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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will build into the region through Thursday night, before a cold front brings rain and thunderstorm chances back late Friday into Saturday. Dry high pressure will return Sunday and could keep the area free of precipitation as late as Tuesday.
PRESS RELEASE (03-28-2023)
MACON COUNTY SCHOOLS
On behalf of the Macon County Board of Education, Chairman Jim Breedlove has announced that a superintendent search will begin April 3, 2023. Applications will be received until April 28, 2023. Detailed information regarding the application process will be released on April 3, 2023. The Macon County Board of Education tentatively plans to announce and introduce the new superintendent on or before June 1, 2023.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows near freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 32. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the lower 50s. Breezy. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out fo the northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to be calm after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Dark Coronal Hole and Stealthy Solar Storm Combo-Pack: Space Weather News 23 March 2023
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 54 (MODERATE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.7 out of 12) today with Jumiper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (9.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date in Macon County since record-keeping began in 1872. This is the first date in the year this has occured).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021 (also a state record for this date)
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 97°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Greatest Rainfall 6.43 inches in Highlands, Macon Countyin 1898
Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1916
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Friends of the Macon County Public Library Sets Used Bookstore Half-price Sale March 31 and April 1
WHAT: Friends of the Macon County Public Library (FOL) Used Bookstore Half-Price Sale
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, 2023
WHERE: Friends of the Macon County Public Library Used Bookstore, 115 Highlands Rd., Franklin
WHY: Raise money to support programs and events at the library
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Library collection policy leads to calls for book bans [BPR]
• Winter Recap 2022-23: Snow is Scarce, Blooms Come Early [North Carolina State Climate Office]
• N.C. board removes election officials who refused to certify [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC House of Representatives passes bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Blue Ridge Parkway officials encourage visitors to report vandalism, sign theft [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
Local school leader, safety expert weigh in on Nashville school shooting | WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH)
[BODYCAM VIDEO] Police's action confronting Nashville school shooter
• A timeline of Covenant School shooting in Nashville: What we know [The Tennessean]
• How California floods affect US food prices [BBc News]
At least 39 killed in Mexico migrant facility fire | CBS News
• As Migrants’ Desperation Mounts at the Border, a Fire Kills Dozens [New York Times]
• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Bribing Chinese Officials [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Biden invokes Defense Production Act for printed circuit board production [Reuters]
• Fighting for life, Texas Observer close to $200K goal after one day [My San Antonio]
• Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe [ABC News (video and article)]
• Most of Norfolk Southern video leading up to East Palestine derailment is gone [WSYX _TV (Columbus, OH)]
• ‘Abandoned by all’: Why small-town France is up in arms over Macron’s pension reform [France 24]
• Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC [BBC News]
Washington Today (3-28-23): Speaker McCarthy to POTUS on debt limit talks, 'You are on the clock' | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: March 28, 2023 | Biggest highlights of the Liberal 2023 federal budget
Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 28
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 28, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:06pm CET, 21 March 2023, there have been 102,544,598 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,114,970 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 6:06pm CET, 21 March 2023, there have been 761,071,826 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,879,677 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 21 March 2023, a total of 13,260,401,200 vaccine doses have been administered.
