>> they'll just need to go to 14 forever friend lane and check him out. >> zack: meredith, thank you so much for coming out today. and let's adopt this cat . after a big snow fall, it takes a little time for things to get back to normal. i'm rex hodge and i'll tell you about garbage collection and mail delivery. >> jason: road conditions improved today with melting going on. but more freezing tonight and more wintery weather. i'm tracking that. i'll show you when. >> frank: citadel cadets will face after pictures posted all over social media. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is

>> frank: digging out of a crippling snowstorm. many roads are still covered in snow and ice. crews got some help today with lots of sunshine. but tonight, the refreezing of melting snow could still make driving dangerous. >> tammy: because of that we're already seeing closings and delays. buncombe and henderson county schools will be closed tomorrow. >> frank: despite the lingering road problems, many services spent today trying to get back on track. >> tammy: rex, things like mail delivery and trash pick up are resuming. but there are things people can do to speed things along. >> rex: yeah, here in waynesville and haywood county,

one of the convenience centers. if you have garbage pick-up and you want your mail delivered on time, the folks who drive those vehicles say make sure you move snow and ice out of the way. waynesville residents are out and about after the big snow fall tackling chores. >> they had to close them down. >> rex: all of haywood county's ten convenience centers are back open now. >> not too bad but it piled up, you know. >> rex: it slowed things down but they're taking it all in stride. >> we were moving. i had all the boxes broken down. >> rex: trash pick up resumed. small trash haulers are just getting back to work. >> on monday's, about 25 pick-ups.

>> rex: no more snow falling but warren says piles of it remains. >> it's a short day for me. >> rex: because snow remains in piles and on smaller neighborhood roads, the town of sylva is waiting a day to resume trash pick-up. for jack garrett, it's no big deal. >> wait it out. it's better that people will be more safe. and the other people on the road will be more safe. >> rex: mail delivery from smoky mountain post office is back up and serving. clear the pathways to mailboxes and homes. specifically the postal service says you've got to clean out the snow and ice six feet from your mail box so the driver and drive

>> tammy: well the winter storm damaged the roof of a sports complex in fletcher. sl sportsplex says the weight of all that snow and ice did major damage to the area's gym. sl says that area is c csed off for repairs. the rest of the facility remains open. >> frank: buncombe and henderson county cools are closed again tomorrow. they're now beginning to add up. 8th grader josie seymour and her cyst ter the younger kids were given assignments in blizzard bags. josie says she's likes it much better than make-up days.

it was only a half day and it really sucked. >> frank: superintendent jeff mc dera says the next snow day will probably be on president's day. so they're adding up quickly. >> tammy: so is the temperature outside. it's not bad today. >> jason: we have even more spring like temperatures in the forecast. take a look at this temperature. even at 6600 feet, it's 41 degrees atop mount mitchell with the leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. really melting off that snow. there's a lot to melt off. 66 inches fell at mount mitchell. saturday being the bulls eye as it was for most of us with 31 inches of snow falling. they're down now 52. 50 in forest city. we still have 50s.

they'll be thinning out before they increasee again overnight ahead of a storm system which will bring us rain and even a wintery mix. temperatures in the 30s this evening for asheville. down to freezing by 11. that's when we start to worry about black ice. especially secondary and tertiary roads. 40s and 30s for you in the upstate. i'll time out that rain and even the wintery weather in the forecast. >> tammy: new developments in the new investigation at the citadel in the men wearing white hoods. the controversial photo surfaced on social media last month and sparked outrage. >> what bothers me is when

be perceived nobody took actions. >> tammy: it precluded that the cadets involved didn't mean to offend anyone. >> frank: her attorneys will get $700,000. the school says it's settling to avoid spending millions on the lawsuit. at the time, fsu cleared winston of any wrongdoing. he's now the starting quarterback for the tampa bay buccaneers. north carolina's new voter id mandate is on trial in a federal court room. depositions from witnesses began today. lawyers for the naacp and the u.s. justice department say the photo id requirement is discriminatory against black and

the voter id requirement is scheduled to be used for the first time in north carolina in the upcoming march primary. news 13 wants to know do you think north carolina should delay implementation of its new voter id law? log on to facebook.com/news 13 to answer our question of the day. >> tammy: the asheville police department is moving forward with body cameras. the department says it has worked with the city attorney to come up with a policy. under current north carolina law, that video is not considered public record. the city's new policy says the chief can allow a recording. the plan is fo officers to begin using them. >> jaclyn: a problem in h hwood

highway 276 or crusoe road is closed right now due to snow and ice. there's no word on when it will reopen. but if you live in that area, heads up, avoid that spot if you can. there's a minor bump. if you're taking i-26 near brevard road soon, there's a live look for you. you can see the snow on the median and off ramps. if it you are driving out later this evening or even tomorrow morning, please use extra caution because black ice is a threat. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> frank: the big winner in yesterday's nfc championship a north carolina t-shirt company.

