The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) began accepting applications from the general public for the… The Macon County Board ...

The Macon County Board of Health has called a special meeting for Thursday, July 17 at 6:15 p.m. to address concerns raised ...

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, ...

Asheville, N.C., October 9, 2024 — The USDA Forest Service updated Closure Order #08-11-00-24-02 related to Hurricane Helene on the Nantahala National Forest in Western North Carolina. The Forests ...

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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

When newly elected Sheriff Doug Farmer took office on December 5, Jackson County not only got an entirely new Sheriff, but for the first time in over two decades and two different administrations, the ...

One young girl has decided to break the cycle of addiction and use her personal tragedies to help others. Last Sunday, 10-year-old Gracie Parker put together the first-ever Youth Mental Health Help ...

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 ...