Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure lingers over our region into the weekend. Temperatures will warm to a little above normal before cloud cover increases Sunday ahead of a moist frontal system possibly crossing the area on Christmas.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the northeast.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning dreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
News 13's Weathering the Winter: Everything you should know about this year's El Niño & more | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
NAACP files federal lawsuit over new NC voting maps | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Coalition lawsuit challenges redistricted maps as unconstitutional [BPR]
• Trump will be on NC ballots for 2024 primary after elections officials dismiss complaint [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Authorities release name of man killed in Swain County as homicide investigation continues [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Town of Franklin Receives $400,000 Grant From State to Finish Construction of Fire Department Substation on NP&L Loop [Macon Media]
• Angel Medical Center President's Column for December 2023 [xxx]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Copyright, Piracy, and the bleak future of The Internet Archive | Bryan Lunduke
Blue Origin Launches New Shepard Rocket and Returns to Space | WSJ News
• The 118th Congress has few laws to show for its first year [AXIOS]
• Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot, citing 'insurrection' [BBC News]
• Powell’s Pivot Sows Confusion Over When and How Fast Fed Will Cut [Wall Street Journal]
• New Texas law allows prosecution of migrants entering US from Mexico [The Hill (via Yahoo News)]
• The 22 Bills That Became Law in 2023 [Wall Street Journal]
• Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law against homelessness, COVID vaccine mandates [AP News]
• Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed [ABC News]
International News Headlines
Are the Houthis A Sea Power? | How a Not-State Actor Changed the Course of Global Shipping! | What is Going on With Global Shipping?
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza (full documentary) | FRONTLINE PBS
• North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang’s latest missile launch [AP News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 19, 2023 [The Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: Calls for ceasefire escalate as IDF intesifies operations in south [Jerusalem Post]
• How will global trade be impacted by Red Sea avoidance? [DW News]
• Rwanda: Construction of first mRNA vaccine factory reaches key phase [Africa News]
• Mexico violence: Gunmen kill 12 people Christmas celebration [bbc News]
Failure at the Fence (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + @WashingtonPost
U.S. sending Navy ships to protect Red Sea shipping | CBS Evening News
Washington Today (12-19-23): Fmr Supreme Court Justice O'Connor remembered at funeral as a 'pioneer' | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 19, 2023 | Volcanic eruption in Iceland opens massive fissure
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 19, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 19 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 19, 2023)
On This Day
December 20th is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 11 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
AD 69 – Priscus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian.
1192 – Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.
1334 – Cistercian Jacques Fournier is elected Pope Benedict XII.
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
• [Wikipedia: Louisiana Purchase]
• [State papers and correspondence bearing upon the purchase of the territory of Louisiana]
• [The Louisiana Purchase, and our title west of the Rocky Mountains : with a review of annexation by the United States]
1808 – Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
1832 – HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands.
1860 – South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
1915 – World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
1917 – Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
1924 – Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
1941 – World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers", in Kunming, China.
• [Wikipedia: Flying Tigers]
• [Official Website]
• [VIDEO: General Chennault's Flying Tigers]
1942 – World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.
1943 - German fighter pilot Franz Stiglar encounters a crippled B-17 piloted Charlie Brown in what is known as the "Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident."
Franz & Charlie
The Stigler-Brown Incident Animation
No Bullets Fly – Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler – Sabaton History 016
SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video)
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Wikipedia: A Higher Call]
• [VIDEO: An extraordinary code of honour]
• [VIDEO: The Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown Incident]
1946 – The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
1948 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.
1951 – The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• [Wikipedia: Experimental Breeder Reactor I]
• [VIDEO: Nuclear Pioneers: EBR-I]
• [Official Website: Idaho National Laboratory]
1952 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington, killing 87.
1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
1957 – The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
1967 – A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
1968 – The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
1971 – The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
1973 – The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
1984 – The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
1984 – Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
1985 – Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
1987 – In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
1989 – The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
• [Wikipedia: United States invasion of Panama]
• [CBS News - Panama invasion - 1989-12-20]
• [VIDEO: What Prompted The Surprise US Invasion Of Panama? | Secrets Of War | Timeline]
• [Wikipedia: War on drugs]
1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
1995 – NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
1995 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159.
1999 – Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
2004 – A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
2007 – The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
2018 – US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis announces his resignation after disagreements with President Donald Trump
2019 – The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
• [VIDEO - U.S. Space Force: Origins]
• [Wikipedia: United States Space Force]
• [Official Website]
• [VIDEO: What is Exactly the US Space Force]
2020 – European countries begin closing their borders to the UK after news of a faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 across London and the south-east
2021 – First Hong Kong legislative elections with only 'patriot' candidates allowed to stand has low turnout of 30%
2021 – Tensions continue to mount as Russian forces gather along the border of Ukraine.
• Polish, Lithuanian Leaders Back Kyiv And Call For No 'Concessions' To Russia [Radio Free Europe]
• Russian court accidentally documents Moscow’s military presence in Donbas [The Kyiv Independent]
• Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says a small Department of Defense team has returned from Ukraine after assessing the country's air defences [The Drive]
• Russia Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe as Temperatures Drop [The Moscow Times]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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