the police chief tells me that the d.o.t. has been brought in to really plow the roadways hoping to get the bus off beach mountain and back down into the banner elk area. right now the bus can't go any further up here because of the road conditions. very slick this morning. you can see how heavy the snow came down here in the north carolina high country. i would say here at the higher elevations, we all ready had three, four, possibly five inches of snow from this system that just keeps producing snow showers over the north carolina high country. just a short time ago, i got a chance to talk with the police chief here. >> the roads are too treacherous. we had to turn around and pull them up here to flatter ground so they can try to finish out their day at the ski resort. >> the other big concern is the winds are expected to pick up country. i can tell you the temperature degrees. reporting from beach mountain, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news.

weather advisories for several mountain counties right now. you can get severe weather alerts for your neighborhood sent straight to your phone. sign up under the weather tab on wsoctv.com. well, this midday the panthers are sticking up for their quarterback cam newton and they're also cleaning out their lockers after a devastating super bowl loss. in the past half hour, panthers head coach ron rivera spoke to the media for the last time this season. eyewitness news anchor brittney johnson was there as the coach thanked fans and says he's all ready looking forward to next year. >> reporter: certainly looking forward to just wrapped up the press conference here. entire team. including cam newton. and the players told me it's bittersweet for them as they clean out their lockers after loss. and we were inside of the locker room a little earlier as they signed one another's

season. they told us it's tough to wrap up the season with this loss but they showed a lot of pride for season they've had. and they told us they'd get over the loss by focusing on the future. cam newton opened up to the media about his post game performance. he says it happened. he doesn't have regrets. and he doesn't like to lose. he talked about the constant comparisons to other quarterbacks. >> i have a mentality, i have a standard that i set for myself, and i'm not going to bend or break, you know what i'm anybody. but at the end of the day, we had an unbelievable season. >> reporter: less than 30 minutes ago coach ron rivera wished newton responded differently but they appreciate having a player that doesn't like to lose. they do support him. as you heard at the top of the show, the players were chanting we love cam. we're going to talk more about

let you know what coach ron season. we'll have that on eyewitness news at 5:00. brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. we're all ready ready for next season. coach ron rivera said today he was thankful for these fans who lined up to welcome the team back last night. he and several players shook the bus. waved. fans wanted the team to know win or lose they still love the team. >> we want them to know that one game does not define how proud we are of our panthers. they worked hard. and they deserved to have this when they come home. >> parents told channel 9 they brought their kids out last night to teach them that life is not always about winning and it's important to keep trying. channel 9's pair of road tripping photographers have started the long journey home. carl and sean hit the road this morning and they're all ready

new at noon, firefighters rushed to this east charlotte house after neighbors smelled smoke coming from it. chris put out the fire on hartness avenue. inside. the time. one student is in the hospital after two buses collided this morning in west charlotte. middle school. there was no visible damage to the buses and 40 students were on board at the time. cms leaders say the student was taken to the hospital as a precaution. voters are lining up to vote in the first presidential primary in the nation. voters have been casting ballots as early as midnight. jacqueline fell shows us how the candidates are making their lost minute pitches. >> reporter: more than 40% of voters in new hampshire are independent.

candidate regardless of political party. lines are starting to form at the poles in new hampshire. election officials are anticipating record turn out today. donald trump is all ready launching an election date tweet storm. mostly directed at jeb bush. the two turned to name calling and taunting. >> i'm not afraid of donald trump. he's like a child. he's like a spoiled child. >> donald trump, you're the loser. >> for bush and other establishment candidates like john kasich and chris christie, new hampshire is make it or break it time. plenty of drama's all ready surrounding today's primary monday night, donald trump participating in a vulgar exchange with a supporter targeting ted cruz. and marco rubio with another blunder at a rally repeating the same line twice. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has held on to a dominating lead over hillary clinton in the poles. in washington, jacqueline fell,

channel 9 will keep a close eye on the race and break down those results for you tonight at 10:00 and 11:00 on eyewitness news. for the first time, we are hearing from the father of a murdered teen. >> i'm pretty sure i could get answers out of him. >> what he says about the college student charged with her murder and what he believes his daughter's last moments were like. a controversial plan to protect charlotte's lgbt community. the reason some leaders feel railroaded. we're not seeing much snow

