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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front brings isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms today with above normal temperatures returning. Dry conditions develop behind the front Thursday into early next week as high pressure builds over the region. Much cooler and below normal temperatures return Thursday into Friday before a warming trend develops this weekend into early next week.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Partly sunny. A chance of showers this morning. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY....Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 40. East winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY....Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. Frost may develop Thursday night into Friday morning, mainly in the northern North Carolina mountains and in some locations west of the French Broad Valley. Sensitive plants should be covered or brought inside.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Franklin Town Council - October 2025 | Macon Media
• First frost of the season expected in western North Carolina this week [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Kids and breweries: Wake County brewery’s Facebook post sparks public debate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• UNC football is no longer moving forward with in-season documentary. Here’s why [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Tropical Storm Jerry spaghetti models. Will it become a hurricane, impact North Carolina? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Israel remembers those who died in the 7 October attacks | Sky News
Thousands march across Latin America, urging leaders to cut ties with Israel over Gaza war | Al Jazeera
• US special envoy and Trump's son-in-law to join Gaza peace talks in Egypt [BBC News]
• Ursula von der Leyen and the polarized European Parliament [DW News]
• Former PM and Macron ally Édouard Philippe joins calls for president's resignation [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Orbán accuses Zelenskyy of “blackmail” over EU entry | World News Tonight | TVP World News
• Phase 0 begins: ISW says Russia is laying psychological groundwork for a future NATO war [Euromaidan Press]
• Biden provoked Ukraine war to cover up corruption – Putin aide [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over past day — top brass [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 07, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Trump floats invoking Insurrection Act amid showdown with Democratic-led cities | NBC News
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility [KATU-TV (Portland, OR)]
• Charlie Kirk leaked text confirms he was livid about 'bullying' Jewish donors: 'I'm leaving pro-Israel cause' [Daily Mail (UK)]
• Johnson: Not swearing in Democrat has ‘nothing to do’ with Epstein files [The Hill]
• Federal government shutdown grinds into a second week, but quiet talks emerging [AP News]
• List of federal shutdowns [Wikipedia]
• Texas National Guard deploys 200 troops to Illinois for federal protection mission amid protests [Fox News]
• xAI to Raise $20 Billion After Nvidia and Others Boost Round [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump suggests not all furloughed workers will get back pay: ‘It depends’ [CNBC]
Gold Rally; Final Push For Gaza Deal | Horizons Middle East & Africa 10/08/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-7-25): WH says furloughed feds backpay not automatic when gov't shutdown ends | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 7, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 7, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
The Level1 Links With Friends Show October 8 2025: One Ring to Bind (Your Finger)
• Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel [Nature]
• Amazon Ditches Android — Launches 'Linux-Based' Vega OS for Fire TV [FOSS NEWS]
• European Mars orbiter spies interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming past Red Planet (photos) [Space.com]
• Tesla’s New Affordable Models Are Not New [Gizmodo]
• Qualcomm is buying Arduino, releases new Raspberry Pi-esque Arduino board [Ars Technica]
• Crypto’s Retail Era Is Over: Institutions Now Set the Market’s Pace, Experts Say [Decrypt]
• A ‘spooky’ Ethereum correlation suggests an imminent breakout [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Wednesday, October 08, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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