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07/01/2025

LIVE: Former President Jimmy Carter travels to Washington, DC ahead of national funeral | ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeUdPAcjt90

Today's Schedule

2:15 p.m.: Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and Carter’s remains are transferred to the hearse.
2:45 p.m.: Motorcade departs for the U.S. Navy Memorial.
3:30 p.m.: Carter's remains are transferred from the hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for a procession to the U.S. Capitol. Military body bearers will carry the casket into the Capitol Rotunda.
4:30 p.m.: Members of Congress will pay their respects during a service in the Rotunda.
7 p.m. to midnight: Lying in state opens to the public.

Wednesday, Jan. 8
The late president will continue to lie in state and the public is invited to pay respects from 7 a.m. on Jan. 8 until 7 a.m. on Jan. 9.

Thursday, Jan. 9
7 a.m.: Lying in state ends.
8:45 a.m.: Carter Family departs from Blair House via motorcade.
9 a.m.: Departure ceremony from the U.S. Capitol.
9:15 a.m.: Motorcade leaves for Washington National Cathedral.
9:30 a.m.: Carter's remains and family members arrive at the Washington National Cathedral.
9:55 a.m.: Carter’s remains are brought into the cathedral during a brief arrival ceremony.
10 a.m.: National funeral service.
11 a.m.: Departure from the Washington National Cathedral.
11:15 a.m.: Motorcade leaves for Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
11:45 a.m.: Late president and family members arrive at Joint Base Andrews and board Special Air Mission 39.
12:15 p.m.: Special Air Mission 39 leaves for Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia.
2 p.m.: Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Lawson Army Airfield and Carter’s remains are transferred to the hearse.
2:30 p.m.: Motorcade departs for Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.
3:30 p.m.: Arrival ceremony at Maranatha Baptist Church.
3:45 p.m.: Private funeral service.
4:30 p.m.: Departure from Maranatha Baptist Church.
4:45 p.m.: Late president and family members travel by motorcade through downtown Plains. The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter's remains are brought through his hometown.
5:20 p.m.: Motorcade arrives at Carter's residence for a private interment, before which the U.S. Navy will conduct a missing man formation flyover in honor of former President Carter’s naval service and time as commander-in-chief.

07/01/2025

There is a report of an accident with injury on Bryson City RoaD (nc-28)near Cowee Convenience. EMS and Cowee VFD are responding.

Please be cautious in this area for the next hour or so.



Published at 1.54pm on Tuesday, January 07, 2025a

07/01/2025

FYI

With the threat of snow and ice on Friday, January 10 we have decided to cancel our mid-year graduation ceremony. We made this decision early so that families could plan accordingly.

Students will have the opportunity to participate in spring ceremonies on May 23.

Diplomas and transcripts can be picked up from our office beginning Monday, January 13.

07/01/2025

There is a report of an accident near 1500 Clarks Chapel Road. EMS and Clarks Chapel VFD are responding.

Please exercise caution in this area for the next hour or so.



Dispatched at 9.06am on Tuesday, January 07, 2025

07/01/2025

FYI for our transit riders in Macon County

07/01/2025

Weather Briefing for Monday, January 07, 2025
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/wx20250107.html

• SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nantahala School is closed today and Franklin area schools and Highlands School are on a three-hour delay today. (01-07-2025)

• Cold and windy, wind chills rising from below zero to the teens at midday
• Funeral plans for Jimmy Carter in Washington D.C. | WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
• Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of four years ago [AP News]
• State releases names of 104 victims killed by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina: NCDHHS [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Supreme Court could now decide who should win the election for a seat on the court [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Federal judge sends Republican challenge of 60,000 ballots back to NC Supreme Court [Raleigh News and Observer]
• School closings, delays in Western North Carolina, Tuesday, Jan. 7 [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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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.

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

Here's our scheduled January Calendar of music. As usual, we will be closed for our normal 2 week period for Christmas and New Year's and will reopen 1/8/2025 on Wednesday. We will however be closed for the Memorial Service for Tom James, a family member of Frog Board and Staff. We're looking forward to a wonderful New Year full of music, and we couldn't do it without you. Thank you so much for your support in 2024 and previous years. As usual, we are still available for contact best by emailing us at [email protected].

