you can see that in wynn. it roared from less than $20 in march of 2009 up to $242 at its peak. ♪ hallelujah >> almost two years ago. in fact from late july 2012 through march of 2014 wynn guay you a 170% gain. since then, sadly, it's been all downhill. [ house of pain ] >> once maca u-turned down wynn's stock got taken to the wood shed, plunging down to 148 by the end of 2014 and plummeting by a staggering 53% in 2015 to close last year. just $69. >> the wasn't the end. 2016 was brutal. the stock hitting multi year lows of just under $50. down roughly 80% from its 2014 highs. wynn appears to have gotten its groove back. the stock shot up to 82 and change as of today. up 65% from the january lows. that beg it is question. is this turn around for real or was it an over sold bounce? to understand where wynn is now you have to understand how the company got here. in short you need to know the story of the rise and fall and potential rise again of wynn resorts. this stock roared higher for years thanks to the terr

wynn everett changing the plan for its upcoming casino ground breaking. in fact, the way it looks right now it's not scheduled anymore. >> the company says an appeal by the city in somerville forced this decision. we have a closer look at the decision and all the stuff that's going on. canceling a series of seven job fairs and are announcing a hiring freeze. construction is being halted on this 33-acre site because of appeals by a neighboring community. >> reporter: everett's mayor with a message for his counterpart across the river in somerville. >> i tell my friend joe curtatone, joe, it's time, it's time to forget the appeal. >> and the call for action at this large crowd of casino supporters. >> inundate his phone. i know a lot of you personally have his number. page. convince him that what he's >> reporter: somerville mayor joe curtatone is appealing an environmental permit for the new 1.7 billion dollar wynn casino. it could stall the casino opening for at least six months. >> we going to cancel the ground-breaking ceremony that was scheduled for th

he says it's the wynn casino team and says he wants them to give him a call. that's the latest live from somerville, i'm byron barnett, 7news. >>> police have found the missing mother from holbrooke and she's safe. judith sales last seen leaving her job in taunton on monday. 7's kimberly bookman is live with some of the breaking details for us. >> yeah. someone in connecticut recognized this mom's car from media reports and immediately called 911. that's when police arrived at a mall called the crystal mall in waterford connecticut. judy sales was not in the car at the time but they stayed and able to locate her when she got back to the car from the shopping plaza. the holbrooke mom was in good health but requested to go to the hospital. she was last heard from monday at 3:00 p.m. when she left work in taunton to pick up her son at daycare but never showed up. today her husband clifford was notified by detectives that she was found and left the holbrooke home to head to connecticut and reunite with her. the dumb's son is currently with residents. police here i

wynns and mr. haney 5 he i's. >> i want to welcome everybody that joined us in person and remind everybody in you a have an item to speak on there are speaker cards outside the lobby if, if you want to fill whereon out and give it to ms. casco before the item is called in for the turned in before you'll not been able to speak on the item thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> superintendent carranza. >> thank you, president matt haney e haney and a few thoughts as we start our meeting tonight i'd like to start by recognizing and shld to the latino ensemble led by john callaway the each other assembly performed that he martin luther king community breakfast attend and community leaders and elected officials mr. haney and dr. murase the youth ensemble a youth enespecially with many of the students having attended sfusd schools balboa park and downtown and definition high school wrblg middle school 50 percent of members are female and two-thirds are members of the public of clog go including african-a

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putting construction and hiring at the wynn casino at hold. liam martin has breaking details. >> reporter: it's a lawsuit from the city of somerville forced wynn to put construction of that casino on hold. wnn-- wynn cleared a number of the water front but somerville is protesting one of the environmental permits with a lawsuit saying that the extra traffic is not only inconvenient but also unhealthy. >> the wynn casino project will put 18,000 extra cars per day 18,000 extra cars per day on local roadways pumping tons of exhaust into the air we breath. >> reporter: wment ynn said -- wynn says wheel they have never been motivateded to build the resort -- motivated to build the resort but the appeal by somerville's mayor leaves no choice but to shut down permanent building construction. they hoped to complete construction by late 2018. that is now all up in the air. paula and david. >>> developing news now a missing holbrook mom fond alive. she disappeared monday moments before she was supposed to pick up her son. bill shields is live with the >

