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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Above normal temperatures expected through Saturday, with near-record highs possible. Rain chances increase Friday through Saturday, ahead of a cold front. Temperatures return to near-normal Sunday into early next week behind the front.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Patchy fog this morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming east after midnight.
..THURSDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows around 50. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
..FRIDAY....Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Rain. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
3 cases of measles in Buncombe County, N.C. | WLOS-TV
• Chickenpox outbreak confirmed at Fairview Elementary with 4 cases: health officials [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Former inmate buys NC prison to help others who have served time [NC Newsline]
• Cutting 8,800 vacant state jobs could free up $1B, auditor data shows. Now it’s lawmakers’ move [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Sen. Thom Tillis pushes to hang plaque in Capitol honoring Jan. 6 law enforcement [Raleigh News and Observer]
• New lawsuit claims abuse, neglect at two Asheville-area teen centers [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Trump vs the world: Venezuela, Greenland and NATO | Channel 4 News
Sanctioned Tankers Sail from Venezuela and Run the US "Blockade" | What's Going on With Shipping?
• Trump considering using military to take Greenland, says White House [Telegraph (UK)]
European leaders hit back at Trump’s US takeover designs on Greenland | Al Jazeera
• Russia sends navy ships to guard oil tanker being pursued by US forces [BBC News]
• Maduro's capture in Venezuela sends warning signal to Iran [DW News]
• Who is Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's VP and now the acting president of Venezuela? [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 6, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
Troops to Ukraine as the "Coalition of the Willing" reaches agreement | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1413: Zelenskyy’s “Big Reboot” reshapes Kyiv’s leadership as Western allies lock in security guarantees [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian soldiers ‘fulfilling God’s mission’ – Putin (VIDEO) [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Trump confirms he is not setting deadlines for settlement in Ukraine [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Senate convenes on 5th anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack | PBS News Hour
House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary | PBS News Hour
• What the Dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Means [Nieman Lab]
New Trump comments on 'military' options in Greenland | LiveNOW from FOX
How some politicians are rewriting history of Jan. 6 five years later | NBC News
• Trump aide Stephen Miller says US could seize Greenland [USA TODAY]
• Trump says Venezuela to turn over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to US [Ground News]
• Thune dismisses prospect of military seizure of Greenland [The Hill]
• Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security. Here’s why [AP News]
• Trump announces Venezuela is turning over millions of barrels of oil to US government 'immediately' [Fox News]
• Venezuela’s New Leader Is the Oil Industry’s Long-Time Ally [Yahoo Finance]
• Why Trump wants Greenland — and what makes it so important for national security [CNBC]
Greenland Force Not Ruled Out, Venezuela to Send US Oil | Daybreak Europe 1/7/2026 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (1-6-26): Pres. Trump, Dems present different narratives on Jan 6 attack 5th Anniv. | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 6, 2026
PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 6, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Exciting Science in 2026, Nature of Dark Matter, Forever Travelling Light | Q&A 386 | Fraser Cain
New Year 2026 Live Stream
• TWiV 1283: Myocarditis and mimicry [Microbe TV]
• Does Free Will Exist? Part 1: The Clockwork Universe [Nature]
• An X11 Thing! Your Favorite Middle-Click Paste is Likely to be Disabled in Future GNOME Releases [It's FOSS News]
• Congress rejects President Trump's deep NASA budget cuts, proposes $24.4 billion for the agency [Space.com]
• Florida’s Surgeon General Is Now Peddling Fake Water [Gizmodo]
• HP’s EliteBoard G1a is a Ryzen-powered Windows 11 PC in a membrane keyboard [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin: Bull Market Support Band | Ben Cowen
• Bitcoin Dips to $92K as Liquidations Top $440M [Decrypt]
• Is Venezuela hiding a 600K Bitcoin reserve? Analysts remain unsure [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Crash of N259UP at Louisville-Muhammad Ali International Airport [Aviation Safety Network]
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Published at 6.00am on Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins
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