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led by a drop in oil prices and tech stocks. the dow is down 77 points. and now below 16,000. and the nasdaq is down 14 points. tonight the cms board will decide the next steps in its search for a superintendent. they're expected to vote on whether to offer current superintendent anne clark a contract extension. the vote will likely be a close one. july. tonight leaders will also discuss proposed student assignment goals and a budget overview. count on channel 9 to follow all developments out of tonight's meeting and break down the decision tonight at 10:00 and 11:00 on eyewitness news. charlotte city leaders will revisit a controversial ordinance meant to protect the lgbt community from discrimination. last night charlotte city leaders decided to vote again in two weeks. the ordinance provides protection in various places including at a business, in a taxi, and a public restroom. the decision to vote came after leaders claim critics voices

>> the feelings that many of them have have been completely shut out of this conversation. >> i resent your implication that we are railroading this. >> the vote on the 22nd will include a public hearing for people to share their thoughts before the vote. the father of a murdered teen is speaking out about the virginia tech student charged in her death. >> i'd like to be locked up in the same cell with him. he took my little girl. >> the steps her father took to try to protect her months ago. >> a car crashed into a local broadcast.

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so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. welcome back. we're giving you a live look at king street in boone. but you can see there's still snow coming down there. it looks like crews have been able to get the snow off the side. you can still see it on the rooftops and the awnings. other areas in the mountains having some travel impacts because of snow. we're going to get the full forecast from meteorologist keith monday in minutes on midday. the father of a murdered 13- year-old is speaking out for first time since her death. two virginia tech students are facing charges in nicole's death. her body was found in north carolina 80 miles from her home. >> i bet she fought like a

i mean she's my kid. >> investigators say david eisenhower had an inappropriate relationship with nicole on social media. her father told dr. phil her family tried to step in after finding out she was talking to older men online. they even took her phone away at one point. her father says he wishes he had done more. >> i'd like to be locked up in the same cell with him. i'm pretty sure i could get answers out of him. he took my little girl. >> investigators told abc news eisenhower admitted he saw nicole the night she disappeared ask gave her a hug before he went home. one of her friends said she referred to him as her boyfriend. the other suspect charged in this case is accused of helping eisenhower plan the murder. investigators still have not released a motive. new at noon, north carolina regulators are fining duke energy nearly $7 million for pollution from the 2014 coal ash spill into the dan river.

today. it says it covers violations. duke is reviewing the fine to determine whether to fight it. today president obama will budget request. the plan includes a 19 billion- dollar increase in cyber agencies. that is up more than 35% from last year. it includes $7.5 billion for the fight on isis. it also calls for a 10-dollar per barrel tax on oil to pay projects. rock hill leaders are putting a massive development project on hold for now. last night city council delayed the final reading for the knowledge park master plan. our partners at the harald tells us the city is considering changes to the project and financial agreement. the plan calls for a mix of shops, and housing construction should begin later this year. today a charlotte radio

different studio after a driver slammed into the building in the middle of a live show. listeners even heard the wreck. about -- >> the car hit the espn 730 studios on moorhead street in uptown yesterday afternoon. we spoke to the operations manager who said he has been worried about something like this happening. >> we've been concerned about it for a while, jokingly concerned about it. never thought that it would actually happen. but i can be rest assured, hopefully we'll have some guardrails up to prevent something like this from happening in the future. >> one person had minor injuries and went to the hospital. new at noon, more people than ever went to north carolina's state parks last year. 17.3million people visited the state's 39 parks. that's up 11%. and it's a state record. visits were up 35% at lake

crowders mountain state park. meteorologist keith monday is tracking snow in the mountains plus a deep freeze that's going to impact our neighborhoods for several days. >> we're behind yesterday's pace of a warm up. it's beginning. it's going to keep going. let's take a tour of live early warning doppler 9. all of this is not hitting the ground. it's just too dry for this to make it down to the ground. and if we do see anything, flurries. so we're seeing all this further away from the radar, up north into claremont, cheryls ford, catawba county, over to clouds. it picks up that snowfall. once you get into the over that. so you're seeing lighter snow amounts. but this is the place where it's snowing much more. they have higher humidity in the mountains. the snow's really coming down. look at the low humidity numbers, 35% in charlotte. that number will go down in the