as the wynn announces plans for a new luxury retail development. a growing trend with major resorts looking for ways to boost revenue outside of gaming. < ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) by fall of 2017 ....expect big changes at the wynn as the resort plans to expand its luxury retail space ... just steps away from the busy foot traffic on las vegas boulevard. ((jose fuentes/tourist: "the more options the better right? so it's good to have all the ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) this 75- thousand square foot built-in addition..being dubbed "the wynn plaza" will include a number of new shops and restaurants. they add to some high priced, name brand stores already there like chanel and dior... the question is will tourists spend the money? one local analyst says yes. ((bill lerner/union gaming securities: "i think it lines up nicely with the trends we are seeing in the market...non gaming revenue has been quite strong.")) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) bill lerner with union gaming securities tells us he's not surprised by wynn's plan to expand...especia lly with record nu

the spa at the wynn is also getting five stars. wynn resorts has more five-star awards than any other independent hotel company in the world. forbes also gave five-stars to the wynn hotel in macau. the price of u.s. crude oil soared 7- percent today to 31-dollars a barrel. while that's helping the stock markets.. it probably won't bode well for gas prices. according to triple-a.. regular unleaded is selling for an average of 1- 97 a gallon. that's down 10-cents from last week. we're still 20-cents a gallon higher than the national average.. of 1-71 a gallon. now.... from contact -13-. a follow up to a story.... we've been tracking for months. the c-d-c now says.... some flooring from lumber liquidators could have triple the amount of cancer-causing formaldehyde..... than once thought. todd walker is breaking down.... the new numbers.... and... what this means. pkg full= --todd looklive on cam-- lumber liquidators stock tanked today as news of its chinese-made flooring contained 3 times the levels of formaldehyde once thought.. whic

wynn everett says summerville already signed an agreement. however, the mayor says that this is a public health issue. with so much traffic and claims wynn everett has been aware of his plans to appeal. back to you. reporter: also breaking, sources telling the "washington post" president obama is considering nevada governor brian -- as his supreme court nominee. a republican, judge, who supports abortion rights. he met with senate democratic leader harry reid on monday. mick colonel has said there will not be hearings or a vet on an obama pick. >> right now our community is in shock after a teenager is killed. >> the young girl struck by a car last night. rhondella richardson with the story. circumstances. years old this sunday. she took the bus here last night and then is live with she crossed the street here against the light, walking, and hit in the crosswalk. laura viera of east boston suffered multiple injuries before dying. north main street. the driver who hit her, a 21-year-old man, stayed on the scene. police say he had the green lig

commissioner wynns. >> thank you. first of all i would like to thank those who are here even at this late hour. i have a couple of questions firstly because i don't feel like being coherent at this hour. the data needs to be better and we do need to see referrals because that is an important thing to see the success. one thing that i want to note that i know is not our intention and that is to see the arrest for african american and latino student arrest to go down and maybe looking into community to see what is maybe behind that. the culture in the schools across the board is something that i'm worried about as we look at trying to get everyone to shift to other practices and supports that will make sure that we are successful that type of supportive schools. we hear from staff and educators and comments like we don't know what to do anymore because we can't suspend. obviously we are not doing enough to provide support so people will have, they understand the options that maybe available to them and to

the wynn resort and casino announced a major expansion plan... that will be completed by the fall of 2017. patranya bhoolsuwan gives us a preview of what we can expect. < ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) by fall of 2017 ....expect big changes at the wynn as the resort plans to expand its luxury retail space ... just steps away from the busy foot traffic on las vegas boulevard. ((jose fuentes/tourist: "the more options the better right? so it's good to have all the places to choose from.")) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) this 75- thousand square foot built-in addition..being dubbed "the wynn plaza" will include a number of new shops and restaurants. they add to some high priced, name brand stores already there like chanel and dior... the question is will tourists spend the money? one local analyst says yes. ((bill lerner/union gaming securities: "i think it lines up seeing in the market...non gaming revenue has been quite strong.")) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) bill lerner with union gaming securities tells us he's not surprised by wynn's plan to expand...especia lly

