The Macon County Public Library, as well as the Nantahala Library and the Hudson Library in Highlands, operates under a regional agreement with the Board of County Commissioners from Jackson, Macon, ...

Letter to the Editor: When I moved to Macon County a few years back, one of the things that stood out to me is what a wonderful place it is to raise a family; we could finish raising our daughter in a ...

In 1991, a new two-story building was added to the back of the hospital to house the surgical suite and the intensive care unit. The front of the hospital was renovated in 1996 with a new addition to ...

First — A vote for the quarter-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot via referendum. North Carolina offers individual counties the option to increase the 6.75 percent statewide sales tax to ...

By Kristin Fox Western North Carolina hosted the Nikwasi-Cherokee Cultural Heritage Corridor Pilgrimage. The three-day event was held in conjunction with the 25 th Annual Trail of Tears Association ...

In November, it was announced that Cinven will bring TaxAct and Drake Software, a Cinven portfolio company, together over time under a new holding company, creating a leading, full-service tax ...

When Tanner Duvall was getting ready to graduate from Franklin High School in 2009 at 17 years old, a dirt bike accident landed him in the hospital with a broken collarbone. While his family and ...

With 56.47 percent (15,793 out of 27,966 registered voters) of registered voters casting their ballots in Macon County, voters elected the first fully Republican Board of Commissioners in the county’s ...

By Kristin Fox At the May regular meeting of the Jackson County Board of Education, Meagan Crews, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health for Jackson County Public Schools, gave an update on Project AWARE ...

Franklin, NC – Congratulations to Angel Medical Center’s 2021 Colleague of the Year Award recipients Cara Smith, Administrative Supervisor, and Bridget Houston, Environmental Services. Their awards ...

By Kristin Fox With record enrollment, Summit Charter School located in Cashiers, North Carolina has embarked on a $6.5 million campaign, Help Us Reach Our Summit, to support phase II of its expansion ...