Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A stationary front remains across the Gulf Coast to the Georgia coast through mid week with dry conditions under weak high pressure. Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected by next weekend as a weak cold front approaches from the north. Temperatures are expected to be well above normal at end of the week.
Three Candidates File for School Board District 4 (At Large Seat)
Jim Breedlove (incumbent)
John deVille
John deVille
Danny Reitmeier
So far, no one has filed for District 1 (Highlands) or District 3 (Nantahala).
Filing opened at noon on June 10th and will close on July 5th at noon.
Filing opened at noon on June 10th and will close on July 5th at noon.
Macon Co Elder Abuse Awareness Walk- June 17
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is just around the corner.
Macon County Senior Services will be hosting an elder abuse awareness walk in downtown Franklin on Monday, June 17 (rain or shine).
Presentations start at 5:30 and the walk will start promptly at 6:00pm at the downtown gazebo.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 52. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Hazards
Isolated thunderstorms are possible today. Additional isolated thunderstorms may develop on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. The threat for widespread severe weather appears low through Saturday.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for June 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1956
Lowest Temperature 35°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1988
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.60 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1988
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for June 11th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1947
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1972
Greatest One-Day Rain 8.50 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1966
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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)
June 2024 Schedule
6/15/24—Bloodroot--We are talking Appalachian at it’s best!….You’ll hear songs we heard around here from our parents and grandparents as kids. They have a great sound as they weave harmonies and instrumentation! Zip Robertson, Cricket Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland. Don’t miss ‘em.
6/22/24—Bill Peterson and Charlie Simmons—Bill’s deep voice lends itself to his blues & other covers and his originals. Charlie is an award-winning finger-style picker on his covers and great originals. You’ll laugh and you’ll cry with this duo, but not at their musical expertise!
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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---
• Press Release: Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise in Macon County [Macon Media]
Lawmakers expected to vote on mask bill, banning wearing masks in public | Queen City News (Charlotte, NC)
omestic Violence Rally: Verbal Purple Event | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Mountain childcare centers face closures as funding deadline looms [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 6 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC DMV says driver’s license backlog has eased. Exactly what caused it remains unclear [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council approves recreational marijuana sale [BPR News]
• Word from the Smokies: Iconic arch returns to downtown Waynesville [Smoky Mountain News]
• The hills are packed with useful mica [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
Millions across the U.S. brace for record-breaking temperatures as heat dome travels | ABC News
Apple WWDC 2024: AI, iOS 18 and More in Less than Six Minutes | WSJ
• Dangerous heat wave could break temperature records, again, in cities across the country this week [CBS News]
• Key witness in Menendez bribery trial says he made senator’s wife’s car payments for 3 years [Courthouse News Service]
• Prison bosses preparing to house Donald Trump if he's sentenced to jail following conviction [The Mirror (UK)]
• Jurors will resume deliberations in federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter [AP News]
• Here’s everything Apple just announced at WWDC24: Apple Intelligence, Siri with ChatGPT, iOS 18 and more [CNBC]
• Biden, Honoring Juneteenth, Warns of Danger of ‘Old Ghosts in New Garments’ [New York Times]
International News Headlines
UK Election 2024: The headlines | BBC News
Pro-Russian bots seek to influence EU elections | FRANCE 24 English
• Hamas, Palestinian authority welcome UN Security Council resolution for Gaza ceasefire [Reuters]
• Belarus and Russia to conduct joint nuclear drills [Politico]
• Chiquita Found Liable for Colombia Paramilitary Killings [National Security Archive]
• N. Korean soldiers briefly cross inter-Korean border, return after warning shots [Yonhap News Agency]
• These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren’t who you might expect [AP News]
• BSW: Germany's new populists challenge the far-right AfD [DW News]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• BRICS developing platform for transactions in national currencies – Lavrov [Russia Today]
• Ukraine's new normal: Electricity two hours a day [Pravda]
• Second stage of tactical nuclear drills kicks off in Russia — top brass [TASS: Russian News Agency]
Is Shipping Safer? | Safety and Shipping Review 2024 released by Allianz Commercial | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (6-10-24): Sec Blinken, in Mideast, urges leaders to get Hamas to OK ceasefire deal | C-SPAN
Global National: June 10, 2024 | Liberals table motion to increase capital gains tax
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 10, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 10, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 10, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 10, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Strange Discoveries About Dark Matter Including Immortal Stars I Antov Petrov
• The Sky This Week from June 7 to 14: Spot some sporadic meteors [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show June 11th 2024: FCC Around and Find Out | Level1 Techs
On This Day
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 203 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)
1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes
AD 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy.
1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave.
1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1559 – Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1748 – Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
1865 – The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
1901 – The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
1903 – A group of Serbian officers storms the royal palace and assassinates King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife, Queen Draga.
1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
1940 – World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
1963 – American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
1981 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
2007 – Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
2008 – The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
2009 - The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2010 – The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
2012 – More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2013 – Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would open exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
2014 - Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul
2017 - Japan passes law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate
2017 - Puerto Rico votes overwhelming in favor of statehood in a status referendum with 97% in favor despite a low turnout of 23%
2018 - Net neutrality is officially repealed by The Federal Communications Commission in the US
2018 - More than 100 people arrested in Vietnam, after protests against special economic zones at the People's Committee Headquarters in Binh Thuan province and elsewhere
2019 - Comedian Jon Stewart delivers angry rebuke to Congress for the lack of funds for 9/11 victims
2021 - Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Katori Hall for drama, The New York Times for pandemic coverage and special citation for Darnella Frazier for recording the murder of George Floyd
2021 - US lobsterman survives being swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is just around the corner.