wynn casinos pumping the brakes on the planned casino in everett. right now the renderings will just remain a dream developers have stopped construction. >> this comes as a war of words starts to play off. jonathan hall in everett has got all the breaking details to help us understand what's going on here, jonathan. >> well, one day there may be someone standing right here blowing on some dice like there's supposed to be a five star casino here on this spot on the banks of the mystic river in a couple of years. city of boston has dropped its opposition but the project still has one enemy who won't give up. >> reporter: everett's mayor counterpart across the river in somerville. >> i tell my friend joe, it's time, it's time forget the appeal. >> reorter: and a call for action to this large crowd of casino supporters. >> inundate his phone. i know a lot of you personally have his number. email him, go on his facebook page. convince him that what he's doing is wrong. >> reporter: somerville mayor joe kurtatone is proposing a new proposal for the casino

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. >>> a fight over the wynn casino project putting the ground breaking on hold. the latest challenge comes from the mayor of somerville. katy brace looks at the issue he is -- katie brace is looking at the issues he is raising. >> reporter: jackly is undecided about the wynn casino but she and others are tired of the stop and go. >> i wish they would make up their mind once and for all get it going. >> reporter: somerville fired a new environmental legal wynn canceled job fairs for thousands of construction jobs and stopped work. >> you are driving there. >> reporter: the mayor says cat soono will bring 18,000 extra cars a day to the city streets. he argues they have not properly addressed the congestion and is challenging a decision made iarbitration. >> i am perplexed why he he would file an a-- why he would file an appeal. >> reporter: somerville's marrow posed the casino and insist -- o-- mayor has conis siftently opposed the the casino. >> it's serious health threat. >> reporter: this is what it would look like they are lowerbroadway including cleaning up a

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wynne is in waynesville. but first, jason boyer is tracking in the weather center. >> jason: we have bands that are working in to the mountains. the darker the blue, the heavier the snow. haywood county, we have good snow coming down mixing with rain at times southeast of asheville. you'll see flakes. the temperatures are way too warm in most location to sustain or support. our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. the same going on here in balsam gap as with ego 34 degrees. still too warm to support any snow on the ground. that's going to change in the next hour. temperatures closer to freezing. that's the first places you're winter weather advisories, though, until 7 o'clock tuesday for the counties in purple. includes buncombe, avery, macon, clay, cherokee. this is where a lot of significant snow is going to accumulate. winter storm warnings until 7 o'clock in the morning. periods of snow, gusty in asheville. i'll show you what to expect overnight and when the snow accumulates here in the city. st

wynne wanted it to be less high- brow function, and more hard working people. for the latter, he points specifically to andrew bamberger, philanthropic chair for the fraternity "you can't compliment bambi enough," wynne laughed, referring to bamberger's popular nickname. wynne says while he knows plenty of andrews and drews, he only knows one living bambi, and the name stuck. "he just lives for this at 21." bamberger, a junior social work major, was also a part of relay for life, another charity dedicated to fighting cancer, and hopes to make events like this his career. bamberger pointed to incoming freshman as a major part of the leadership for this still young event, but nearly every finger in the room pointed back to him as a point of praise for the night's success. "he's so into it, his motivation made everyone want to raise more money," chris benvie, an ato sophomore majoring in accounting, said. benvie saw a change in himself from about breast family hard," benvie didn't have it until raising money for interynne audience to bring a team of five to playre

here's meteorologist karen wynne. >> karen: we're already very, very cold. now we have the leading edge of our next system in the northern mountains. snow all the way from hot springs through burnsville and spruce pine. big impacts are going to be snow and freezing rain for this storm. multiply that feeling. it's the deal of all deals. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyone's hero in the championship of all championships it's that feeling. multiplied. introducing the new multiplier scratch-offs. a chance to win. and a chance to multiply your winnings. >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: with that winter storm warning in effect for our northern mountain counties, as well as mcdowell and burke counties. here is the time line of this winter storm. overnight we're going to see the snow pick up across the mountains. heaviest snow to the north and east of asheville. monday morning we're going to see that snow turn over to a wintery mix later on in the morning. in the afternoon it will be a wintery mix changing over to rain.