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crude oil prices tumbled again. that took stocks along with them. the dow finished at 18,885. nasdaq fell 72 points and closed at 4518. >> tammy: a north carolina company is working overtime to help fans pay tribute to the carolina panthers as they get ready for the super bowl. >> frank: employees at logo dogs started printing championship t-shirts. the workers worked through the night and it took them about 12 hours to print 20,000 official championship shirts. those shirts will be sent to retail locations across the carolinas. >> tammy: we gotta buy one for the super bowl. well the super bowl appears to be only a rich man's game. the average resale price for the game is $5,000.

>> tammy: well 5,178. now a pair of club seats near mid field have already told for $12,000 each. making them the most expensive seats sold so far. super bowl 50 will be played in levi stadium in santa clara, california. >> frank: i like my seat better. a lot more comfortable. i know panthers fans, some of them must have been a little chilled yesterday. >> jason: i tell ya, that was something. they really laid it to them. 51 degrees for the high temperature today. that put ithree degrees above average. we started out way down there. what a make up we did from the low to the high. 33 degrees. no rain. no snow today. we're just a little bit behind for the year. big melt is on.

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now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: it sure does make for some pretty landscapes, doesn't it? all that snow. here's the leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network from perry down in rosemund. it's a mild 47 degrees. so the melt is on. a lot of slush. a lot of melt and then we freeze it up tonight to get those icy hardchunks. so slow down. 45 degrees right now in asheville. a south wind at 12. we do have a wind chill of 39. so you'll notice that as you step out the door. you're going to feel it when you step out the door. winter south ahead of the storm system. this is a weak one but it has a chance of rain. just enough cold air moves in behind this cold front starting

in to wednesday is when i think the better chances for wintery weather returns. unfortunately this does include mountain areas. we'll watch something here along the gulf coast moving in to florida and thursday. the models don't have an exact handle on this. but if this area of low pressure would work farther to the west and they'd have enough cold air in place, they'd give us enough snowfall. give folks along the east coast some snow. we'll watch it carefully. the forecast is going to be with the rain chances going up here the next several days. tuesday morning, the clouds on the increase. here we go by evening. notice the rain in green starting to spread from the southwest to the northeast. watch the blue start to break out here. this is early wednesday morning. dark blue indicating possibly

stretching up to northern haywood, yancey, madison county. there's not much of a window of opportunity. first the rain. look at this add up in to tuesday afternoon in to wednesday. we could see as much as a half ch plus in communities west and south. franklin northeast, less rain initially. watch the snow fall potential here wednesday early. yeah, could see up to half an inch in waynesville. this is a light coating here in buncombe county. maybe a third of an inch asheville. i think most of us see a dusting at best. tonight, the temperatures will be below freezing in most cases,

that means we'll have that black ice. look at these highs tomorrow. mid upper 30s. our temperatures will cool down wednesday and thursday. only getting in to the low 40s so quite a change. again, that situation off to the east of us has a big effect on what's happening here thursday. we'll keep an eye on it. temperatures closer to 60 by the saturday to sunday time frame. spring like with 60s back in saturday and sunday. >> frank: it's just the icing. >> jason: we're like give me a break. an inch of snow, no big deal. >> tammy: we're starting to see a lot of folks sharing more pictures with us and alocality of them involve snow. here's a pretty one. brenda conner snapped this one

cedar mountain. a lot of deer. >> frank: here's another pretty picture. it's from lake logan in haywood county. jerrika cook sent us this shot. so ice. >> and snow has brought out the creativity in some of our news 13 viewers. >> frank: pretty good. >> tammy: she sent us that. >> frank: joyce tannenbaum and her family in fairview. an upside down snowman doing a hand stand. >> tammy: and finally we have a hungry hippo. very cute. of course you can send us your pictures at wlos.com or e-mail them to pics@wlos.com. >> frank: a lot of great pictures.

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>> tammy: news 13's john le shows us the reunion that grew more unlikely by the day. >> john: once they're lost we can only hope that one day they're found. it's a never ending cycle. can't help but wonder how they wound up here and if there's hope for home. denise is executive director of brother wolf animal rescue. >> that's why it's important for people to microchip their animals. >> john: a man found suzy in the sandy mush game lands. the photos simply painful to look at. she needed an emergency leg amputation for a grim reason. >> she probably sadly tried to chew her toes off to get out of the traps. >> john: just hours later, a

>> is that the family? >> so exciting. >> john: truth is, this reunion can go either way. >> if this isn't their dog, we're going to be sad for them. >> john: they drove searching for familiar signs. >> brown marks on the butt. that's her. >> john: but the rottweiler mix is about half the dog she used to be. >> 19 days since she's been gone. >> john: somehow she ended up 60 miles from home. >> probably got some trauma and she'll have to work through that. >> we were on the internet last night looking up prosthetic legs for dogs. it's definitely reuniting with a family member to say the least. she's more than just a d d. >> i want to cry now. >> john: not knowing penny's fate was the hardest part. >> it's bad. it's like losing your baby.

wonder dog pulled off one more trick. >> you could say give me a hug. she rings the door bell. >> we don't know who taught her how to ring the door bell. >> she taught herself. >> john: just when they thought all hope was lost, look what they found. in asheville, john le, news 13. >> tammy: sweet story. back at home penny is doing well and may eventually do some pool therapy to rehab. though she isn't ringing the door bell just yet. >> frank: brother wolf microchiped penny. i know they're just happy to have her back.

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