Macon County Senior Services will be hosting an elder abuse awareness walk in downtown Franklin on Monday, June 17 (rain or shine).
Presentations start at 5:30 and the walk will start promptly at 6:00pm at the downtown gazebo.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 52. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Hazards
Isolated thunderstorms are possible today. Additional isolated thunderstorms may develop on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. The threat for widespread severe weather appears low through Saturday.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for June 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1956
Lowest Temperature 35°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1988
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.60 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1988
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for June 11th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1947
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1972
Greatest One-Day Rain 8.50 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1966
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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)
June 2024 Schedule
6/15/24—Bloodroot--We are talking Appalachian at it’s best!….You’ll hear songs we heard around here from our parents and grandparents as kids. They have a great sound as they weave harmonies and instrumentation! Zip Robertson, Cricket Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland. Don’t miss ‘em.
6/22/24—Bill Peterson and Charlie Simmons—Bill’s deep voice lends itself to his blues & other covers and his originals. Charlie is an award-winning finger-style picker on his covers and great originals. You’ll laugh and you’ll cry with this duo, but not at their musical expertise!
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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---
• Press Release: Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise in Macon County [Macon Media]
Lawmakers expected to vote on mask bill, banning wearing masks in public | Queen City News (Charlotte, NC)
omestic Violence Rally: Verbal Purple Event | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Mountain childcare centers face closures as funding deadline looms [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 6 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC DMV says driver’s license backlog has eased. Exactly what caused it remains unclear [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council approves recreational marijuana sale [BPR News]
• Word from the Smokies: Iconic arch returns to downtown Waynesville [Smoky Mountain News]
• The hills are packed with useful mica [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
Millions across the U.S. brace for record-breaking temperatures as heat dome travels | ABC News
Apple WWDC 2024: AI, iOS 18 and More in Less than Six Minutes | WSJ
• Dangerous heat wave could break temperature records, again, in cities across the country this week [CBS News]
• Key witness in Menendez bribery trial says he made senator’s wife’s car payments for 3 years [Courthouse News Service]
• Prison bosses preparing to house Donald Trump if he's sentenced to jail following conviction [The Mirror (UK)]
• Jurors will resume deliberations in federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter [AP News]
• Here’s everything Apple just announced at WWDC24: Apple Intelligence, Siri with ChatGPT, iOS 18 and more [CNBC]
• Biden, Honoring Juneteenth, Warns of Danger of ‘Old Ghosts in New Garments’ [New York Times]
International News Headlines
UK Election 2024: The headlines | BBC News
Pro-Russian bots seek to influence EU elections | FRANCE 24 English
• Hamas, Palestinian authority welcome UN Security Council resolution for Gaza ceasefire [Reuters]
• Belarus and Russia to conduct joint nuclear drills [Politico]
• Chiquita Found Liable for Colombia Paramilitary Killings [National Security Archive]
• N. Korean soldiers briefly cross inter-Korean border, return after warning shots [Yonhap News Agency]
• These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren’t who you might expect [AP News]
• BSW: Germany's new populists challenge the far-right AfD [DW News]
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• BRICS developing platform for transactions in national currencies – Lavrov [Russia Today]
• Ukraine's new normal: Electricity two hours a day [Pravda]
• Second stage of tactical nuclear drills kicks off in Russia — top brass [TASS: Russian News Agency]
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Washington Today (6-10-24): Sec Blinken, in Mideast, urges leaders to get Hamas to OK ceasefire deal | C-SPAN
Global National: June 10, 2024 | Liberals table motion to increase capital gains tax
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 10, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 10, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 10, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 10, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Strange Discoveries About Dark Matter Including Immortal Stars I Antov Petrov
• The Sky This Week from June 7 to 14: Spot some sporadic meteors [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show June 11th 2024: FCC Around and Find Out | Level1 Techs
On This Day
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 203 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
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1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes
AD 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy.
1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave.
1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1559 – Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1748 – Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
1865 – The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
1901 – The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
1903 – A group of Serbian officers storms the royal palace and assassinates King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife, Queen Draga.
1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
1940 – World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
1963 – American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
1981 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
2007 – Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
2008 – The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
2009 - The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2010 – The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
2012 – More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2013 – Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would open exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
2014 - Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul
2017 - Japan passes law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate
2017 - Puerto Rico votes overwhelming in favor of statehood in a status referendum with 97% in favor despite a low turnout of 23%
2018 - Net neutrality is officially repealed by The Federal Communications Commission in the US
2018 - More than 100 people arrested in Vietnam, after protests against special economic zones at the People's Committee Headquarters in Binh Thuan province and elsewhere
2019 - Comedian Jon Stewart delivers angry rebuke to Congress for the lack of funds for 9/11 victims
2021 - Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Katori Hall for drama, The New York Times for pandemic coverage and special citation for Darnella Frazier for recording the murder of George Floyd
2021 - US lobsterman survives being swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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