the mayor of somerville and the casino develop early steve wynn. mayor of somerville announcing today he is appealing an environmental permit for the casino. it could stall the opening of the $1.7 billion project for at least six months. everett's mayor joining forces with the ceo of wynn casinos and local union leaders who say that 400 jobs are on hold now because of this delay. and there's more breaking news, this out of holbrooke where a mom missing for nearly two days has been found. judith sales did not show up to pick up her son from daycare on monday and the family became alarmed. detectives say she was found in afternoon and just fine. its. >> michael skakel's fate now in the hands of connecticut's supreme court. they must decide whether or not to send him back to prison. here's a breakdown of the case. >> a long day here for the high court, and we can tell you that prosecutors, they want michael skakel back behind bars, they want him sent to prison in connection with of the murder of martha moxley. they came to hartford today to court. >>

in tonight's financial focus, more luxury shopping coming to the wynn. and, the demand for passports is rising. the new service that may make it easier for you to obtain one. it's something that could happen.... i've watched as the house across the street has sat empty for over six years. i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change. wall street gave bad advice and bad loans over and over again, and nothing happened. people are so excited about bernie sanders because they know that he's not beholden to wall street. we need someone like bernie sanders that's going to fight for the middle class. we have to fix things now. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, one of the areas that i've been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure that every ch

until that is resolved wynn is canceling upcoming job fairs and freeing hiring of construction workers everett say they have had enough of back and forth. >> other cities should have nosay in what this city does. >> i whereby they would make up their mind. >> governor baker plans to act on the -- as the middleman and will bring the parties together to come up with a spry mice. >>> a -- compromise. >>> a public hearing will be held over the future of proudy garden. -- prouty garden the hospital says they need to help hundreds the patients but a group says the expant can't come at expent used by thousands of young patients and families for comfort in between difficult treatments and you for terminal illnesses. >>> coming up, republican presidential candidates facing off in debate tonight. >> mitt romney take on donald trump. front roner. >> -- runner. weather. we will be in the 50s and the sun comes out and we will let you know where there's leftover down pours and talk about the . >>> it's 5:12 on your thursday morningp severe weather moving through our area overnight. heavy rains stron

as the development of "wynn plaza" was officially announced today. wynn las vegas is adding more than 75- thousand square feet of luxury retail space outside the casino. steve wynn himself released a statement today... saying since the resort was built... of unused real estate along the strip which is very valuable. the new plaza is expected to open in the fall of 2017./// dave courvoisier > thanks for watching for 8 news now at 6. now dot com and our app ... along with facebook and twitter. paula francis see you tonight at 11. this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are -- an administrative professional from fredericksburg, virginia... and our returning champion, a bus driver and trainer from orlando, florida... whose 3-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. our champion, chris becker, seems to be getting better every time out. so that's not good news for katie and tim... [ katie laughs ] ...the challengers today. but you never kn

wynns and mr. haney 6 i's. >> quick announcement for you that were here in personal if you want to speak in front of the board there be speakers the halfway fill them out and give them to ms. casco mr. superintendent. >> thank you president haney good evening. i'm particularly happy to see showing so many of the national board sift teachers here we'll have the ceremony in a bit on february 24th from 4 to 6:00 p.m. on 25th after the san francisco unified school district math team will be hosting an opportunity for parents and families to provide feedback on the arithmetic core curriculum all participants will look through the materials and provide structured feedback with the computerized safer with the revised curriculum for the 2017-2018 sexual so ladies and gentlemen, we value our input please attend given it on february 24th from 6 to 4:30 on 25th avenue in an announcement pride to announce that jewelry's gordon has won the debate league congratulations to the back to back champion (clapping.) w

