Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A robust low pressure system will track across the Southeastern States thru tonight bringing widespread rain to our area. Dry high pressure will spread back over the region on Sunday and allow temperatures to climb well above normal by mid-week. Another cold front arrives with more rain at the end of the week.
Flood Watch in Effect Until This Afternoon
Wind Advisory From 6am Sunday to Noon on Monday
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and noon. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain, mainly before 10am, then a chance of showers after 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and noon. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain likely before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and 4pm. Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards
Widespread rainfall will continue this morning and could produce flooding. A Flood Watch remains in effect until this evening. A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 6am Sunday morning through noon on Monday. Copies of both are posted below.
Strong gusty northwest winds are expected across the mountains of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia, starting late tonight and continuing through Sunday night.
Heavy rainfall will move into the area late tonight and Saturday. This could lead to minor flooding of streams, creeks, and flood prone areas.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
305 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON EDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few ridgetops could see peak gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Most of the western North Carolina mountains.
* WHEN...From 6 AM Sunday to noon EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can be found at www.weather.gov/gsp.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
948 PM EST Fri Mar 8 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following areas, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun and Stephens, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Eastern Polk, Henderson, Macon, Polk Mountains, Southern Jackson and Transylvania, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Anderson, Central Greenville, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greenville Mountains, Northern Spartanburg, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, Southern Greenville and Southern Spartanburg.
* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A warm front and wedge of high pressure will interact to produce heavy rainfall at times tonight and Saturday. Totals of 1 to 2 inches are possible in urban areas of western Upstate South Carolina and southern mountains of North Carolina, with totals of 2 to 3 inches possible along south- facing mountain ridges. Soils remain very wet following multiple rain events in the past week, and cannot absorb much additional rainfall.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
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Record Weather Events for March 09th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin in 1880
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Franklin in 1962
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
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 09th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1974
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1899
Greatest Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1941
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 2014
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)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
March 2024 Schedule
3-9-24---The Shifty Sisters--Bringing their own songs and some covers to The Frog. Always fun, always heartfelt, many times irreverant as they sing about the Low Rent Side of Heaven and Facebook Blues.
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
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---
• Who is Michael Whatley? New head of the RNC is from NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• A ‘big tent’ party? After defeat of two long-serving NC Democrats, the debate rages on [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission Health still at jeopardy of losing CMS funding [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---NATIONAL---
US government closer to nationwide ban of TikTok | ABC News
U.S. adds more jobs than expected in February, but unemployment rises | CBS News
• Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up [New York Times]
• Uvalde parents outraged after independent report finds police officers didn't violate policy [ABC News]
• The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries [AP News]
• TSA unveils a prototype self-service airport checkpoint security screening system [NPR]
• Xcel Energy says its power equipment may have caused huge Texas fire [Washington Post]
• Trump posts $91 million bond to appeal E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict [CBS News]
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On This Day
March 9th is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 297 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)
141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
1701 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
1815 – Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.[16
1862 – American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
1916 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
1945 – World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
1956 – Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1957 – The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
1974 – The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
1978 – President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
1987 – Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
1997 – The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved.
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
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Published at 5:00am on Satday, March 09, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and noon. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain, mainly before 10am, then a chance of showers after 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and noon. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain likely before 8am, then showers likely, mainly between 8am and 4pm. Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards
Widespread rainfall will continue this morning and could produce flooding. A Flood Watch remains in effect until this evening. A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 6am Sunday morning through noon on Monday. Copies of both are posted below.
Strong gusty northwest winds are expected across the mountains of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia, starting late tonight and continuing through Sunday night.
Heavy rainfall will move into the area late tonight and Saturday. This could lead to minor flooding of streams, creeks, and flood prone areas.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
305 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON EDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few ridgetops could see peak gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Most of the western North Carolina mountains.
* WHEN...From 6 AM Sunday to noon EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can be found at www.weather.gov/gsp.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
948 PM EST Fri Mar 8 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following areas, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun and Stephens, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Eastern Polk, Henderson, Macon, Polk Mountains, Southern Jackson and Transylvania, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Anderson, Central Greenville, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greenville Mountains, Northern Spartanburg, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, Southern Greenville and Southern Spartanburg.
* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A warm front and wedge of high pressure will interact to produce heavy rainfall at times tonight and Saturday. Totals of 1 to 2 inches are possible in urban areas of western Upstate South Carolina and southern mountains of North Carolina, with totals of 2 to 3 inches possible along south- facing mountain ridges. Soils remain very wet following multiple rain events in the past week, and cannot absorb much additional rainfall.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
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Record Weather Events for March 09th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin in 1880
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Franklin in 1962
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
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 09th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1974
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1899
Greatest Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1941
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 2014
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)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
March 2024 Schedule
3-9-24---The Shifty Sisters--Bringing their own songs and some covers to The Frog. Always fun, always heartfelt, many times irreverant as they sing about the Low Rent Side of Heaven and Facebook Blues.
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
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---
• Who is Michael Whatley? New head of the RNC is from NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• A ‘big tent’ party? After defeat of two long-serving NC Democrats, the debate rages on [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission Health still at jeopardy of losing CMS funding [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---NATIONAL---
US government closer to nationwide ban of TikTok | ABC News
U.S. adds more jobs than expected in February, but unemployment rises | CBS News
• Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up [New York Times]
• Uvalde parents outraged after independent report finds police officers didn't violate policy [ABC News]
• The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries [AP News]
• TSA unveils a prototype self-service airport checkpoint security screening system [NPR]
• Xcel Energy says its power equipment may have caused huge Texas fire [Washington Post]
• Trump posts $91 million bond to appeal E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict [CBS News]
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On This Day
March 9th is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 297 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)
141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
1701 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
1815 – Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.[16
1862 – American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
1916 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
1945 – World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
1956 – Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1957 – The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
1974 – The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
1978 – President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
1987 – Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
1997 – The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved.
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
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Published at 5:00am on Satday, March 09, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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