• WHO recommends COVID-19 boosters for high-risk adults 6-12 months after last dose [CBC News]
• mRNA vaccine beats infection for key defense against COVID-19, Stanford Medicine scientists find [Stanford Medicine]
• Wastewater concentrations of human influenza, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, and seasonal coronavirus nucleic-acids during the COVID-19 pandemic: a surveillance study [The Lancet: Microbe]
Dr Tony Fauci | American Masters (Season 37, Episode 02)
• TWiV 995: Viral origin stories [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 994: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors [Science (American Association for the Advancement of Scince)]
• Twitter is secretly boosting 35 VIP users including Lebron James, AOC, catturd2, and Ben Shapiro: report [Insider]
• Meatball from long-extinct mammoth created by food firm [The Guardian]
• $52 Billion Chipmaking Plan Is Racing Toward Failure (Opion piece from the editors) [Bloomberg]
• U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 [Tech Xplore]
• E-fuels could keep combustion engine cars on the road in the EU past its 2035 climate deadline [The Verge]
• The Jobs Most Exposed to ChatGPT [Wall Street Journal]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Shavit-2 launches Ofek-13 | SciNews
Soyuz MS-22 undocking and departure | SciNews
The Level1 Show March 29 2023: Confessions of a Teenage Crypto Influencer | Level1 Techs
Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486 | Daily Tech News
Tiny Phones and Share Sheets - Samsung Galaxy S23 review, Pebble coming back? YouTube Tips | All About Andoid
Cell Tower Deaths (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan | TWiT TV
The Charge Of The Light Brigade: The Crimean War's Greatest Blunder - History of Warfare | Timeline
James Webb Discovers Something Important About TRAPPIST-1b Planet | Antov Petrov
Desert Storm - How Saddam’s Army Was Crushed in the Gulf War | Warographics
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 28th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 399 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 397: Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia starts Yars intercontinental ballistic missile drills [Al Jazeera]
• EU countries eye legal way to stop LNG imports from Russia [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Russia suffers tank losses in Donetsk [DW News]
• Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone [Wall Street Journal]
• A Child’s Drawing, a Dad’s Antiwar Posts, and Russia’s Latest Orphan [New York Times]
Allied tanks arrive in Ukraine and Russia’s ‘cronies unit’ | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast
Moldova escaping Russia's grip (Eastern Express) | TVP World
Ukraine: Shortage of prosthetic limbs as casualties mount | FRANCE 24
Ukraine frontline fighting: Is Bakhmut worth its price for Ukraine's soldiers? | DW News
Hein Goemans - It’s Going to take More Dying and Destruction Before Russia is Prepared to make Deal | Silicon Curtain
Attrition & the winter war in Ukraine - Casualties, force quality and force generation | Perun
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
The Russian Sledgehammer is Falling in Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Fyodor Lukyanov: What you need to know about Russia-China relations, but were afraid to ask [Russia Today]
• Russian Aerospace Forces prepared for Ukraine's imminent counteroffensive [Pravda]
• Ukrainian shelling disrupts power supplies in Melitopol, outages reported [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 29th is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1847 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
1867 – Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 – Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1882 – The Knights of Columbus is established.
1886 – John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1927 – Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1936 – The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.
1941 – The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1961 – After a four year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1962 – Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 111⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1974 – Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1994 – Serbs and Croats sign a peace treaty to end the war in Croatia
1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. 2004 – Bulga
ria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2010 – Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
2017 – Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, March 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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On behalf of the Macon County Board of Education, Chairman Jim Breedlove has announced that a superintendent search will begin April 3, 2023. Applications will be received until April 28, 2023. Detailed information regarding the application process will be released on April 3, 2023. The Macon County Board of Education tentatively plans to announce and introduce the new superintendent on or before June 1, 2023.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows near freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 32. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the lower 50s. Breezy. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out fo the northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to be calm after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Dark Coronal Hole and Stealthy Solar Storm Combo-Pack: Space Weather News 23 March 2023
Back to Top El Nino is Coming - A Look at What That Means and What to Watch for Over the Coming Months | hurricantrack
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 54 (MODERATE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.7 out of 12) today with Jumiper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (9.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date in Macon County since record-keeping began in 1872. This is the first date in the year this has occured).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021 (also a state record for this date)
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 97°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Greatest Rainfall 6.43 inches in Highlands, Macon Countyin 1898
Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1916
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Friends of the Macon County Public Library Sets Used Bookstore Half-price Sale March 31 and April 1
WHAT: Friends of the Macon County Public Library (FOL) Used Bookstore Half-Price Sale
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, 2023
WHERE: Friends of the Macon County Public Library Used Bookstore, 115 Highlands Rd., Franklin
WHY: Raise money to support programs and events at the library
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Library collection policy leads to calls for book bans [BPR]
• Winter Recap 2022-23: Snow is Scarce, Blooms Come Early [North Carolina State Climate Office]
• N.C. board removes election officials who refused to certify [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC House of Representatives passes bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Blue Ridge Parkway officials encourage visitors to report vandalism, sign theft [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
Local school leader, safety expert weigh in on Nashville school shooting | WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH)
[BODYCAM VIDEO] Police's action confronting Nashville school shooter
• A timeline of Covenant School shooting in Nashville: What we know [The Tennessean]
• How California floods affect US food prices [BBc News]
At least 39 killed in Mexico migrant facility fire | CBS News
• As Migrants’ Desperation Mounts at the Border, a Fire Kills Dozens [New York Times]
• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Bribing Chinese Officials [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Biden invokes Defense Production Act for printed circuit board production [Reuters]
• Fighting for life, Texas Observer close to $200K goal after one day [My San Antonio]
• Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe [ABC News (video and article)]
• Most of Norfolk Southern video leading up to East Palestine derailment is gone [WSYX _TV (Columbus, OH)]
• ‘Abandoned by all’: Why small-town France is up in arms over Macron’s pension reform [France 24]
• Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC [BBC News]
Washington Today (3-28-23): Speaker McCarthy to POTUS on debt limit talks, 'You are on the clock' | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: March 28, 2023 | Biggest highlights of the Liberal 2023 federal budget
Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 28
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 28, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:06pm CET, 21 March 2023, there have been 102,544,598 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,114,970 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 6:06pm CET, 21 March 2023, there have been 761,071,826 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,879,677 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 21 March 2023, a total of 13,260,401,200 vaccine doses have been administered.
