>> larry: coming up, an armed robbery in henderson county. >> tammy: find out who authorities arrested in the case. news 13 at 5:30 starts now. the evidence is all over the vehicles and all around town. that salt is melting the ice. coming up, i'll explain what dangers it brings with it. walking for awareness. what these haywood county parents and students are hoping to accomplish. >> frank: and hundreds of mistreated animals saved from a north carolina shelter. how an asheville organization played a part in their rescue. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: happening now, news 13's justin hinton joins us live from a rally to save central elementary school. >> frank: justin, what are some parents and students at the

>> justin: really just for the school to stay open at this point in time. if you look around, you can see a lot of students and parents are gathered here. they're really trying to raise awareness. in a few minutes they're going to head to the courthouse to let the people in the community know what's going on. and they'll come back for this meeting. the haywood county already approved stems from decreasing of stated funding. that means some things have to be cut. one reason they're looking at central elementary, they say they could save half a million dollars each year just by having those students enrolled elsewhere. >> it's important to let the school board know we're not going to take this lightly. >> justin: so they're going to march to downtown waynesville and return to the school tonight. at about 7 o'clock, there's going to be a public hearing that's scheduled so they will be voicing their opinion to let the

do not want the school district to close. justin hinton, news 13. >> frank: and news 13 wants to know, do you think central elementary school should be closed or should it remain open? log to to facebook.com/news 13 to answer our question of the day. >> tammy: authorities say it happened along i 75 in murrieta. the georgia state patrol says a suspect was also shot. no word on conditions of the trooper and the suspect. >> frank: marlean allen is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. and james allen is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. deputies say they responded to a home near clayton homes to find that a victim had been robbed at knife point. they say her prescription pain medications were stolen.

the asheville humane society is helping to save 600 animals involved in an animal cruelty case in hoke county. several complaints of sick animals adopted from a facility. authorities found more than 300 dogs, 250 cats and 40 horses all being kept in filthy conditions. many without protection from the elements. >> well you've got animals out here with open wounds. you've got animals that's got obvious skin conditions. animals that appear to be malnutritioned. different things like that. >> frank: the owners of the facility were arrested and charged with animal cruelty. the asheville humane society will work with authorities. >> tammy: several crews battled a fire at a home in henderson

the fire was put out around 1:00. no one was home at the time. the cause of the fire is under investigation. officialselief it started in the attic. dwight hill has owned that home for 30 years. the loud beeping of this carbon monoxide alarm saved a man in marion. authorities say his gas log was broken and the fumes could have killed him. >> do you think the alarm saved your life? >> yeah. >> no question about it? >> no question. >> tammy: at 6:00 what to look for with your own gas log that may indicate it's leaking toxic fumes. >> frank: good to have one of those as well as smoke detectors. >> jason: in my household, it's got to be on.

sky cam network, here we are in hendersonville hendersonville. looking at patchy blue skies. otherwise it's cloudy. plenty of snow to melt off on the hill sides. clouds but we'll break them up this evening. looks like you're stuck with them in to the overnight in the upstate. temperatures in the 30s for newland and boone. 40s s sread out in the southern mountains. 50s. good for you, upstate. 34 here in asheville at 9:00. a little more breaks in the clouds by 11:00, 32 degrees. mid 40s my 9 o'clock. low 40s by 11:00. when i see you again, i'll show you if any rain is involved. >> tammy: news 13's hope hanselman joins us live with a look at some of the serious

>> frank: hope, the salt used to street the roads can be damaging? >> hope: that's right, frank. now this stuff is washing in to our streams and creeks and rivers. even when it's melted, it can cause some issues. the aftermath of the snowstorm has us all cleaning up. >> below your car, that's where you don't see it. >> hope: this ford f-250 has seen the worst of it or just about. owner bruce campbell warns folks to stay away from rust like this. >> i'll break hoses, i'll break calipers. >> hope: his advice could save

>> after an event like we just had, it's really important to go to the car wash and get a chassis wash and maybe even do it again a week later. >> hope: salt or ice melt can make dogs seriously sick. >> for a 40-50 pound dog, they only have to eat about three ounces. so that's not a lot. it can be irritating to the skin and the pads of their feet. so after they've been out on a walk, things like that, it's a good idea to wipe their feet down with some warm water and a towel to wash all that off. >> hope: so we may be stuck with winter for a few more months, but these tips are likely to last you longer. >> you have a good day. >> you, too. thank you. >> bye.

always the same sodium chloride mixture making its effect unpredictable. mountain true says it's washing to our waterways not enough to make us sick but a concern for natural habitat. >> frank: right now let's check out what's happening on the road. >> tammy: jaclyn, what are the biggest problem areas? >> jaclyn: traffic is backed up in both directions between patton avenue and i-40. it's a good idea to give yourself some extra drive time. also if you're heading towards the mall on tunnel road, get ready for some delays. seven minute ride from i-40 to i-240 with major back ups passing through. here's a look at what you can expect. traffic is flowing smoothly out there.

delays if you are taking i-26 on your afternoon drive. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> frank: democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders stopped by the white house today. the vermont senator was invited to a private oval office meeting with president obama. sanders placed just behind hillary clinton who still holds a narrow lead. on the republican side, trump is making headlines again. this time for refusing to participate in the final gop debate before the iowa caucuses. >> we'll do something where we'll raise money for veterans. we're going to do something simultaneously with the debate. >> frank: the billionaire is angry with the debate host with fox news.

school's accused of making about its graduates.