the sit they has 4 other legal challenges against wynn. >>> adele rihanna and the list is on and on a who's who of superstars getting ready to perform tonight at the grammy awards. teri okita reports on the acts that will take the stage on the biggest night. >> reporter: pit bull will rock the grammy stage with a diverse mash up of musicians. >> we are up there with joe perry from aerosmith. >> reporter: performance is part of a grammy tradition the partners artist from different genres and generations and features rising stars like day. soul singer will melt her -- meld her voice in a duet. organizers say the grammys here at the staples center is different from previous years. the show will be filled withtributes to honor long list album of the year contender chris stapleton had lead an all star tribute to b.b. king. gary clark junior and king's close friend bonnie raitt will perform. >> he was the greatest and had more influence than anybody i could think of in history in the blues and rock and roll. >> reporter: lady gaga homage to the david bowie will be among the biggest perform

doubling the amount of retail space at the "wynn" and "encore". says the complex will take advantage of existing unused space - and take advantage of natural sunlight with atriums and a skylight rotunda. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty southwest gusts to 25 mph expected overnight with those winds increasing to 40 mph thursday morning. those gusts finally decrease once we get into the late afternoon and evening thursday, but still expected around 20 mph. we have a chance at a few drops late tonight, but our best chance of showers will be between around midnight and 6 am on thursday with a few hundredths possible. after 81 degrees on thursday. we'll be back up to the low and mid 70s for friday and through the weekend. southwest gusts to 25 mph expected overnight with those winds increasing to 40 mph thursday morning. those gusts finally decrease once we get into the late afternoon and evening thursday, but still expected around 20 mph. we have a chance at a few drops late tonight, but our showers will be between around midn

let's get to meteorologist karen wynne for the latest on snow moving in to the mountains. >> karen: right, frank. we do have that winter storm warning for our northern mountain counties, also mcdowell and burke counties. that includes the cities of marion, morganton. this is where travel is expected to get quite dangerous with accumulating snow and ice as we go through the overnight and then on through tomorrow. area, this is a weather advisory. this is where travel is going to be tricky.

. >> tammy: karen wynne joins us live. karen, when were the changes announced? >> karen: confusing morning for some families. the first notification went out just before 6:00 a.m. buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. >> and the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. we decided that -- dr. baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. second notification. >> widespread icy roads, black ice and things. as we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. >> i was out in barnardsville i can't believe they waited until the morning to let you

the ceo steve wynn saying it had its best month in january.hinese new year is so far looking a little stronger than the past. that overall mccow has seem to be stabilizing since november. february is off to a, quote, roaring start. the casino's operators' strong start to the year should be seen as, quote, lucky. >> if there's a recession in america, and it's hard to see why there won't be if we keep going the way we are, then las vegas will ultimately reflect whatever is going on in the rest of the united states. >> wynn also saying he likes the long-term prospect of his company overall and personally reserves the right to buy the stock on, quote, extreme weakness. we know he spent almost $32 million on more shares late january. but he also said he may have purchased more in recent days. taking a look at shares of wynn resorts, up 2% in after-hours. >> morgan, thank you. so february's off to a roaring start, according to mr. wynn. tim? >> the stabilization trend, they could be down 5%, 7%, 10% in february. that would be fantastic. if you look

the company says "wynn plaza" will open in fall 2017. it will have two entrances directly off the strip with its own valet service.... doubling the amount of retail space at the "wynn" and "encore". c-e-o steve wynn says the complex will take advantage of existing unused space. we've gone 9 full minutes without mentioning politics... that felt good... now to politics. with just 2 days till voting in nevada and south carolina... the races are getting tighter... and the rhetoric is getting nastier. it's been nearly 90 years since a u.s. president has visited cuba... now president obama is getting ready to make the historic trip. but not without presidential candidate. i've watched as the house across the street has sat empty for over six years. i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change. wall street gave bad advice and bad loans over and over again, and nothing happened. people are so excited about bernie sanders because t