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 2025 Schedule

1-11-25—Sorry. Frog Quarters will be open this week, but will be closed this date (Saturday) only for a Memorial Service close to friends and family. There will be no MidDay Music.

1-18-25—George James—Purveyor of over 800 songs, this singer and his guitar invites you to bring your requests. Hear George’s tenor voice on folk, pop and country oldies from the 70’s forward. If he doesn’t know a song, chances are he knows another by that artist.

1-25-25—Bloodroot—Three- and Four-part harmonies are forefront in this Americana acoustical roots band. You’ll hear oldies from the 70’s & 80’s along with songs you might remember from your childhood. Zip Robertson, Crickett Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland.

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!



January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years).

49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna.
1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.
1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
2021 – The United States Congress certifies the results of 2020 United States presidential election, confirming the election of Joe Biden, on the morning of the 7th after the Capitol was attacked the day before during earlier attempts to certify the election by supporters of the incumbent president Donald Trump, who lost re-election to Biden and attempted to overturn the results of the election.
2023 – The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

   
  

SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS Nantahala School is closed today and Franklin area schools and Highlands School are on a three-hour de...

06/01/2025

FYI

06/01/2025

The US House will be certifying the 2024 US Presidential election today. Watch live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HijaPYdmtW4

Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show.Su...

06/01/2025

There is a report of an accident on C**n Creek Road. EMS and Mountain Valley VFD are responding.

Please be cautious in this area for the next hour or so



Dispatched at 12.09pm on Monday, January 06, 2025

06/01/2025

Weather Briefing for Monday, January 06, 2025
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/wx20250106.html

• Rain in the morning, possible wintry precipitation in the afternoon as temperatures fall below freezing. Windy with gusts reaching 40 to 50 mpg in the afternoon
Jimmy Carter funeral: LIVE from The Carter Center as the former president lies in repose | Associated Press
• Congress counts electoral votes on Monday. What to know as lawmakers finalize the 2024 presidential election results. [CBS News]
• "Sober Operator Act" to be reintroduced in January, could lower BAC limit to .05% [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s new governor: Josh Stein fills out staff, including those who’ll work with lawmakers [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'An unbelievable American story': Mourners line streets from Plains to honor Jimmy Carter [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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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.

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

Here's our scheduled January Calendar of music. As usual, we will be closed for our normal 2 week period for Christmas and New Year's and will reopen 1/8/2025 on Wednesday. We will however be closed for the Memorial Service for Tom James, a family member of Frog Board and Staff. We're looking forward to a wonderful New Year full of music, and we couldn't do it without you. Thank you so much for your support in 2024 and previous years. As usual, we are still available for contact best by emailing us at [email protected].

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 2025 Schedule

1-11-25—Sorry. Frog Quarters will be open this week, but will be closed this date (Saturday) only for a Memorial Service close to friends and family. There will be no MidDay Music.

1-18-25—George James—Purveyor of over 800 songs, this singer and his guitar invites you to bring your requests. Hear George’s tenor voice on folk, pop and country oldies from the 70’s forward. If he doesn’t know a song, chances are he knows another by that artist.

1-25-25—Bloodroot—Three- and Four-part harmonies are forefront in this Americana acoustical roots band. You’ll hear oldies from the 70’s & 80’s along with songs you might remember from your childhood. Zip Robertson, Crickett Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland.

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!



January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year (360 in leap years).

1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
2021 – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.

   
  

GENERAL OUTLOOK A low pressure system will cross the area today, bringing a round of rain with some wintry precipitatio...

05/01/2025

Weather Briefing forSunday, January 05, 2025
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/wx20250105.html

• cloudy and cold, chance of snow showers, rain and sleet
• Funeral service for Jimmy Carter held at Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta | PBS NewsHour
• How Congress will certify Trump’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6 [Associated Pressm]
• U.S. Plans $8 Billion Sale of Arms, Including Bombs, to Israel [Wall Street Journal]
• "Sober Operator Act" to be reintroduced in January, could lower BAC limit to .05% [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• (video) On the Record: A look at what 2025 could bring in the state legislature [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Duke Energy receives key approvals for new gas plants at 2 North Carolina sites [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'An unbelievable American story': Mourners line streets from Plains to honor Jimmy Carter [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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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.

