Name of Company in 'Project Tech' Effort to Purchase the old CR Industries (Later SKF) Building Releasesd

xx Press Release Macon County EDC June 30, 2016 9:17 am Franklin NC - The Macon County Economic Development Commission announced today that TekTone® Sound & Signal Mfg., Inc. will expand operations in the Macon County Industrial Park with the purchase of the former SKF facility. The company will hire an additional 35 workers over the next five years, and invest 2.9 million dollars. The project was made possible in part by performance-based...

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Macon County Board of Education Agenda for 06-30-2016 Meeting

The Macon County Board of Education will be meeting tonight (June 30, 2016) at 6:00 pm in the central Offices at 1202 Old Murphy Road. Macon Media will be there to record the meeting, but there will be no live streaming because I have exhausted my data plan for the month. There will be no nearly live play by play either. A video of the meeting will be uploaded and embedded in this article as soon as possible (probably Friday or Saturday). Meanwhile,...

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Macon County Commissioners June 28, 2016 Meeting

The Macon County Commissioners will be meeting tonight at 6 pm in the Commissioners Boardroom in the Macon County Courthouse. Macon Media will be there, streaming live video. After the meeting is over, a recorded version of the meeting will be added here, along with any extra documentation that is handed out to the media. The short agenda and the agenda packet are posted below for your convenience. MACON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONTINUED...

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Lynn Corbin Wright Graduates from the UNC CGCIO™ Certification Program

Pictured (L-R) Lynn Wright and Shannon Tufts PRESS RELEASE Macon County June 23, 2016 Chapel Hill, NC, June 17, 2016. Lynn Corbin Wright, Assistant Information Technology Director for Macon County, has successfully graduated from the 2015-2016 Certified Government Chief Information Officers Program™ at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. The CGCIO™ program is the first local government specific...

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Cradle of Forestry Celebrates Bug Day and National Pollinator Week

PISGAH FOREST, N.C., June 21, 2016 - The Cradle of Forestry in America invites all ages to come learn about insects and their relatives on Saturday, June 25 in honor of National Pollinator Week. Activities and displays around the Cradle's Forest Discovery Center explore the fascinating and important world of arthropods from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Learn about monarch butterflies, their migration, and how you can help...

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Policy Notice Regarding Arrest Reports

Policy Notice Several readers have sent Macon Media messages and mugshots over the past few days, beginning on Saturday morning, regarding the arrest of a local law enforcement officer while off duty. I appreciate the heads up, but have declined to post about the incident unless it makes it to Superior Court or if the Sheriff decides to fire the person before the case is adjudicated. This is a personnel matter, not a public matter until a trial...

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Keynote Address at the Moral Mountain Monday Event in Sylva, NC

Macon Media covered the Moral Mountain Monday rally that was held on Monday at Bridge Park in Sylva, NC. A full article, including video of the whole event and video of individual speakers will be posted later this week. Until then, here is the speech given by the keynote speaker and founder of the Moral Monday series of protests in Raleigh, Rev Dr William J Barber. IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST **note** Macon Media covers political events...

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Macon County Commissioners Regular June 2016 Meeting

The Macon County Board of Commissioners will be meeting tonight at 6:00 pm. Macon Media will be there and, as usual, streaming live video [click here to watch] from the meeting. After the meeting is over, the video will be processed then posted here.                                RECORDED VIDEO TO...

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Structure Fire on Sunset Ridge Road

Bobby Coggins Publisher & Editor MaconMedia.com June 9, 2016 FRANKLIN - Several local volunteer fire departments responded to an early morning structure fire on Sunset Ridge Road. A neighbor reported the fire shortly before 4:00 am and noted there were explosions occurring. (These turned out to be propane tanks). Burningtown-Iotla Fire Department was the initial responding VFD and Franklin and Cowee Fire Departments provided mutual aid....

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Second Primary Election Day Is Today Polls Open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm Preliminary Results Added

**10:10 pm** Scroll down for the preliminary results. Macon Media and The Franklin Press were the only local new outlets present at the Board of Elections and Macon Media was the only one transmitting the results in near real time on the internet, posting results on Facebook before the state website. Today is the second primary day in the 2016 election cycle. All regular polling locations are open and posted below for your convenience. Only...

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An evening walk in Franklin NC

I was out walking around trying to figure out why my Youtube Livestream at the town hall wouldn't work when this happened... ...

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Power Outage Rose Creek/Meadows Road Area

Power Outage Rose Creek/Meadows Road Area A tree fell on some power lines earlier this morning near 4000 Rose Creek Road and electrical service was cut to 160 Duke Energy Customers. Restoration of power is estimated to occur by 1:00 pm today. Burningtown Fire Department responded to a report of a tree on some power lines and smoking.  Facebook Mirror of this post. UPDATES **12:28 pm** Duke reports electrical service has been rest...

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