Good evening, Central New York. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.

Your Weather Planner

While Saturday will be breezy and milder, there will be the risk for scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the 50s and 60s.

Initially, there will be showers/thunder in the morning, then a break midday ahead of additional showers and possible storms later Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening.

The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted an isolated risk of severe weather in parts of our area Saturday. The main threat would be damaging wind gusts. Quieter weather returns on Sunday with highs in the 40s and 50s.

Early next week remains quiet with above average temperatures. Highs may return to the 50s and 60s.

We’re tracking a cold front for the middle of next week. This will bring active weather midweek with chillier weather late week.

Tomorrow’s Forecast

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Crews complete tree removal at Micron site in Clay

Tree clearing at the site of the future Micron chipmaking plant in Clay has finished within the permitted timeframe, Micron officials said Friday.

2. Hochul meets with Trump’s ‘border czar’ in Albany

Gov. Kathy Hochul invited border czar Tom Homan to her office in Albany on Friday, arguing against increased federal immigration enforcement and for the release of several detained students. The pair talked face-to-face for an hour, according to a Hochul spokesman, during a closed-door meeting at the state Capitol Building. 

3. Advocates, politicians call for no changes to state climate law

Elected officials and advocates from around Central New York gathered at the Salt City Market on Friday morning, calling for the state to keep the climate law as is.

4. Cazenovia to get $10M as winner of state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative

The village of Cazenovia will receive $10 million in funding as the Central New York winner of the most recent round of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced Friday. In addition, the villages of Marcellus and Mexico will each receive $4.5 million as the Central New York winners of this round of NY Forward.

5. U.S. employers cut surprising 92,000 jobs last month as unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, nonprofits and government agencies added a healthy 126,000 jobs. Economists had expected 60,000 new jobs in February.

6. Israeli warplanes pound Tehran and Beirut as U.S. vows surge in its strikes on Iran

The war has escalated to affect more than a dozen countries across the Middle East and beyond. The United States said it had struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea as it waged an unrelenting campaign against the country’s navy that earlier included torpedoing of a warship in the Indian Ocean.