Macon County News

New home starts were down substantially in Western North Carolina during the third quarter, but the head of the company that compiles the data said he sees signs of a turnaround.

The Pinehurst Police Depart-ment believes a recent award for traffic safety confirms that its "aggressive" enforcement of traffic laws is working.

The National Weather Service has updated its flood watch for Western North Carolina, dropping Macon County but leaving it in effect for southern Jackson and Transylvania counties, along with parts of update South Carolina.

Two Western North Carolina projects will receive $1.6 million from federal funds designated for the nation's scenic byways.

Four Western North Carolina school districts will be honored by State Superintendent June Atkinson on Monday in Raleigh for having high rates of high school graduation.

Duke Energy's rate hike request met strong opposition at a public hearing before members of the N.C. Utilities Commission in Franklin last week.

Western North Carolina has steadily lost out on tens of millions in federal highway dollars over the past decade, despite the money being specifically earmarked for the region.

Some lottery money used to pay the debt on local school projects is coming to Western North Carolina months after the payments were frozen amid the state budget crunch.

The Macon County committee charged with proposing regulations for building on steep slopes is still swimming in a sea of ideas but has agreed on one point.

Steady rain will continue today, threatening more floods across Western North Carolina.

Five years ago today, Jeanell Bryant stood at neighbor's fence and cried as Pigeon River floodwaters swirled around her home of 33 years.

Research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station scientists and partners suggests that the expansion of rosebay rhododendron in Southern Appalachian mountain hollows may increase the likelihood of landslides during and after intense rain events.

The Western North Carolina Alliance presented its Esther Cunningham Environmentalist of the Year Award to former staff member and organizer Norma Ivey at its annual meeting Aug.

People pushing to approve alcohol sales in Clay County promoted the change as a way to make money in tight times, and few could have made a better argument than Bert Wiley.

People pushing to approve alcohol sales in Clay County promoted the change as a way to make money in tight times, and few could have made a better argument than Bert Wiley.

Police today are looking for a man who robbed a bank on Franklin Road this morning with a sawed-off shotgun.

Gov. Beverly Perdue looked at the budget approved by the General Assembly on Wednesday and said she would sign it, reluctantly.

Gov. Beverly Perdue looked at the budget approved by the General Assembly on Wednesday and said she would sign it, reluctantly.

The Beaver Lake pool site is relatively small - an acre of pool and park that a landowner had made available to the public in the 1930s and '40s. Yet the memories it taps are deep-spreading and fond.

While it doesn't seem like much of a news flash, it has emerged as one of the top concerns in Macon County economic development circles: the workforce is aging.