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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry conditions continue today, before a cold front arrives on Sunday, bringing showers and a few thunderstorms with it. Dry and cool conditions return next week, lingering through at least next Friday.
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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 in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight.
...SUNDAY....Showers. Highs around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...MONDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
...MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Macon County Board of Commissioners: October 2025 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• NC Court of Appeals rules General Assembly cannot take majority control of executive boards [NC Newsline]
• State officials recommend Mission Hospital be placed under Immediate Jeopardy again [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Democratic leader calls on GOP leaders to remove Democrat Brockman from House [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Sen. Thom Tillis returns millions to donors as North Carolina Senate race shifts [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC health dept. recommends 'immediate jeopardy' for Mission Hospital following survey [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Prince Andrew to give up all his titles and honours | Sky News
Zelenskiy open to new peace formats after meeting with Trump | Al Jazeera
• After all those scandals, why did Andrew quit his titles now? [BBC News]
• Bangladesh plans to lease ports to foreign firms spark anger [DW News]
• Kabul blames Pakistan for renewed air strikes that kill at least 10 [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Zelenskyy calls out Putin at Trump meeting: “We want peace. Putin doesn't” | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Hungary vows Putin honored guest treatment for Trump talks despite legal duty to arrest him [Euromaidan Press]
• Putin reveals RT’s ‘secret weapon’ [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Discussions of Russia-US tunnel project begin, Russian official says [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 17, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Polls show Zohran Mamdani has commanding lead in NYC mayoral race | NBC News
• The Memo: ‘No Kings’ protests give anti-Trump movement its biggest moment so far [The Hill]
• Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in fraud case [AP News]
• Execution set for twisted killer who taunted police with message in victim's blood: 'Catch me if u can' [Fox News]
• Trump offers US automakers additional relief from his tariffs [Yahoo Finance]
• Army Corps of Engineers pausing $11 billion in projects over shutdown, Trump budget chief says [CNBC]
Stocks Rise as Trump Touts China Talks | The Close 10/17/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-17-25): Trump & Zelensky meet at WH on long-range missiles, Trump-Putin summit | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 17, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 17, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
NASA’s Orion Meets SLS for Artemis II, Axiom Shakes Up Leadership | This Week In Spaceflight
• Blood tests are now approved for Alzheimer’s: how accurate are they? [Nature]
• Free Software Foundation Is Serious About The Librephone Project [To Bring Mobile Freedom To The Masses] [FOSS NEWS]
• How to see Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) shine in the October sky [Space.com]
• The Young Republicans’ Leaked Chat Isn’t the Future—It’s Now [Gizmodo]
• Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement [Ars Technica]
• YouTube Star MrBeast Files Trademark for Crypto Exchange and Payments Service [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin hits 15-week low under $105K as US regional bank woes echo 2023 [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Friday, October 18, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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