frank fraboni joins us. what kind of damage, frank? >> frank: larry, it's water damage. >> damaged lots of gear, piano, some broadcast gear that we had that were spare parts. it was before thanksgiving and maybe a week or so after thanksgiving. >> frank: all signs of water damage scattered around the communications building. home to the popular radio station wncw. >> i mean, it was all, you know, state of the art. station's technical director and host of the show "going across the mountain." >> i came to work on wednesday morning. the guys sort of met me at my truck and they were going to soften the blow a little. just really one word would be disaster, i would say. >> frank: and couldn't believe his eyes. >> equipment we had stored in the back. lots of cardboard boxes and stuff. the water just came rushing in. it was everywhere. >> frank: classrooms and computers were also damaged. the flooding inside the building began when a contractor hired to replace the roof began pulling material off to throw it away. iso thermal's marketing dir

. >> darcel: our frank fraboni is with us. frank, any idea of what's going on there? >> frank: darcel, we do have an idea. this is a development in the works for years that's finally coming to fruition. and this right here is smoky park highway. in this vicinity right about here is where this bridge, what people are calling a bridge is being constructed. it's on the south side of smoky park highway right in this vicinity real close to here. and it's going to access property here that's real close to the sports complex. we've had several questions about this, including one caller who said what's being built across the food in candler. i spoke to a supervisor on site from nhm constructors, one of the contractors. he says this is a bridge being built for access for a new sports complex and resource center. are developing a 5 and a half million dollar complex. it's being built on what used to part of the enka basf plant site. i spoke on the phone with martin lewis of fletcher partners. he says it will include seven ball fields on the 90-acre site. right now he says they a

. >> darcel: our frank fraboni is with us. are they worried? >> frank: local members of the industry are certain they're not going anywhere. workers installing solar panels on a home in pisgah forest are convinced their business has a bright and sunny future. >> part of the reason i got in this industry is because i feel it has a big . >> frank: there's still the federal government 30% tax another five years. >> this is an industry that's here to stay. people still want this technology to help with energy needs, protect the environment and save money. >> there's really a wide range of why people do this. >> frank: including the value solar panels can add to your home. >> there's now a way for appraisers to officially give valley to these systems on people's homes. >> frank: the industry now boasts a nationwide work force of more than 209,000 employees. more workers, they say than oil and gas construction, which has been on the declinin >> as long as you're okay to be on the roof it's not overly hard. >> frank: utility skilled developers build f

ask your hep c specialist >>> you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. >> tammy: mixed results on wall street today. the dow is up 27 points to end trading at 16,016. the nasdaq is down 11 points to end the day at 4476. >>> a ground breaking celebration was held in spartanburg county. the japanese company plans to bring new jobs to south carolina. governor nikki haley tweeted she was thrilled to break ground. toree is the world's largest maker of carbon fiber. >> frank: tiffany said today it suffered a poor holiday season. it's cutting jobs. is the first time tiffany amade the announcement since the depression. >> tammy: it was the it's the real thing, and in 2009 it was open happiness. now coke has a new phrase that it hopes suits your fancy. >> frank: coca cola rolled out its new ad campaign with the slogan taste the feeling. did you get that? the company is hoping that the new slogan will help. taste the feeling. >> tammy: it's catchy. >> frank: i want something warm to drink. >> tammy: hot cok

. >>> your watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: finally stocks are up on wall street after starting the week with really sharp losses. dow ending trading at 15,882. the nasdaq picked up just under a point and closed 4472. >>> despite some relief today, we've seen a dismal start to the year on wall street. annualists say the market volatility is caused by tanking oil prices. a significant blow to the energy industry which lost 100,000 jobs news but it can't handle uncertainty. not knowing where the bottom is in oil, causes a lot of angst among real professional money managers. >> frank: they're worried it could trigger a slow down here in areas like construction, technology, and manufacturing. >>> uber and lift will soon have new competition. >> tammy: general motors announced it's jumping in to the car sharing service. it expects to launch additional programs. gm plans on offering rental hubs with lift. >> frank: new business in downtown asheville like an old

