Franklin Mayor Jack Horton closed Monday’s Town Council meeting with the announcement that he would not be running for ...

Franklin was well-represented at this year’s WNC Sports Awards. On May 25, the Mountain Amateur Athletic Club hosted its 63rd annual banquet at Asheville’s Omni Grove Park Inn, honoring the ...

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 baseball has returned to the mountaintop. Having won the Blue Ridge Athletic Conference in 2023, the team nearly repeated last year, losing the championship game to Ru ...

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

Franklin boasted two of the region’s top players on the diamond this spring. Recently, the Asheville Citizen Times polled readers on WNC’s best athletes, including 20 of the area’s brightest ...

In spite of the threat of rain, the annual Memorial Day Ceremony took place Monday, May 26 at the Veterans Memorial Park in Franklin. Memorial Day is a United States holiday observed on the last ...

When the Franklin Town Council meets next week, they will hold a public hearing on the town’s proposed budget for 2025-26. The budget shows a 5% increase including a cost of living adjustment for ...