our air will get dryer. you'll feel your hands drying out here. it's going to get worse as the dry air comes this week. that's going to limit us to flurries for the future cast through the afternoon. it's looks impressive on the forecast but it's not going to be anything at all. in the mountains, we should see an easing of snow into the evening. but it'll add up more in here. the lower elevations, an inch or less, on the west side, a couple inches adding up. i checked at beach mountain, they reported about six inches of snowfall. so we've probably all ready seen a couple inches on top of that from what we had this morning. not done yet. we're at 40 in charlotte. low 20s in the mountains. the numbers crash quickly. once the sun goes down, we'll stay around 40 all afternoon. freezing. down further tomorrow morning. 21 in charlotte.

low teens if not single digits in the mountains. we'll touch on this today at 5:00 how the windchill in the mountains will get severe as we work our way into tomorrow. this was interesting, john ahrens found this this afternoon. we're at 36. denver's doing it to us again. they get to 70 tomorrow. they're seeing nice warm weather out west while the east is seeing this big cold plunge. and this is going to stick around well into the weekend. stay on top of the forecast, it's going to be cold for the next several days. get the latest on our wsoc-tv weather apps. our five-day forecast with the weekend in view, highs in the 30s, 17 on thursday morning and barely close to 40 and the weekend is another reinforcing shot. cold air is coming in for weekend plans, violence -- valentine's day is going to be really cold. >> no more talk about denver. >> we're thinking, where is it warm, denver's warm.

all right keith. thank you. a devastated mother and father are sending an urgent warning to other parents. they lost their son after he got hooked on a substance you may know nothing about. >> we didn't know what was going on with him. we asked. he said i'm hooked on this stuff. >> when you lose a child, it completely rocks your world. >> it's being advertised on road signs all over our area. today at 5:00, 9 investigates the danger plus what's legal and what's not. nine assaults on local prison guards including a stabbing with a homemade knife. the steps officials are taking

here's a look at the he an anson county prison has more guards to day after a spike in violent attacks during the past week. in a 9 investigation, we learned inmates at lanes borrow correctional institution in polkton assaulted nine guards in one case a convicted rapist used a homemade knife. the officer had to be flown to the hospital. neighbors are worried about safety. >> they don't have enough security in the prison. >> we've been telling you for years about problems at the prison. in 2014 someone stabbed an administrator in the neck. that same year federal and state agents took control of the prison because they thought inmates smuggled cell phones to plan attacks. the state says the additional officers will stay at the prison until the threat subsides. leaders are also reviewing their policies to make sure employees are safe. we have linked our past

lanes borrow going back to 2014 to wsoctv.com. you can see our reports on the home page. tonight you can weigh in on a plan to lower the speed limit on a busy cabarrus county road. midland town leaders are considering dropping the speed limit on bethel school road from 45 to 35 miles per hour. independent tribune, they're building a park there, and they want to make sure people are safe if they walk there. tonight's meeting is at 7:00 at town hall. renee elmers is wanting to prevent hundreds of troops from being relocated. she met with military leaders yesterday at fort bragg. they announced they'll deactivate the reserve group and move soldiers to other stations. congress woman elmers calls it a huge mistake. >> this is based on 2013 numbers. 2013 decisions being made. we're in 2016 now. and we're faced with global

never seen before. >> elmers wants the decision put on hold until a new president comes into office and until the military can prove training for fort bragg para troopers will not be jeopardized. breaking news in huntersville, police just confirms to channel 9 they're investigating a robbery on the cpcc campus in huntersville. this is an active investigation right now. we're not sure at this point if the campus is on lock down or if anyone was hurt. we will update you at 5:00 and also on our website, wsoctv.com. more and more americans are giving up their u.s. passports. a cnn money analysis shows more than 4200 people turned in their passports last year. a 20% increase. experts say the trend is increasing with americans living over seas amide complicated paper work and tax regulations. super cold out there. and some of us seeing snow still. >> the mountains will see more snow adding up. we'll see a few flakes working their way off the mountains in the metro.

coming up at 5:00, steve will talk about how the cold blast

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