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. >> tammy: karen wynne joins us live. karen, when were the changes announced? >> karen: confusing morning for some families. the first notification went out just before 6:00 a.m. buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. >> and the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. we decided that -- dr. baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. second notification. >> widespread icy roads, black ice and things. as we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. >> i was out in barnardsville i can't believe they waited until the morning to let you know it was out. >> karen: problem areas were widespread. from the usual snowy areas in north buncombe to parts of the owow district. once the sun came out, it didn't take long for the snow and ice to melt off many of those roads. but nikki bishop mother of two, said the schools made the right call. updates in the school calendar with the last day of school pushed back to june 8th. >> it's reflective of all the hours and days we've needed up to this day. >> independent

here's meteorologist karen wynne. >> karen: such a cold night ahead. of course i'll show you how low the temperatures are going to drop. we also have another flake-o-meter. we have a mix of snow and ice headed for the mountains. chance >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: we have another winter storm headed our way and the biggest problems are going to be snow and freezing rain out of this next system. but for tonight, it is going to be the bitter cold that we really need to deal with, with very low temperatures and wind chills. we have that wind chill advisory in the northern mountains. tonight is the night to layer up, not a night to be without the gloves or hats. drip your faucets to avoid any pipes from bursting. check your car battery. of course check the pets. the elderly either. asheville 29 degrees. winds out of the north at 17 miles per hour, we feel like 12 degrees outside right now. that is our current wind chill. skies are clear right now. those winds are gusty. as we go through the future cast, we have a lot happening so i'm go

i'm karen wynne, news 13. developing story. police are investigating a story at deaverview apartments. >> john: stark contrast of just the last few hours when literally about a dozen police vehicles out here. we do have a picture of the young man who the family says was the victim of the shooting. kyrie logan just 17-years old but just three days shy of his 18th birthday. we've also been told that he is a football player. >> he ain't never done nothing to nobody. he's a good student. he plays football. i don't know what this is about. that was not recalled for. that was not -- it really that's a good kid. >> john: and so police investigating this situation at this time. they tell us they do not believe there's any kind of imminent threat at deverview apartments. live in deverview apartments, john le, news 13. >> darcel: we have an update now on a macon county teenager investigators say he accidentally shot himself in the head. christopher has been taken off several medications and that the swelling in his brain is going down. i

. >> darcel: meteorologist karen wynne is live there right now. >> karen: look at all this mud on sweeten creek road. mud and debris all over the road. and many of the sidewalks on biltmore village, too. sweeten creek road was closed for about an hour this morning. not too long. but long enough for merchants to voice their concern. property owners began clearing storm drains on their own, the water receded before reaching her store. but it left a muddy mess and another problem. >> safety issues. these sidewalks are slippery. they're dirty. asheville is better than this. the city, the county and the state need to get together and fix the problem. >> karen: earlier we saw city workers cleaning off the storm drains with pitch forks. we spoke to another woman here in biltmore village, she says yes, live in biltmore village, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> darcel: thanks, karen. let's switch now to conditions in transylvania county. >> larry: meteorologist zack green joins us in brevard. how are things looking, zack? >> zack: the water has since receded. but it is certainly saturated and it is ve

wynns ms. fewer ms. chin and mr. totiano thank you very much. >> please join me for the pledge of allegiance. >> thank you all for approval of minutes the regular meeting of february 9th can i have a motion? >> so moved second any corrects roll call please. ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell plumbi dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton and ms. wynns 7 i's. >> we want to welcome all of you who are here with us for anyone that wants to address the board of education i know that is many of you, you have to fill alleyway out a yellow card and please give to ms. casco before the item it called she'll accept those and make sure your name is called and be able to speak mr. superintendent our thoughts for the evening. >> thank you planting and a quick note question are capacity in the broad room some of you may be asked to step outside there is monitor you'll be able to listen to the befooard meeti if you wanted to exit to give on the opportunity we'll appreciate that with that said good evening and ju

