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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure will remain over the area through most of the weekend. A storm system will impact the area late Sunday into early next week bringing much needed rainfall along with colder temperatures. Conditions gradually dry out by late next week with temperatures remaining below average.
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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....Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs around 60. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...SUNDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...MONDAY....Showers. Highs around 50. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT....Showers likely. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Joint Work Session Commissioners and Education (10-21-2025) Macon Media
• Civil rights groups vow challenge to North Carolina’s new congressional maps [NC Newsline]
• WNC woman provides free Halloween costumes to families in need, seeks donations [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Football Score:
Smoky Mountain 8
Franklin 26
• Friday Football Frenzy: Oct. 24, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit targets new NC congressional map. More challenges could be on the way [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Two earthquakes reported just hours apart in NC mountain community, USGS reports [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Haywood County landfill claims defamation in counter suit over viral TikTok videos [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Trump says he's ending 'all trade negotiations' with Canada after TV advert | Sky News
The original Radio Address by President Ronald Reagan
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade and the Budget Deficit - 5/16/87
Ireland anti immigration unrest: Dozens arrested outside hotels housing asylum seekers | Al Jazeera
• Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship [BBC News]
• Malaysia: Can ASEAN summit deliver regional peace? [DW News]
• More than 1,500 people face prosecution in Morocco after GenZ 212 protests [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 24, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Coalition of the Willing delivers: Missiles, jets & training for Ukraine | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1339: Western energy sanctions squeeze Russia as Ukraine pounds infrastructure [Euromaidan Press]
• Russia seeks permanent settlement to Ukraine conflict – Putin envoy [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Air defenses down 121 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions last night [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Steve Bannon: Trump will have a third term | The Economist
Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown | NBC News
• Could Eric be Donald Trump’s White House heir? It’s not out of the question [The Telegraph (UK)]
• Trump considering naming White House ballroom after himself [The Hill]
• ‘The Threat of Force’: How Trump Might Push Out Maduro [Politico Magazine]
• Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan’s views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context [AP News]
• Trump scores legal win, getting lawsuit against Iowa pollster, Des Moines Register moved to state court [Fox News]
• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq surge to records as tame inflation cements Fed rate cut bets [Yahoo Finance]
• With two months to Christmas, here’s what retail leaders expect for holiday shopping [CNBC]
Trump Escalates Military Buildup in Caribbean | Balance of Power 10/24/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today(10-24-25): Pres. Trump to fly to Asia, meet Pres. Xi; NY AG James pleads not guilty | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 24, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 24, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Oct. 24, 2025 | Washington Week PBS
Technology and Science News
Tomahawk Missile – How is it Nearly 50 Years Old and Still Going Strong? | Curious Droid
Will SpaceX Lose NASA Contract for Artemis III? - Deep Space Updates October 23rd | Scott Manley
• Does gravity produce quantum weirdness? Proposal divides physicists [Nature]
• KDE Plasma 6.5 Released: Let Me Walk You Through What's New [FOSS NEWS]
• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasts a jet towards the sun in new telescope image [Space.com]
• The Obscure Tech at the Heart of the Bombshell NBA Gambling Scandal [Gizmodo]
• A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions [Ars Technica]
• Elon Musk's SpaceX Moves $133 Million Worth of Bitcoin [Decrypt]
• Binance comeback? CZ’s pardon reignites talk of a US return [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 Saturday, October 25, 2025
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