. >> larry: news 13's frank fraboni investigates in tonight's reality check. >> tammy: frank, what's happening to the recycling industry? >> frank: people who sort and recycle those materials are going broke. the market for those materials has fallen through the floor thanks to cheap oil and a crumbleing economy in china. in the asheville area, more people than ever are recycling. part of the reason of this massive mound of recyclable material. >> we're estimating probably 3 to 400 tons. >> frank: over the past ten years, the amount of recyclables has grown by five times. sorting and separating 12 to 14 tons an hour. but in recent months, the markets for these recycled >> markets are at an all-time low. i think they said this morning that crude oil hit a low in the past 12 years. >> frank: the chair of unca's economic department. it's now cheaper to make it new than it is to reuse it. >> the way to make the bottles is not with recycled bottles, it's with virgin resin. >> frank: much of this used to be shipped to china. >> the chinese economy is not doing that well right now. it's rea

. >> darcel: frank fraboni joins us. frank, does this happen often? >> frank: not as much you may remember seth mc kau from a news 13 story last september. he rescued a teenage girl who was being kidnapped. >> i did what i should. from conducting a girl at a convenience store where he works. that fight now is to get him a life saving medicine he needs. for years, medicaid has paid for seth's seizure medication. but something happened after the annual recertification. >> we went to the pharmacy to pick up his meds and they said he did not have medicaid. >> frank: they blamed the problem on a computer system in raleigh. when she called medicaid in raleigh, they blamed the office. a social worker eventually arranged for meds until the situation was resolved. but angela still has concerns. >> i wanted to know not just for seth but foror everybody why is this happening? >> frank: we went to the social services office. the economic services program administrator says it's a struggled with ever since north carolina transitioned to two computer programs. >> w

frank fraboni joins us with tonight's reality check. >> darcel: frank, what kind of demolition? >>> darcel, this is an industrial site. it's in marion. this picture still has the image of the plant before the demolition began. now oc mayfield sent us her concern. she writes to us that a man donated. he had it partly demolished but he didn't finish. she goes on to say i would like to know what the city and county will do with the property. this is the property. 15 acres along blue ridge streets that's covered with heaps of debris. >> last year or some time now, i'm not exactly sure when it >> frank: but the demolition of the old drexel furniture plant came to a halt a few months ago. >> big old beams of board. thems worth a lot of money. >> frank: watched out crews take out metal, bricks, and anything else of value, leaving the city with a mess. >> it looks terrible. >> the intent was redevelopment. >> frank: city manager bob boyette says fred bought the plant years ago but later decided to demolish it for scrap. this is what it looked like before it was shut down. earlier this y

. >> larry: in tonight's reality check, news 13's frank fraboni joins us. >> frank: it's not just wild life. it also includes plant life. one of the most valuable plants in western north carolina is american ginsing. a species poachers could eventually wipe out. from rambling streams to dense forests to rugged mountain tops. wild life officers fight a continuous battle of poachers. >> turkey season happens in the spring in north carolina. and just here in our local region, we had one killed on christmas eve. >> frank: one of the greatest american ginseng. establishing a germ plasm repository repository. it's one of the most sought after plants in the world with its biggest markets for medicinal purposes in china. dried, . >> it's a highly coveted gift now for high class weddings, for example. they'll take the root and they frame it in boxes and they sell those for up to $4,000 to $6,000 a piece. >> frank: wild life officer sean martin has tracked poachers. people who harvest outside the legal september season. one case involved poachers dropped off in the blue ridge parkway. they had a

. >> darcel: a viewer has turned our frank fraboni is with us. >> tammy: frank, is there a problem? >> frank: tammy, it seems there is and local residents have noticed it. recycling waste. leaving some to wonder could it be a health hazard. cardboard, plastic, aluminum center. >> thankfully the asheville area economy is booming. >> frank: they've been overrun by christmas and holiday waste. >> the surge of materials during the christmas holiday was beyond our capacity to process. >> frank: the plant separates and sorts about 12 to 14 tons per hour. but outside a backup of an estimates 300 to 400 tons. >> obviously we're going to have to come up with a new plan the next christmas season to make additional volume that's coming in. >> frank: but the massive amount of waste. >> it is a concern for us. >> frank: also presents a problem for kirby which isn't permitted to store outdoors. >> the cold weather is helping some, because you know the colder it is, the less there's odor, the less there's pest and vermin vermin. >> frank: kirby is now shipping a third of its volume it can't proces

. >>> you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn is is news 13 at 5:30. >> tammy: stocks on wall street take another plunge today. the dow down 392, ending trading at 16,514. the nasdaq also down 146 closing at 4689. >> frank: well there's a meeting tonight to discuss a proposed publix in hendersonville. >> tammy: the proposed building is 49,000 square feet. if approved it will be constructed at the south market village at the corner of white street and greenville highway. it's a bigbuilding. >>> netflix has launched its service globally bringing it to 130 new countries. in many of the 190 countries where netflix is now available, the service is available in english but not the local netflix also plans to spend more than $6 billion on more than 600 hours of original programming. >> frank: television maker lg unveiled a high definition tv that you can roll up like a newspaper. i think we showed you this the other day. it's one of the concept designs lg will be unveiling. kind of nifty. >> tammy: just carry