>> frank: stocks took a plunge on wall street today. the dow lost 222 points ending at 15,944. nasdaq closing at 4468. the government's suing the operators for the for-profit de-vry university. >> tammy: the university claimed that 90% of its graduates actively seeking employment landed jobs in their fields within six months of graduating. it also claimed that its graduates had 50% higher incomes a year than the graduates of all other colleges. some graduates counted as working in their field actually y weren't. and that graduates weren't earning more than those from

>> frank: the founder of bikram hot yoga was ordered to pay damages to his former lawyer who says he sexually harassed her. she also claimed chadri fired her chadri started a chain in the u.s. and around the world. >> tammy: now to an update to a popular mountain barbecue restaurant new south asheville location. the general manager of lieuela says he expects their biltmore location to be open in june. the gm says they've been itching to return to where it all started for a long time. >> frank: the japanese automaker sold over ten million cars last year.

has been caught up in a massive recall over possibly faulty airbags. toyota had to recall millions of cars due to fears that airbags that it installed might explode. >> tammy: if you don't have your debate card, jp morgan chase says you can still make a withdrawal with your smartphone. it says one of the perks to the new machines is a function that allows customers to take their money out of their account by tapping theiei phones to the atm. the technology used is the same one that allows apple pay and other payment apps to work. the bank says it does not replace the debit card but allows customers to use the machines even if they do not have their card with them. >> frank: soon they'll be doing my job. jason's too. >> jason: we can zoom in on the phone. i'm on screen, you can just do it from my house. >> tammy: with your feet propped

>> jason: i like it. 45 degrees for the high temperature today. a few degrees shy of the normal, 48. but a mild start. it was 34. seven above average. we're going to get a little more rain in the seven day forecaca. it's briefly colder before

i' now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: we look at the jet streams this time of year to see the storm patterns and how they're going to shape up. this is shifting east ward and this is actually going to be moving our way. it's a big ridge of warm air and high pressure. that slides east. we'll start to see the effects of that starting on friday. but more so saturday. clouds streaming up from the south and southwest. that's going to be a theme for

foothills all evening long in to the overnight. no rain in the asheville area. 10% thursday, friday. and zero for the rain chances saturday and sunday. we're cloudy now. looking outside our studios in biltmore park. it is really cloudy. wind chill down to 39 degrees. you're going to feel it even though it's a lighter wind. 52 degrees in the upstate at paris mountain. east-northeast wind at 8 miles an hour. low pressure eventually working up the coast. that gives us that east and northeasterly wind for the upstate. look at this moisture down here. this is going to be some rain. mostly i-85 south ward and then it moves east. then we'll move our attention north ward. it does produce some mountain snowow showers. don't expect anything really past the tennessee border. don't expect anything in asheville.

light accumulations especially north of i-40 in areas like yancey, mitchell, avery county. clouds hanging out tonight. we'll break them up before they start to back in to the mountains again tomorrow morning. thicker clouds over the upstate. showers certainly in the forecast for you south of 85 before we begeg to clear out early on friday. notice this up in the mountains. right around day break friday we'll have the clouds banked up against the spine of the blue ridge. and light snow falling in those highest elevations. the rainfall amounts, whatever falls over the upstate, pretty light. here we go. no chance for rain, thus no rain to measure in the next 24 hours in asheville. temperatures tonight dropping down in to the 20s. colder north. warmer south as you would expect. 30s in the upstate.

be warming up as we go down the road. 50 tomorrow. 43 on friday. that's the colder and breezier day. then we go back up much warmee. 60s returns saturday, sunday, and monday. and linger in to tuesday of next week. notice the rain chances nil until we get in to monday. and tuesday looks like a better chance for some scattered showers. same in the upstate. 50s the next couple of days to 60s basking in that warmth. look at that. >> frank: sunshine warming up nice around here. time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. alex sent us this one of the sunrise from polk county. >> tammy: you can send us your pictures and video. go to wlos.com or e-mail them to pics@wlos.com. if you're trying to lose weight, do not be afraid of the scale. up next in our consumer report,

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>> tammy: if your goal this year is to lose weight, research shows stepping on the scale frequently could be the right motivator. >> frank: buying the right scale could make a didierence. >> reporter: these digital

simply weighs pounds. when it comes to your weight, more isn't always better. and it turns out the same might be true for your scale. consumer reports tested six scales which not only measure weight but also things like body mass index and fat. >> these scales work by passing a very small electrical current through your body. the electrical current passes differently through fat and muscle. based on the current they can determine. >> reporter: testers used the scientific benchmark for each volunteer to assess a scales accuracy at reporting body fat. none of them came close to the numbers on the bod pod for all of the volunteers. >> they weren't very accurate in measuring body fat.

>> reporter: that said, this $80 tudida provides the this $130 fitbit aria smartscale can send it right to your smartphone via wi-fi. >> a better indication of your overall health is body mass index, which you can calculate knowing your height and youou weight. >> reporter: which means all you need is a basic scale. for $25. another good reminder that sometimes less is more. your body mass index can be a good calculator of obesity. you can calculate your bmi with a simple click on our website. >> frank: states wild life

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are making a hearty right now at 6, a marion man tells us how this alarm saved his life. we'll have that story coming up. >> larry: and someone fires a gun outside a buncombe county housing development. >> concern. in a word, concern. a lot of it. >> larry: where the bullets wound up after piercing a sign that has so many residents upset. >> karen: i'll have the latest on the snow removal efforts on henderson county road. now from western north carolina's news leader, this is