here's meteorologist karen wynne. how long is it going to last? >> karen: oh, enjoy the break for a while. not long enough. 66 for the high. not a record. but certainly feeling a lot more like spring. that after a chilly morning. but in the headlines, after a pleasant evening and warm monday, we have rain returning. later on in the forecast, yes, a >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: if we could only extend the weekend a little while longer, it's really going to be hard to wrap up this beautiful, beautiful day. no, this map is not broken. we do see the time going. but no clouds. because we really have no clouds. we're very dry outside right now. high pressure in control. and we can see just a beautiful shot on the unca cam. 61 in asheville. we are windy. southwest winds at 17 miles per hour. but when we're in the 60s, not too shabby. greenville, 63. also quite breezy. breezes are going to eventually come down later on tonight. overall, though, we do have a few changes happening by midnight. we still have high pressure in control along

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. >> frank: news 13's karen wynne joins us live in henderson county where strong storms caused some serious damage. >> tammy: karen, earlier today, thousands of homes were without power. >> karen: right, tammy. here in henderson county, there were about 4,000 homes without power. right now that number is right around 1300. down trees and power lines. >> a candler family had a most unwelcomed guest, a tree fell on their home this morning. meanwhile, in haywood county, mike smathers lost power around 9:30 a.m. >> and then the boom. actually two booms. >> karen: smathers saw a tree take down a power line right in front of his eyes. up. it looked like it was going to go to the neighbor's house. >> karen: it happened in canton. smathers says first responders came quickly. meanwhile in hendersonville, we this neighborhood on haywood road was without power for several hours. resident virginia fisher says she slept through most of the storm and was happy to have her power restored shortly. >> now i can have my coffee. >> karen: and coffee is going to be a really good thing to have on hand tonight w

karen wynne joins us. >> larry: karen, the last day of school has been pushed back, right? >> karen: larry, it has. it's been pushed back to june 8th. school leaders say it was a tough call to make this morning because originally it looked good. but after transportation workers found widespread black ice, they decided to close school for the day sending out a second notification an hour later and frustrating a few parents. >> you know, it's just that it's closed or it's not closed. kept it one way or another. i went back it sleep and got woke up again by, well, school's out. >> karen: but bishop says she did the right thing by cancelling today. the updated calendar also a parent's survey. for more information on that survey and the updated calendar, log on to wlos.com. live in buncombe county, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> darcel: north carolina's new drug testing program for welfare applicants started in august and the first numbers are now out. the state just released the statistics from august to december. news 13's frank kracher joins us live from health and human servic

. >> darcel: that's where we find news 13's karen wynne. karen, that's actually not where you saw the heaviest snow today. >> karen: no, darcel. we can see it's still snowing here in yancey county. this is calm compared to what we saw earlier. this is one of the heavy snow falls that moved through madison county. by the time we arrived in yancey county, we saw secondary roads completely covered but it was not snowing as heavily. the heaviest snow was in sam's gap. reduced visibility had drivers being extra careful to stay safe. >> slow down, of course. don't slam on the brakes if at all possible. vigilant for other drivers. >> karen: dot crews are working around the clock to keep roads clear. some of the secondary roads near the tennessee state line may not get cleared until some time tomorrow. live in yancey county, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> darcel: here's a reminder just how dangerous driving on icy roads can be. the fairview fire department posted this picture to their facebook page of a car that slid off a road and is hanging off a b

karen wynne joins us with the sky watch forecast. >> karen: we have snow, rain and bitter cold winds coming our way. that's why we have a winter weather advisory out from early tomorrow morning until 6:00 tomorrow night for the purple shaded counties. that includes buncombe county. travel is going to be a little tricky with blowing snow. once advisory ends we're going to see the winds pick up, the colder air rushing in, snowfall winter storm watch will go into effect tomorrow evening through thursday morning. we're talking about a fairly long period of time for the tennessee state line counties. also north jackson and macon included in the winter storm watch. travel is going to be dangerous at times. right now enjoy the last several hours that we have of this beautiful weekend. we're very mild, 45 asheville... franklin 49... burnsville 48... 52 morganton with the sun shining. the evening planner is a chilly one. 39 by 7:00. under clear skies we're down in the mid 30s at 9:00. at that freezing mark at 11:00. of course, that heavy jacket is going to be in order if you're headed out to

