ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Back to School Safety Tips for the 2026-2027 School Year [Macon Media]
• Town of Franklin Asks Residents to Observe Voluntary Water Restrictions [Macon Media]
• Nine N.C. counties in exceptional drought as statewide drought continues [Macon Media]
WEATHER OUTLOOK
1. Unseasonably hot and muggy conditions continue through the week. Relief may arrive early next week.
2. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast over the mountains each afternoon this week, but coverage and intensity should remain limited. Chances for showers and storms begin to increase for all areas over the weekend.
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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. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph this morning, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
.THURSDAY....Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY....Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Other than the risk for heat injuries due to the heat and humidity, no hazardous weather is expected.
The heat index may approach hazardous levels for parts of the area through Thursday.
Hot and muggy conditions return for early next week.
POLLEN REPORT
Pollen levels are expected to be n the medium-high (9.3 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12.0)
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MACON CALENDAR
(send your event to editor@maconmedia.com)
Friends of the Greenway would like to invite you to our Christmas in July sale, July 22-25, 9-2 each day. Do some Christmas shopping early with 20% off everything in the Gift Shop. On Saturday, July 25th, have a Christmas cookie and enjoy great music from 11-1. Greenway Visitor Center/FROG Quarters, 573 E Main St, Franklin.
The many ways you can connect to Mountain Findings to arrange donation pick-ups, drop-off location, shopping hours, volunteering, and to learn more on our community grants programs and graduating seniors scholarships.
Facebook: @MountainFindings
Phone: 828-526-9929
Email: MountainFindings1@gmail.com
Webpage: MountainFindings.org
Location: 452 Spruce St, Highlands, NC
LIVE SATURDAY MIDDAY MUSIC CALENDAR FOR JUNE/JULY 2026
11a to 1p at Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
573 E Main St, Franklin, NC 28734
contact: frog28734@gmail.com; 828-369-8488
To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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WEATHER ALMANAC
Record Weather Events for this date in Macon County (1872-2025)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches in Highlands in 1898
Record weather events for September in Macon County
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on Sep 4, 1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on Sep 30, 1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on Sep 29, 1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County Sep 25, 1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County Sep 28, 2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.04 in Elizabethtown, Bladen County Sep 30, 2018
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WNC News
House votes to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards | WLOS-TV (Asheville), NC
• G20 finance meetings wrap up in Asheville, but China does not join consensus [WLOS-TV Asheville, NC ]
• US House moves to censure Chuck Edwards after ethics probe [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Special feature: A mission to save forgotten women [Macon Sense]
• Answer Man: Is the gigantic pit a new drain for the Cesspool of Sin? Out of state plates on Amazon delivery vans? [Asheville Watchdog ]
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NC News
Musk, Zuckerberg weigh in on first day of G20 meetings in Chapel Hill | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
• NC fast-tracks power line for $920M rare-earth magnet factory [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• What NC thinks about how much time we get to vote + Bet on Kalshi leads to fine [Raleigh News & Observer]
• USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ effect on elections under Trump vote-by-mail order [NC Local]
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National News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir - Sept. 1, 2026, 2026 | ABC News
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Sept. 1 | NBC News
U.S. House CENSURES Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) | C-SPAN
• Hegseth removes 6 Army officers from promotion list [The Hill]
• Grand Canyon flooding harms an economy that’s still recovering from a fire [AP News]
• Trump creates new headache for GOP with call for FCC to crack down on NBC, Welker Yahoo News]
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Science News
Did Physicists Miss a 5th Force? | Arvin Ash
• How Roman will unlock the universe [Astronomy Magazine]
• TWiV 1352: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1353: Phage bet-hedging and EBV antibodies [Microbe TV]
• Mars's Interior is 400°C Hotter Under Southern Hemisphere [Universe Today]
• NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out [ScienceDaily]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 28 – September 6 [Sky & Telescope Magazine]
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Technology News
The Little Ceiling Robots Inside a Semiconductor Fab| Asianometry
• Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak [Ars Technica]
• Little Florida Memo Could Have Big Impacts on Flock Cameras [Gizmodo]
• Take-Two Says GTA 6 Leak Probe Is “Rapidly Evolving,” Wants New Discord Demands Under Seal [Torrent Freaks]
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Interesting Videos
The Battle That Changed the Middle East - Ottomans Broke the Mamluks | Kings and Generals
Why The CIA Created Pokémon Go | Patrick Cc:
We Stopped Going To The Moon For A Very Good Reason | Lightning Round | Joe Scott
Why You Can't Run the Government Like a Business | The Dispatch
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CRYPTO & AI NEWS
Bitcoin Stalls at the 50 Week Moving Average | Benjamin Cowen
The Financial System Is BREAKING. Bitcoin Isn’t | Coin Bureau
• As Public Fury Mounts, Texas Pulls the Plug on Flock Surveillance Funding [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin begins volatile monthly close as US bond yields eye new 20-year high [Coin Telegraph]
• Apple's Bitcoin Strategy Will Depend on More Than John Ternus [Bitcoin.com]
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Published at 6:00am on Wednesday, September 02, 2026
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