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Coach Steve Hott gives his team instruction during the Clemson Aquatics Invitational.

Coach Steve Hott gives his team instruction during the Clemson Aquatics Invitational.

Hurricanes shine at Clemson meet

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Area swimmers on the Highlands Hurricanes swim team competed in the Clemson Aquatics Team Invitational for the second straight year and did quite well, according to their coach. The swim meet, hosted by Clemson University’s aquatics tam on Jan.
Absentee ballot request forms are available at the Macon County Board of Elections Office in Franklin.

Absentee ballot request forms are available at the Macon County Board of Elections Office in Franklin.

Absentee ballots available for March primary

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2020
As of Monday, Jan. 13, absentee by-mail ballots for the March primary election are being mailed to voters who request them. Any registered voter in North Carolina may vote absentee by-mail. Primary Election Day – when voters select the political party nominees to appear on the ballot in the Nov.

Mini-budgets fill gaps as deadlock drags on

News Staff
Thursday, November 14, 2019
  As the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper continue to debate a state budget months after the deadline, state legislators have been passing “mini budgets” to fund initiatives including rural internet access and teacher pay raises. District 120 Rep.
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Otto man dies in fire

News Staff
Thursday, November 14, 2019
A house fire on Monday claimed the life of an Otto man. The victim was identified on Wednesday as Dean D. Ellis, 66. The cause of death was smoke inhalation, according to the Macon County medical examiner. Otto Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire on American Way Drive at about 4 p.m.
A southern Jackson County couple’s Friendship Lane home of 26 years is a pile of charred debris Friday following a fire there the previous week. They also lost most of their possessions in the Oct. 26 blaze. (Photo by Don Richeson.)

A southern Jackson County couple’s Friendship Lane home of 26 years is a pile of charred debris Friday following a fire there the previous week. They also lost most of their possessions in the Oct. 26 blaze. (Photo by Don Richeson.)

Fire destroys home off Salt Rock Road

Regional Wire Content
Friday, November 8, 2019
GLENVILLE -- A southern Jackson County couple in their 80s are unsure where they’ll live after an Oct. 26 fire destroyed their hilltop home at 357 Friendship Lane, which is off Salt Rock Road.
One of the horses rescued in a recent animal abuse case collapsed this past week, and members of Bakersville Fire and Rescue, the sheriff’s office and Mitchell County Emergency Management used the boom truck belonging to Young’s Fuel to get the horse back on her feet using a harness. (Submitted)

One of the horses rescued in a recent animal abuse case collapsed this past week, and members of Bakersville Fire and Rescue, the sheriff’s office and Mitchell County Emergency Management used the boom truck belonging to Young’s Fuel to get the horse back on her feet using a harness. (Submitted)

2 arrested, charged in animal neglect case

Regional Wire Content
Friday, November 8, 2019
The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in connection to a recent animal neglect call and charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals.  Volunteers and employees from Mitchell County Animal Rescue and officers from the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday, Oct.
Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Franklin junior Seth Price leaps over a pile of players during last week’s game at Pisgah. It was the junior’s first game action since he broke his collarbone in September.

Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Franklin junior Seth Price leaps over a pile of players during last week’s game at Pisgah. It was the junior’s first game action since he broke his collarbone in September.

Panthers aim to end year with best game

Regional Wire Content
Friday, November 8, 2019
Friday marks the final football game of the season for Franklin, which means it’s the last chance to play a complete game.  The Panthers (1-9, 1-3 Mountain Six Conference) will finish an unusual season at Smoky Mountain (7-3, 3-1 MSC).