Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and mild high pressure builds into the region, and dominates our weather through most of the work week. A cold front approaches the area late in the week, bringing possible rain chances late Friday and through the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph decreasing to calm in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the south.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph decreasing to calm in the evening.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Record Weather Events for February 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 69°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.59 inches in Highlands in 2020
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.2 inches in Highlands in 2021
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 87°F in Siler City, Chatham County in 1982
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands, Macon County in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 7.40 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 18.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1922
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
February 2024 Schedule
2-10-24---Barry Roma—This guy has all the Classic love songs under his belt—Sinatra, Elvis, Johnny Mathis and much more. Travel down Memory Lane with Barry Roma. Barry’s baritone voice brings those love songs alive and gets us all in the mood for Valentine’s Day.
2-17-24---Paul Linser and Charlie Simmons—Two award-winning finger-style pickers that we’re always happy to have at Frog Quarters. You’ll hear covers and originals from Charlie and Paul as they keep us all entertained for MidDay Music.
2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Franklin Town Council (Feb 2024) | Macon Media
• Forbes Advisor ranks North Carolina third worst for healthcare [WITN-TV (Washington, NC)]
• DOJ: First National Bank discriminated against Black, Latino borrowers in NC [ABC News]
• In choice for president, governor, North Carolina's true color is purple, polls show [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Unaffiliated voters are NC’s biggest group. What are their options in primary election? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park nonprofit partner rebrands as 'Smokies Life' [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---RECENT STATE AND LOCAL NEWS---
• Feds cite Asheville’s Mission Hospital for “immediate jeopardy,” HCA division president tells staff [Mountain Xpress]
• Duke Energy seeks new ways to meet the Carolinas' surging electric demand [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: What NC districts are challenged in new fair elections lawsuit? [Raleigh News and observer]
• From risk to resiliency: State waters summit highlights red tape, funding deficiencies [Smoky Mountain NEws]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• 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---
Intense flooding pummels Southern California | ABC News
The Working Poor | The Price of the American Dream | ENDEVR Documentary
• Fed's Powell says the 'time is coming' to cut interest rates [Fox News]
• Exxon beats estimates, ends 2023 with a $36 billion profit [Reuters]
• Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim [The Guardian]
• AI vs. Human Translators: Who Will Win the Translation Battle? [Entrepreneur Europe]
• Maui police release 1st report after investigation into response to deadly blazes [ABC News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
International News Headlines
King Charles diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says | BBC News
Scrapping ships in Bangladesh | DW Documentary
• King Charles III's cancer was "caught early," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says [CBS News]
• Senegal parliament delays election until December after opposition lawmakers are blocked from voting [AP News]
• Sudanese take up arms against RSF as army begins to push back [Middle East Eye]
• El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win [The Telegraph (UK)]
• Russia and China slam US for Middle East strikes [Al Jazeera]
• Israelis demand UNRWA defunding, US strikes Houthis in Yemen [Jerusalem Post]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 5, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 712: Netherlands to send six more F-16s to Ukraine [Euromaidan Press]
• Russia: Police detain journalists at Moscow anti-war protest [DW News]
Washington Today (2-5-24): Senate GOP split on whether to support or oppose border security deal | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Feb. 5, 2024 | London police apologize to woman in Hockey Canada sex assault case
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 05 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 5, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 05 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 05, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from February 2 to 9: A last look at Mercury [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 6 2024: Farewell, Floppies | Level1 Techs
You Too Should Wait for Qi2 - DTNS 4699 | Daily Tech News Show
Apple Vision Show - episode 1 Launch Day! | Daily Tech News Show
• The US Added 1.2 Million EVs To The Grid Last Year, & Electricity Use Went Down [Clean Technica]
• Elon Musk is unfathomably rich. Here’s where his money is stashed. [Wall Street Journal]
• How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse [NASA]
• US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk [Reuters]
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On This Day
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 328 days remain until the end of the year (329 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1694 – The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
1778 – New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1806 – Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
1819 – The Treaty of Singapore was signed by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Hussein Shah of Johor, and Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and it is now recognised as the founding of modern Singapore.
1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1833 – Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
1851 – The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
1862 – American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
1899 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
1900 – The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
1918 – British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
1919 – The American Legion is founded.
1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
1934 – Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
1944 – World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins.
1951 – The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952 – Elizabet
h II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
1973 – The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people.
1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
1981 – The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
1996 – Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
1996 – Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2000 – Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
2006 – Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
2012 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.[
2016 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
2018 – SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
2021 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 06, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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