Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure atop the region will suppress any storms from developing this week until moisture returns on Saturday. A heat wave gets underway on Friday and remains hot through the weekend. A weak cold front approaches from the north early next week.
Friends of the Macon County Public Library Annual Meeting
Sunday, June 23, 2024
149 Siler Road (the Macon County Public Library)
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Juneteenth
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Juneteenth
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Juneteenth
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the east.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Juneteenth
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light winds out of the east.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.1 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.9 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for June 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Highlands in 1933
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.08 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957
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 101°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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Salisbury, Rowan County County in 1944
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.16 inches in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1967
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
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
6/22/24—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!
6/29/24—George James—With a collection of around 800 songs, George does covers of folk, country and oldies. Come with your requests to hear George. If he doesn’t have a song, chances are he knows another by your artist!
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---
Insurance costs are rising because more people are living in harm's way | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
UNCA plans to remove 'several' programs as a part of Academic Review | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• ‘Sovereign flex’: How a tribe defied officials through cannabis [Al Jazeera]
• Joe Biden Makes Aggressive Play to Take North Carolina From Trump [Newsweek]
• Under the Dome: The House budget, at a glance [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Teacher raises, master's pay and millions for private school scholarships in NC House proposed budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Unloaded weapons don't violate North Carolina safe gun storage law, appeals court says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Biden-Harris choose Sylva as western field office [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
Republicans use election security as campaign tactic | ABC News
SHORT TAKE: Boeing CEO Testifies on Safety Issues | C-SPAN
'I had that DNA of caring for people': Fauci discusses new book and life in public health | PBS NewsHour
• DEA operation exposes growing links between Sinaloa cartel and Chinese organized crime [NBC News]
• Astronauts’ return delayed again as Boeing and NASA try to learn more about spacecraft issues [CNN]
• New Mexico village of Ruidoso orders residents to evacuate due to raging wildfires: "GO NOW" [CBS News]
• ‘I know it happens’: Boeing chief admits the company has retaliated against whistleblowers [CNN]
• Early blast of heat and humidity leaves millions sweltering across the US [AP News]
• Send all the Marines to the Pacific, a top Trump adviser says [Politico]
International News Headlines
UN Security Council calls for end to siege of al-Fasher in Sudan | DW News
Vladimir Putin arrives in North Korea ahead of talks with Kim Jong-un | BBC News
• Putin, N. Korea's Kim start summit talks amid concerns over deepening military cooperation [Yonhap News Agency]
• At least 550 pilgrims died due to intense heat during hajj, diplomats say [France 24]
• ‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 845: Ukrainian forces destroy 15 Russian air defense systems in Crimea over two months [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Russia names main condition for BRICS membership [Russia Today]
• Norway, Finland, Sweden to discuss NATO summit, aid to Ukraine on June 20 [TASS: Russian News Agency]
What the Ship? (Ep105) | Red Sea & Houthi | Containerships | Cruise Ships | Shipbuilding | Big U | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (6-18-24): President says undocumented spouses of US citizens will not be deported | C-SPAN
Washington Today (6-18-24): President says undocumented spouses of US citizens will not be deported
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 18, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 18, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 18, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for June, 2024 I John Michael Godier
• The Sky This Week from June 14 to 21: Say hello to summer skies [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 14 – 23 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show June 17th 2024: A Fine They Can't Refuse | Level1 Techs
On This Day
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 195 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)
325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
• [Wikipedia article on Nicene Creed]
• [Athanasian Creed]
• [Wikipedia: Arianism]
• [Early Christian Schisms - The Council of Nicaea - Extra History - #3]
1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
• [Civil ware era in Norway]
1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Methven]
• [Battlefields of Britain: BATTLE OF METHVEN (1306)]
1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
1770 – New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• [Wikipedia: New Church day]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Emanuel Swedenborg]
1800 – War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Höchstädt (1800)]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Second Coalition]
• [History in Five: The War of the Second Coalition]
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• [The Selkirk Settlers Cuthbert Grant and the Battle of Seven Oaks]
• [Pemmican War | 3 Minute History]
• [Wikipedia article]
1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
• [Wikipedia: Filiki Eteria]
• [Greek War of Independence]
1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.
• [Baseball Almanac: Knickerboxer Rules]
1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• [Law Enacting Emancipation in the Federal Territories]
• [Wikipedia: Dred Scott v. Sandford]
• [Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute]
1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States in 2021.
• [Juneteenth.com]
• [History.com: What is Juneteenth?]
• [Emancipation Proclamation]
1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maximilian I of Mexico]
• [Second Mexican Empire]
• [Maximilian I: The Austrian Dictator of Mexico]
1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• [Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877)]
1903 – Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The Great War: From Socialist to Fascist - Benito Mussolini in World War 1]
1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• [Wikipedia: Father's Day]
1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
• [Wikipedia article]
1921 – The village of Knockcroghery, Ireland, was burned by British forces.
• [The Burning Of Knockcroghery Documentary] (Premieres June 20th at 3pm)
• [Wikipedia: Burning of Knockcroghery]
• [Wikipedia: Black and Tans]
1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• [VIDEO: Act of 1934 and the FCC]
• [Wikipedia article]
1943 – World War II: The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• [Steagles]
• [Wikipedia: Steagles]
1953 – Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• [Wikipedia: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]
• [The Rosenbergs: The Definitive Debate]
• [Newsreel]
• [State Bar of Georgia: The Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Trial (1951) | Communist Spies?]
1960 – The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [History.com article]
• [Wikipedia: 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series]
1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• [Independence for Kuwait]
• [Wikipedia: History of Kuwait]
1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
• [Newsreel]
• [The 1964 Civil Rights Bill Explained in 8 Minutes]
• [1964: The Fight for a Right | MPB]
• [President Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1964]
• [Wikipedia]
1965 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
• [Wikipedia: Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers]
• [Wikipedia: Salvadoran Civil War]
• [El Salvador Civil War | Military Junta | Salvadoran Civil War | TV Eye | 1981]
1987 – Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
• [Wikipedia: Hipercor bombing]
• [Basque Conflict]
• [The Basque Country and ETA | DW Documentary]
1988 – Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
• [Wikipedia: Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989]
1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
• [Wikipedia article]
1991 – The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
2005 – Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdrew after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.
2007 – The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [video shot in the aftermath] (graphic images)
2009 – Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
2009 – War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
• [Pakistan's War With The Taliban]
• [Operation Rah e Nijat report on Sararogha By Laiq Ur Rehman]
2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• [BBC Article]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Julian Assange]
• [Wikipedia: WikiLeaks]
2018 – Antwon Rose II was fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.
• [Wikipedia: Shooting of Antwon Rose Jr.]
• [CBS News Report] (video shows the shooting)
• [CBS News report on Acquital of Police Officer]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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