• WHO recommends COVID-19 boosters for high-risk adults 6-12 months after last dose [CBC News]
• mRNA vaccine beats infection for key defense against COVID-19, Stanford Medicine scientists find [Stanford Medicine]
• Wastewater concentrations of human influenza, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, and seasonal coronavirus nucleic-acids during the COVID-19 pandemic: a surveillance study [The Lancet: Microbe]
Dr Tony Fauci | American Masters (Season 37, Episode 02)
• TWiV 995: Viral origin stories [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 994: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors [Science (American Association for the Advancement of Scince)]
• Twitter is secretly boosting 35 VIP users including Lebron James, AOC, catturd2, and Ben Shapiro: report [Insider]
• Meatball from long-extinct mammoth created by food firm [The Guardian]
• $52 Billion Chipmaking Plan Is Racing Toward Failure (Opion piece from the editors) [Bloomberg]
• U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 [Tech Xplore]
• E-fuels could keep combustion engine cars on the road in the EU past its 2035 climate deadline [The Verge]
• The Jobs Most Exposed to ChatGPT [Wall Street Journal]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Shavit-2 launches Ofek-13 | SciNews
Soyuz MS-22 undocking and departure | SciNews
The Level1 Show March 29 2023: Confessions of a Teenage Crypto Influencer | Level1 Techs
Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486 | Daily Tech News
Tiny Phones and Share Sheets - Samsung Galaxy S23 review, Pebble coming back? YouTube Tips | All About Andoid
Cell Tower Deaths (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan | TWiT TV
The Charge Of The Light Brigade: The Crimean War's Greatest Blunder - History of Warfare | Timeline
James Webb Discovers Something Important About TRAPPIST-1b Planet | Antov Petrov
Desert Storm - How Saddam’s Army Was Crushed in the Gulf War | Warographics
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 28th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 399 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 397: Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia starts Yars intercontinental ballistic missile drills [Al Jazeera]
• EU countries eye legal way to stop LNG imports from Russia [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Russia suffers tank losses in Donetsk [DW News]
• Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone [Wall Street Journal]
• A Child’s Drawing, a Dad’s Antiwar Posts, and Russia’s Latest Orphan [New York Times]
Allied tanks arrive in Ukraine and Russia’s ‘cronies unit’ | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast
Moldova escaping Russia's grip (Eastern Express) | TVP World
Ukraine: Shortage of prosthetic limbs as casualties mount | FRANCE 24
Ukraine frontline fighting: Is Bakhmut worth its price for Ukraine's soldiers? | DW News
Hein Goemans - It’s Going to take More Dying and Destruction Before Russia is Prepared to make Deal | Silicon Curtain
Attrition & the winter war in Ukraine - Casualties, force quality and force generation | Perun
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
The Russian Sledgehammer is Falling in Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Fyodor Lukyanov: What you need to know about Russia-China relations, but were afraid to ask [Russia Today]
• Russian Aerospace Forces prepared for Ukraine's imminent counteroffensive [Pravda]
• Ukrainian shelling disrupts power supplies in Melitopol, outages reported [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 29th is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1847 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
1867 – Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 – Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1882 – The Knights of Columbus is established.
1886 – John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1927 – Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1936 – The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.
1941 – The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1961 – After a four year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1962 – Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 111⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1974 – Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1994 – Serbs and Croats sign a peace treaty to end the war in Croatia
1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. 2004 – Bulga
ria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2010 – Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
2017 – Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, March 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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