White House Releases Statement on Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons

Here is a press release from the White House regarding the Chemical Attack(s) in Syria: For Immediate Release August 30, 2013 Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013 The United States Government assesses with high confidence that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013. We further assess that the regime used a nerve...

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Mill Creek Country Club Sale Postponed Until Wednesday Update: Country Club Goes to Macon Bank for $880,000

**WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 UPDATE** Macon Bank purchased the Mill Creek Country Club property on the steps of the Macon County Courthouse for $880,000. The last time the property was sold, it went for $2,150,000. The Mill Creek Country Club has been assessed at a valuation of $2,644,580, of which $1,529,380 is the building's value and $1,115,200 is the value of the 100 acres of land for tax purposes. The Mill Creek Country Club maintains...

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Franklin Aldermen Agenda for September 3, 2013

The Franklin Town Board will be meeting on Tuesday instead of Monday next week because Monday is Labor Day. I have the public agenda and the Press Kit posted here for your convenience. I will be there to record the meeting. Town of Franklin Board of Aldermen  Meeting Agenda Tuesday September 3, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.  Call to order -Mayor Collins Approval of the August 5, 2013 Town Board minutes. Public session. New business Proclamation...

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Ronnie Beale and Jim Davis Recognized by State Association of County Commissioners

Ronnie Beale (L) and Charles Thun (R) The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners has named Ronnie Beale as the recipient of the Outstanding County Commissioner Award for 2012-13. Ronnie Beale is currently serving as Vice Chairman of the Macon County Commissioners and has been a tireless advocate for the citizens of Macon County during his tenure in office and the soon to be opened Kidney Dialysis Center in Westgate Plaza is...

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State Director of AFP North Carolina Dallas Woodhouse Steps Aside

Dallas Woodhouse visited franklin, NC in October of 2010 and I was there to cover it. Now comes word that he is stepping aside. I wish him success on the next stage of his life. PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8-26-2013   CONTACT: Levi Russell (703) 224-3200 or LRussell@afphq.org                                AFTER EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL...

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Structure Fire off Carson Cove Road 08-22-2013 Public Safety Communications

There was a structure fire last night in the Burningtown-Iotla Fire District. Burningtown, Cowee and Franklin Fire Departments responded to the fire. Here is the audio of the initial dispatch and unedited audio of the first 45 minutes of the call as captured by my scanner feed on Broadcastify. INITIAL DISPATCH Right click to download MP3 FIRST 45 MINUTES Right click to download MP3...

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Macon County Weather Forecast for August 22, 2013

Since Facebook now offers the option to embed posts from their platform, here goes one for testing purposes from my local weather and public safety page: (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Post by Macon County Public Safety, Road Conditions and Weather Updates. This could be a very powerful tool and a way to...

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Congressman Mark Meadows holds Town Hall in Macon County

Congressman Mark Meadows held a town hall style meeting last night on the campus of Franklin High School. He was introduced by Sheriff Robbie Holland. The Congressman spoke for a few minutes, then took questions that had been submitted in writing by people when they arrived. One of the questions he answered had been posed by Corey Duvall, the chairman of the Macon County Democratic Party (Duvall had already left the town hall when Meadows answered...

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School Bus Safety Tips

The first day of school in Macon County is next Monday, August 26th. So, be on the lookout for slow moving school buses and for children on the side of the road. Here is the law in North Carolina regarding when drivers are required to stop for school buses: When a school bus is displaying its mechanical stop signal or flashing red lights and the bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers, the driver of any...

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Teachers and Supporters Hold Protest in Franklin

There was a protest in downtown Franklin today by teachers and their supporters. I do not know how many or how few attended or what, if anything, was said because I was not informed by the organizers of the event. Bob Scott was there and has graciously shared some photos he took. ...

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Macon County Planning Board 08-15-2013

The Macon County planning Board met yesterday afternoon and discussed how the Regulator Reform Act of 2013 passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and signed by the Governor will affect the planning board. The county planner read a letter from the county attorney, who is of the opinion that it is effectively places a moratorium that prevents local counties from enacting environmental regulations that are more stringent than the state standards. The...

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Macon County Commissioners 08-13-2013 Updated With Video

**update** Here is the full video of the meeting: MEDIA ROLL CALL Macon Media (me) Macon County News The Franklin Press HighlandsInfo.com WFSC-AM/WNCC-FM If you see coverage of this meeting in any other new outlet, please know that they are reporting second hand information because they were not at the meeting. Smoky mountain News and WLOS-TV, I'm looking at you. The Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, Michell...

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Agenda and Press Kit for the August 2013 Franklin TDA Meeting Updated with Video

**update-August 13th** Here is gavel to gavel coverage of the meeting. You may read my play by play on Google Plus or below the video: Here is the play play: Macon Media Yesterday 4:38 PM 1 Edit   Ground Rules for ParticipationI'll be posting the nearly live play by play of what happens at this meeting from 5:30pm onward tonight. If you are at the meeting or just wanna chime in, feel free to do so.Just leave the personal...

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