commissioner wynns. >> thank you. first of all i would like to thank those who are here even at this late hour. i have a couple of questions firstly because i don't feel like being coherent at this hour. the data needs to be better and we do need to see referrals because that is an important thing to see the success. one thing that i want to note that i know is not our intention and that is to see the arrest for african american and latino student arrest to go down and maybe looking into community to see what is maybe behind that. the culture in the schools across the board is something that i'm worried about as we look at trying to get everyone to shift to other practices and supports that will make sure that we are successful that type of supportive schools. we hear from staff and educators and comments like we don't know what to do anymore because we can't suspend. obviously we are not doing enough to provide support so people will have, they understand the options that maybe available to them and to

wynn says this is only a delay and plans are moving forward. randy: four people are dead after severe weather tears though parts of virginia. in waverly, a tornado is being blamed for killing at least three people including a toddler. several buildings sustained severe damage. emily: police are investigating a crash that killed a 17-year-old and critically injured her brother. it happened in barre as the teenagers were on their way to police say brittany murch of hubbardston lost control of her kia spectra and slammed into a tree on route 62. murch died at the scene her 15-year-old brother griffin was pulled from the wreckage. school had been delayed for two hours on wednesday because of icy roads. randy: the danvers teenager convicted of murdering his high school teacher is due back in court tomorrow. that' s when phillip chism will be sentenced for the 2013 murder of colleen ritzer. chism can' t be sentenced to life without parole because he was a juvenile at the time of the killing. emily: in new hampshire, danville police bust a man suspect

we want toend it over now to meteorologist karen wynne. there lost power from the storm. >> karen: definitely so, larry. in fact at one point about 4,000 people across the county were without power here in mcdowell. this tree fell in old fort. it brought power lines down with itit people living nearby lost power around 2:30 a.m. and they were still without it at noon. >> i was up and i heard a crash. and the power went out. >> karen: crews from charlotte removed the tree in about 30 minutes. while many of the trees and power lines have been removed, they urge people to be careful. if you do see any power lines down, you are urged to stay away from them and call 911. now at the last check, it looks like now there's still about 400 mcdowell county. live in mcdowell county, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> larry: jury selection began today for a trial of a man accused of a revenge killing in transylvania countyty richard o'shields is charged with first degree murder for the shooting of toby mathis. months before mathis was killed, he was in some

here is meteorologist karen wynne. >> karen: we're in a wet pattern so keep that umbrella nearby. although it's not going to be total rain for the next several days. we have heavy downpours in the forecast. i'll show you when the heaviest rain moves in. thunderstorms and cooler air weather. >> karen: if you have the light jacket and the umbrella on honed evening. light showers continue to move in from the west and that is next several hours. they are coming ahead of an approaching cool front. right now in asheville it's cloudy and mild. 57 degrees, winds are calm and we're quite humid. in greenville cloudy and 65, breezier for you. southwest winds at 12 miles per hour. but that's not too bad when it's 65 degrees out. a quick look at several future cast models. by midnight tonight the front should be through the mountains, over the northern tier of the up state. through the overnight it moves south taking the moisture with it. tomorrow morning, dry but as we go through the afternoon into we are on the leading edge of another wave of moisture. this is going to bring some heavy rain

news 13's karen wynne is live at the asheville outlets. it's one of the early voting karen, there are several different kinds of photo id that people can use to show at those voting places. >> karen: right, larry, there sure are. they include driver's license, pas passport. there's still a way you can vote. she says there are many like her living in downtown asheville. >> in the building there's probably 25% or so that use wheel chairs at least part of the time that do not have transportation. >> karen: but buncombe county's director of election services trina parker says if they can get to the polls, there's ways that carol line and others can vote. a declaration that basically states for there's a list of reasons. for whatever reason i have not been able to obtain a photo id. and they will sign that declaration and the workers will provide them with a ballot. >> i think it's a great thing. i mean, i'm in this wheelchair and a good many people that live here are. >> karen: parker says the idea is to make voting as easy as possible for as