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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier conditions return behind a departing cold front tonight, and persist into early next week as high pressure builds into the region. Another cold front may bring precipitation chances back Wednesday into Thursday, but forecast confidence remains low at this time.
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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....Sunny, blustery and much cooler with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
..MONDAY....Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
A Wind Advisory is in effect until 6pm this evening. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Franklin Town Council Transfers Ownership of the Nikwasi Mound to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians [Macon Media]
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to regain ownership of sacred mound | WLOS-TV
• Children explore native wildlife at WNC Nature Center's Wild Walk event [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 8 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• New job, similar title: NC’s Mark Walker navigates around Senate approval [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park assault: What we know [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Dozens killed as Iranian protests persist under internet shutdown | Channel 4 News
What is the Dark Fleet? | Shipping 101 | How Russia, Venezuela and Iran are Shipping Sanctioned Oil | What's Going on With Shipping?
• US launches strikes on IS targets in Syria [Telegraph (UK)]
Aleppo's governor says that Kurdish-led SDF have completely left the city | Al Jazeera
• US military strikes Islamic State group targets in Syria, officials say [BBC News]
• Iran: Protests continue amid internet shutdown [DW News]
• Iran warns US troops, Israel will be ‘legitimate targets’ if America strikes over protests [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 10, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
Trump presses Greenland takeover as NATO allies voice alarm | 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]
• Ukrainian drones strike Russian apartment blocks (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian artillery forces wipe out over 110 Ukrainian targets in past week [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Court documents reveal new information on alleged Pennsylvania grave robber | KYW-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
Secretary of energy responds to backlash over Venezuela oil operations | NBC News
• 6 killed in Mississippi shootings, suspect charged, sheriff says [USA TODAY]
• Exxon Mobil CEO calls Venezuela 'uninvestable' [Ground News]
Oil migration in Venezuela | The GeoModels
• Bessent: Covering tariff refunds wouldn’t be a ‘problem’ for Treasury [The Hill]
• Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good’s killing [AP News]
• House Dem backs the idea of reining in DHS funding in wake of ICE-involved shooting in Minnesota [Fox News]
• Greenland looks like Trump’s next geopolitical priority. It could also be the oil industry’s next great hope [Yahoo Finance]
• What the Big Oil executives told Trump about investing in Venezuela [CNBC]
Wall Street Week | US-Venezuela Policy, Farming Without Subsidies, Robotaxis, Everest Exclusivity | Bloomberg Television
LIH: Blake Gilpin on Reconstruction-Era Supreme Court Cases That Led to Jim Crow Segregation | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 10th, 2026
PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 10, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Weird Starless Galaxy // Private Space Telescope // Betelbuddy's Wake | Fraser Cain
Chinese Experiment Proves Einstein Wrong, Bohr Correct | Anton Petrov
• TWiV 1286: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• A New Study Finds a Subtle Dance Between Dark Matter and Neutrinos [Universe Today]
• Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager [It's FOSS News]
• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 192 — Space, 2026! [Space.com]
• Why Are Federal Agents Using GoPros, Smart Glasses, and Phones to Record Us? [Gizmodo]
• Conservative lawmakers want p0rn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional. [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
It Still Needs More | Crypto Currently
• Bitcoin Price Could Surge to $53 Million by 2050, Says VanEck—Here's Why [Decrypt]
• Bitfinex whales dump BTC longs as $135K Bitcoin price target reemerges [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 Sunday, January 11, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins
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