Emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle accident involving a 2001 Nissan Quest minivan at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred on the Highway 23 Bypass in Franklin.
According to authorities, the Nissan Quest was traveling south, and for unknown reasons the driver lost control of the vehicle, ran across the median into oncoming traffic and rolled at least three times.
After a lengthy debate over whether or not to postpone the county’s revaluation, Jackson County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Jan. 17 to delay the process until 2016, instead of the scheduled 2013 date. Jackson is just the latest WNC county that has followed the trend across the state to push back property revaluations until the real estate market improves.
The county’s tax administrator/assessor, Bobby McMahan, advised board members to postpone the revaluation date during the county’s Jan. 13 work session, citing a lack of comp data (comparable home prices in a localized area) and an insufficient amount of time to complete the study...
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce held their annual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, Jan. 25 to recognize members of the community who went above and beyond in 2011.
Entertainment for the night included Macon County native Ronnie Evans and the Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps Choir. After dinner Fred Jones, the 2012 President of the Board of Directors, began the award ceremony by presenting Dale West, the 2011 President of the Board of Director’s with a plaque recognizing the dedication and service West gave to the commerce during his tenure.
Adds 22 new guestrooms and additional outdoor heated mineral pool
Old Edwards Inn and Spa announces the addition of 22 new guestrooms and an outdoor heated mineral pool to meet the growing demand for accommodations. The Forbes Four-Star property broke ground on the project Nov. 7,. Scheduled for completion the first quarter of 2013, the addition will bring the hotel’s room count to 90. The new mineral pool will be the third at the resort; the second pool was completed in 2009 as part of the Old Edwards Club golf addition.
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Emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle accident involving a 2001 Nissan Quest minivan at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred on the Highway 23 Bypass in Franklin.
According to authorities, the Nissan Quest was traveling south, and for unknown reasons the driver lost control of the vehicle, ran across the median into oncoming traffic and rolled at least three times.
After a lengthy debate over whether or not to postpone the county’s revaluation, Jackson County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Jan. 17 to delay the process until 2016, instead of the scheduled 2013 date. Jackson is just the latest WNC county that has followed the trend across the state to push back property revaluations until the real estate market improves.
The county’s tax administrator/assessor, Bobby McMahan, advised board members to postpone the revaluation date during the county’s Jan. 13 work session, citing a lack of comp data (comparable home prices in a localized area) and an insufficient amount of time to complete the study...
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce held their annual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, Jan. 25 to recognize members of the community who went above and beyond in 2011.
Entertainment for the night included Macon County native Ronnie Evans and the Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps Choir. After dinner Fred Jones, the 2012 President of the Board of Directors, began the award ceremony by presenting Dale West, the 2011 President of the Board of Director’s with a plaque recognizing the dedication and service West gave to the commerce during his tenure.
Adds 22 new guestrooms and additional outdoor heated mineral pool
Old Edwards Inn and Spa announces the addition of 22 new guestrooms and an outdoor heated mineral pool to meet the growing demand for accommodations. The Forbes Four-Star property broke ground on the project Nov. 7,. Scheduled for completion the first quarter of 2013, the addition will bring the hotel’s room count to 90. The new mineral pool will be the third at the resort; the second pool was completed in 2009 as part of the Old Edwards Club golf addition.
After a 15-year-run the Taste of Scotland festival has come to an end, at least temporarily. The event, sponsored by the Scottish Tartans Museum, has been an ongoing festival for Maconians and tourists alike, celebrating Macon County’s Scots-Irish heritage and cultural distinctiveness. Unfortunately, event organizers could not find anyone to fill the void left by Claire Suminski and Kathie Akins, who have worked tirelessly in the past to put the event together.
Macon Board of Education under fire for ‘vague’ rules.
After a lengthy debate during Monday night's meeting, the Board of Education voted to approve the Professional Standards of Conduct and Performance for Macon County School System Employees after the 2nd reading of the policy.
The policy, which was approved only after Chairman Tommy Cabe made a tie-breaking vote with board members Stephaine McCall and Tommy Baldwin in favor of adopting the policy, and members Jim Breedlove and Gary Shields against it, is not an entirely new policy. Instead, it is a consolidation of two former Professional Standards of Conduct policies.
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