Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak cold front should stall to our south today as high pressure moves past to our north. The front will move back northward on Friday and wash out across our area, but giving us a cooler day because of clouds and a few showers. After that, expect a warming trend through the weekend and into next week as high pressure takes over.
• Macon County Launches the Community Health Assessment Survey to Help Better Understand Resident Health and Opportunities for Improvement [Macon Media] https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/macon-county-launches-community-health.html
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 52. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.1 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for April 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 88°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Highlands in 1930
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.85 inches in Highlands in 1881 (also a state record for 04-23)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1910
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
Record Weather Events for April 25th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 97°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2005
Greatest Rainfall 6.71 inches in Raleigh, Wake County in 2017
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1910
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
April 2024 Schedule
4-27-24—-------------SUPER ADOPTION DAY at Frogs!!
PAWSITIVE (the Macon Co. Animal Shelter Volunteers) and AARC (the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center) will be conducting a great Adoption Day on the outside, while on the inside several of our area talented musicians will bring their talents to Frog Quarters. On the slate are:
George James
Bill Peterson
The Shifty Sisters
Charley Simmons
Dave Stewart
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Rally and March
Sunday, April 28, 2024 From 2pm to 5pm
Organized and presented by Gracie Parker/Why Us Kids? Come join us for the 2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Rally at the Gazebo, downtown Franklin NC to raise awareness to the youth mental health crisis in our community, county and State. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/3684885531726614
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---NATIONAL---
'The Virus Of Antisemitism Has Spread Across Other Campuses': Johnson Slams Anti-Israel Protests | Forbes Breaking News
Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin | NBC News
• Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police [New York Times]
• University of Texas Palestine protest leads to more than 30 arrests, including FOX 7 photographer [KTBC-TV (Austin, TX)]
• Supreme Court hears case on whether cities can criminalize homelessness, disband camps [PBS News Hour]
• Wildfires in oilsands prompt evacuation orders as region braces for smoke-filled summer [Calgary Herald]
• Biden signs foreign aid bill into law, clearing the way for new weapons package for Ukraine [CBS News]
• Arizona grand jury indicts Meadows, Giuliani, other Trump allies for 2020 election interference [Politico]
• Read the full text of the Arizona 2020 election interference indictment [Washington Post]
Washington Today (4-24-24): Spkr Johnson at Columbia Univ denounces antisemitism of Gaza protesters | C-SPAN
Global National: April 24, 2024 | Israel prepares to launch operations in Rafah, IDF says
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 24, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | April 23, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 24, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 24, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
A Beginner's Guide to Our Home Galaxy | ParallaxNick
• The Sky This Week from April 19 to 26: Look out for bright Lyrids [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 19 – 28 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show April 24 2024: Toss A Coin To Your Developer | Level1 Techs
Is Meta Trying to Pull an Android? - DTNS 4755 | Daily Tech News Show
• The largest digital camera ever made for astronomy is done [Astronomy Magazine]
• Navigating The Generative AI Divide: Open-Source Vs. Closed-Source Solutions [Forbes Magazine]
• Two Hunters from the Same Lodge Afflicted with Sporadic CJD: Is Chronic Wasting Disease to Blame? [Neurology]
• Attack on Data: How Industries are Suffering Due to a 32% Jump in Harmful Bots [Entrepreneur]
• Researchers develop sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds [Tech Xplore]
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The Strange Mystery of the Hubble Tension | John Michael Godier
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What Is The Biggest Thing In The Universe? | The Entire History of the Universe
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On This Day
April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 250 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
799 – After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
1134 – The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.
1185 - Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1362 - Muhammad VI ruler of Granada killed with a lance personally by Peter I of Castile, along with 36 followers and his head sent to Muhammad V (on this date or 27 April)
1607 – Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
1644 – Transition from Ming to Qing: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
1660 - English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
1707 – A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
1792 – "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
1829 – Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.
1846 – Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
1849 – The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
1862 – American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
1864 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.
1882 РFrench and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivi̬re seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.
1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
The Sea Turns Red - Landing At Gallipoli I THE GREAT WAR - Week 40
Gallipoli 1915 - The Great War | Kings and Generals
The Gallipoli Campaign (1915) | Simple History/b>
Anzac Special: The Story | Behind the News
• [Wikipedia: Gallipoli campaign]
• [New Zealand History]
• [British Imperial War Museums]
1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
1925 - Paul von Hindenburg is elected the President of Germany
1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
1942 - Beginning of a 3 night bombing blitz on Bath by German Luftwaffe - 417 killed
1944 – The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
1945 – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
1945 – Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.
1945 – United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
1945 – The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
1951 – Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
1954 – The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories. It has about 6% efficiency.
1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961 – Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1972 – Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
1974 – Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
1980 – 146 people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
1983 – Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
1983 – Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
1990 - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
2001 – President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
2004 – The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
2007 – Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
2015 – Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
2015 - 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli Peninsula landings in Turkey by ANZAC forces during WWI
2019 - Former US Vice President Joe Biden announces his campaign for president via video
2022 - ANZAC Day Observances from Turkey, Australia, and New Zealand
• [Anzac Day marked across Australia as crowds return to public ceremonies and parades]
• [Anzac Day 2022 live: Dawn service at Auckland's War Memorial Museum]
Anzac Day dawn service from Anzac Cove in Gallipoli | ABC News
25 Apr 2022 - ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Keilor East RSL (Go Pro)
LIVE: Commemorative Dawn Services | Anzac Day 2022 🎖️ | OFFICIAL BROADCAST | ABC Australia
LIVE: Sydney March | Anzac Day 2022 🎖️ | OFFICIAL BROADCAST | ABC Australia
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 25, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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