. >>> you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: stocks fell sharply on wall street today amid china's struggle to manage its slowing economy. the dow lost 364 points ending the day at 16,151. 4526. >>> a new restaurant's opening up on merrimon avenue. >> tammy: the asheville biscuitry will serve donuts and biscuits. the restaurant p pdes itself on non-processed local foods. dishes include tempe and beer battered. >> we're kind of going back to old school. we're making our biscuits, donuts and cinnamon bun dough. all of those things we're doing a savory version or a sweet version. >> tammy: they'll serve soft drinks made without any corn starch or processed ingredients. >> frank: d & w fine pack is investing $20 million in its the company is using money to upgrade equipment and machinery. they plan to start hiring for new positions this summer. >> tammy: general electric says it's moving its headquarters to boston. the company's ceo says the decision came af

. >>> you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: stocks on wall street made another big day of gains. the dow up 396 closing at 16,466. nasdaq picked up 107 and finished the day at 4613. his latest push to advance equal pay for women. >> frank: he's proposing a new rule that will require companies to the companies to have 100 or more employees. the administration says the rule will help aid . >> tammy: a recall alert now. apple is recalling millions of power adapters because they could cause an electrical shock. the plugs in question were shipped between 2003 and 2015 with macs and other apple devices. apple says they'll explain the plugs for free at any apple store or any apple service provider. after walmart couldn't keep her sweet potato pie on the shelves. franklin says she hasn't tasted labelle's desserts but said ms. patty is going to have to move hers. . >> tammy: bloomberg reported that zuckerberg's wealth soared by $6 billion just yesterday alone. t

news 13's frank fraboni has the latest on this developing story. >> frank: rescuers roll the victim to a waiting ambulance. his injuries were not considered life threatening. police question several residents outside where the victim lived, including princess accused of stabbing. she says her daughter monique gaynes stabbed her boyfriend during an altercation about money and a cell phone. >> it happened so fast. i didn't know she had a knife. i said monique, what you doing? >> reporter: her mother says she jumped in her car and fled while he bleeded profusely. monique turned herself in hours later and is now facing charges. >> i said monique, don't leave. she says i'm leaving. she was mad. she's a good person. never been in trouble. doing good in college. >> frank: police charged gaynes with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. >> darcel: some jackson county residents are back home cleaning up. a dozen trailers near highway 107 near cullowhee tuesday morning. they're assessing the damage and trying to save what they can. the red cross helped by giving victims a debit

that is the best answer, our own frank fra fraboni could find. >> meghan rodgers says they are part of the vibrant downtown asheville seen that make up the vibe. if you have a question, write "ask13@wlos.com"." coming up a little bit after the break . . . >>hope: the effort continues to knock down the fire in the apartment buildings. coming up, we will see what happened to the people living in i will tell you after the now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. >>evan: one pizza hut manager delivered more than pizza on this new year's. >>zack: brittany hanson was working hard on one of the busiest days of the year until she went into labor. one little avenue yacht? she said she didn't even know she was pregnant. >>evan: her son was the first baby born at the virginia women's chirnd's hospital, he was such a surprise he didn't even have a name until hours he was born. that's not that bad -- right? some people take days. >>zack: to name it, but didn't realize it was happening? >>evan: so that's a good excuse why she didn't have a

news 13's frank fraboni has the latest on thistory. >>reporter: rest cuers rolled the victim from the scene at beaver view apartments to a waiting ambulance. police say he was taken to mission hospital after being stabbed. his injuries were not considered life-threatening. >> police questioned several witness, including princess gains, the mother of the woman accused in the stabbing. >> he opened the door and she said let me go and he said you ain't going anywhere. >>reporter: she said her daughter stabbed her boyfriend during an altercation about money and a cell phone. >> it happened so fast, i didn't know she had a knife. what you do? >>reporter: her mother says she jumped in a car and fled while the boyfriend began bleeding profusely. >> i tried to help and lay him down. he wasn't laying down. he bleeding so bad it scared me to death. >>reporter: gaynes says her daughter was also scared. monique turned herself in hours later and is now facing charges. >> i said monique, don't leave. she said i'm leave. she was mad. she was mad. >>r