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Saturday, October 27, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure and above normal temperatures are expected to dominate the local weather pattern for the next several days after the middle of the 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....Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds around 5 mph.
...COLUMBUS DAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph.
...MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds around 5 mph.
...TUESDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 5 mph.
...TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 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
• Amazon to close Franklin warehouse, open new site in Hayesville [Smoky Mountain News]
• NC families to receive food assistance program benefits through October [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Privatize NC's liquor sales? Leader of DOGE-style group wants to explore the cost [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Earthquake touches another small NC mountain town on Saturday, USGS says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• SNAP, WIC benefits will continue through October despite government shutdown, NCDHHS says [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Inside the hospital in Tel Aviv waiting 'anxiously for the final end of Israel's hostage ordeal' | Sky News
At least 41 people killed in flooding caused by tropical storms in Mexico | Al Jazeera
• Afghan Taliban confirm 'retaliatory' border attacks on Pakistan [BBC News]
• Israel: Witkoff, Kushner hail Trump ahead of hostage release [DW News]
• Madagascar soldiers join protestors, refuse orders to shoot demonstrators [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Kyiv hopes for Tomahawk missiles amid strained air defenses | World News Tonight | TVP World News
• Estonia closes border crossing with Russia amid increased military activity [Euromaidan Press]
• The multipolar revolution you missed: The alliance everyone forgot is shaping Eurasia’s future [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Moldova repeats mistakes of other by making Russia its antagonist — Kremlin [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 79 | NBC News
Jimmy Kimmel Thought His Show Was Finished After ABC Suspension | Bloomberg Podcasts
• (video) The FCC Listened to You — NextGenTV DRM Is In the Hot Seat [Lon TV]
• Chaos outside ICE facilities as protesters clash with police in Chicago while helicopters in Portland are targeted by lasers [Daily Mail (UK)]
• Appeals court restores Trump’s control over National Guard in Illinois, but blocks deployment [The Hill]
• Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings [AP News]
• Trump directs Hegseth to pay troops during ongoing government shutdown standoff as he rails against Schumer [Fox News]
• Rekindling of Tariff Fight Pressures Wall Street’s Hottest Trades [Wall Street Journal]
• Tariffs hit harder in an economic data vacuum [Yahoo Finance]
• Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day [CNBC]
Inside America’s Multi-Billion Dollar Immigration Detention System | Bloomberg Television
After Words: Jane Goodall, "Hope For Animals and Their World...." | C-SPAN
‘The Librarians’ documentary explores censorship, fight for freedom to read | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 10, 2025 | PBS News Hour
PREMIERE EPISODE OF C-SPAN's Ceasefire: Mike Pence & Rahm Emanuel with Host Dasha Burns | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Oct. 10, 2025
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
TWiV 1261: Must-see TVs | Microbe TV
• Dangerous ‘nitazene’ opioids are on the rise: researchers are worried [Nature]
• For the Love of Flatpaks, Please Don't Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 Just yet [FOSS NEWS]
• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 181 — World Space Week [Space.com]
• After Decades of Searching, Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in the Mystery Surrounding Our Galaxy’s Black Hole [Gizmodo]
• “Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection [Ars Technica]
• The Latest Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is a Bitcoin Supporter [Decrypt]
• Satoshi’s $100B+ dormant Bitcoin stash: What happens if it finally moves [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 Sunday, October 12, 2025
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