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

Here's our scheduled January Calendar of music. As usual, we will be closed for our normal 2 week period for Christmas and New Year's and will reopen 1/8/2025 on Wednesday. We will however be closed for the Memorial Service for Tom James, a family member of Frog Board and Staff. We're looking forward to a wonderful New Year full of music, and we couldn't do it without you. Thank you so much for your support in 2024 and previous years. As usual, we are still available for contact best by emailing us at [email protected].

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 2025 Schedule

1-11-25—Sorry. Frog Quarters will be open this week, but will be closed this date (Saturday) only for a Memorial Service close to friends and family. There will be no MidDay Music.

1-18-25—George James—Purveyor of over 800 songs, this singer and his guitar invites you to bring your requests. Hear George’s tenor voice on folk, pop and country oldies from the 70’s forward. If he doesn’t know a song, chances are he knows another by that artist.

1-25-25—Bloodroot—Three- and Four-part harmonies are forefront in this Americana acoustical roots band. You’ll hear oldies from the 70’s & 80’s along with songs you might remember from your childhood. Zip Robertson, Crickett Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland.

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!



January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year (361 in leap years).

1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold.
1919 – The German Workers' Party, which would become the N**i Party, is founded in Munich.
1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.

   
  

GENERAL OUTLOOK Cold and quiet before a low pressure system crosses the area late today through early Monday, increasin...

05/01/2025

There is a report of a possible structure fire on Cook Road. EMS and Cullasaja Gorge VFD are responding. Franklin and Clarks Chapel VFDs are mutual aid response.

Please be cautious in this area for the next few hours or so



Dispatched at 3.08am on Sunday, January 05, 2025

04/01/2025

There is a report of an accident on Georgia Road (US-23/441) near Cove/Lola's Bake Shop. EMS and Franklin VFD are responding.

Use caution in this area


Published at 5.16pm on Saturday, January 04, 2025

04/01/2025

Funeral Service in Atlanta for President Jimmy Carter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC2Nn0neBGk .

The state funeral for the 39th president begins Saturday. The former president died Dec. 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia.Here's what to know if you'...

04/01/2025

Weather Briefing for Saturday, January 04, 2025
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/wx20250104.html

• Sunny and cold, high winds out of the northwest, very cold overnight
• "Sober Operator Act" to be reintroduced in January, could lower BAC limit to .05% [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New North Carolina governor issues orders on private road repairs, housing after Helene [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC elected these 5 men as its newest members of Congress. Who are they? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC has high levels of RSV in wastewater, CDC says: What to do if you contract RSV [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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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.

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

Here's our scheduled January Calendar of music. As usual, we will be closed for our normal 2 week period for Christmas and New Year's and will reopen 1/8/2025 on Wednesday. We will however be closed for the Memorial Service for Tom James, a family member of Frog Board and Staff. We're looking forward to a wonderful New Year full of music, and we couldn't do it without you. Thank you so much for your support in 2024 and previous years. As usual, we are still available for contact best by emailing us at [email protected].

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 2025 Schedule

1-4-25—Frog Quarters will still be closed for the holidays. Happy New Year!

1-11-25—Sorry. Frog Quarters will be open this week, but will be closed this date (Saturday) only for a Memorial Service close to friends and family. There will be no MidDay Music.

1-18-25—George James—Purveyor of over 800 songs, this singer and his guitar invites you to bring your requests. Hear George’s tenor voice on folk, pop and country oldies from the 70’s forward. If he doesn’t know a song, chances are he knows another by that artist.

1-25-25—Bloodroot—Three- and Four-part harmonies are forefront in this Americana acoustical roots band. You’ll hear oldies from the 70’s & 80’s along with songs you might remember from your childhood. Zip Robertson, Crickett Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland.

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!



January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 361 days remain until the end of the year (362 in leap years).

46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1642 – English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.
1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
1944 – World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
1951 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.

   
  

GENERAL OUTLOOK Cold and dry high pressure settles over the region today. Then, a low pressure system will cross the ar...

03/01/2025

THere is a report of a possible structure fire on Baily Hills Road. EMS and Franklin VFD are responding. Mountain Valley VFD and Cullasaja Gorge VFDs are mutual aid assistance.

Use caution in this area.



Dispatched at 2.36pm on Friday, January 03, 2024