson. ...

Macon Middle School baseball and softball are Blue Ridge Athletic Conference Champions. On Wednesday, May 7, both teams ...

Franklin golfer Tanner Jones will compete for a state title. Just one week after placing second there in Round 2 of the ...

During its meeting on May 5, the Franklin Town Council passed a resolution opposing several bills introduced in the North ...

Christian A. Ray, Intern - thefranklinpressnews@gmail.com Vecinos held a ribbon cutting on May 6 for its new Community Health Hub in Fran ...