they hope to finish those yesterday and, in fact, we traveled across henderson county this morning from mills river to flatrock and i can tell you roads like haywood road and greenville county were looking good, just wet because we are seeing rain but the temperatures are above freezing. >>> so, still a possibility of black ice of course in some spots but they are hovering just above the freezing point. continue to melt off that snow. they were hoping to make their way to some of the neighborhood streets as of yesterday. and so that's where their focus is now, is to completely continue and wrap up, hopefully, these cleanup efforts. but it is taking longer so they are asking for patience if you live in henderson county. viewers reached out to us on facebook and we checked out some of the roads like school road earlier this morning. that road looking a lot better than when our viewer posted that photograph on facebook. we are checking in with dot officials here. i will have another live update coming up at 6:30. we are live in hendersonville, and now let's check in with. traffic center. >

we are also seeing these problems on i-26 in henderson county and polk county. there are a few wrecks scattered along i-26 in henderson county, and i-26 eastbound is actually columbus because a dot truck is stuck out there. and there are some big problems cover over in west asheville, sand hill road is closed at shell bourne because of downed lines. a car slid off the roadway here and pit a hower pole. there is no word when the road will reopen but avoid that slot if you have to head out or live in that area this morning. remember, we have all these problem areas listed on our web site on wlos.com. just go to the traffic page. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer >>holly: buncombe county and henderson county are under a state of emergency now. >>jay: lauren brigman is live from the west gate shopping center. what does that mean for people? >>lauren: ultimately, stay at home if you can. emergency crews are needing extra hands to come in and provide assistance for all of these power outages and things tof that nat

blue ridge parkway down to henderson county and transylvania county. not much happening yet. haywood county up toward cold springs ranch, north and east of bryson city. snow back to the west. in fact, all of this has got to come through this evening. chattanooga wintery mix. overnight, periods of snow here. this is what you can expect with your winter time line. saturday morning, the snow will shift farther east and north. saturday evening we're seeing mostly snow toward the tennessee border. you're not going to be done in yancey, mitchell, avery county until late in the day. western north carolina university and our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. look at the heavy snows earlier coming down. not as much on the ground there. but we've seen easily 6 to 8 inches in places in that area. ice and sleet threat. those are dropping becauau i just don't see much of that at all. we had sleet earlier. that threat will increase overnight tonight. storm threat in the upstate. snow not as big of a threat. but you had ice earlier today. here's what you need to know. dangerous

live in henderson county, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> larry: and some local school districts have announced when they'll make up school days. >> tammy: buncombe county schools will make up days on february 12th and june 6th. also the new release day on february 11th, will now be a full day. in jackson county, the blue ridge district will make up days on february 15th, may 25th, and may 26th. >> larry: and the smoky mountain district, . >> larry: i bet the kids, they don't mind right now but they will when they make it up. >> jason: yeah. we were going to smoothly. december and now january. here we go. all kinds of complications. here's leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. we're in balsam gap. you can see the water on the road. are above freezing. watch out for some black ice again tonight. we had a lot more of this wind. thankfully it's beginning to relax. a northeast wind over the upstate. it hasn't been a warm day by any stretch of the imagination. certainly cooler. the clouds in the upstate will also bring a little hint of moisture moisture. temperatures now in the 30s for newl

. >> darcel: a lot of folks in henderson county have been heeding the warnings. how are things looking now, justin. >> justin: we've been out here driving around henderson county since about 3:30. it is a lot and it is making for some problems out here onn the road. for the most part, people haven't been having too many problems. but we've seen a couple of 18-wheelers. we've seen dot coming out here a number of times clearing that as soon as they get it away, more comes down. while they're focused on these primary and main roads, we've seen it's been up to the neighbors to take care of their roads. so much snow. leaving many on less traveled roads to do the cleaning. >> we had the foresight to put the salt on the asphalt yesterday. >> justin: even if they're 74. >> i just can't resist getting a jump on the driveway. i'll go out and shovel a while. go back in and rest a while. shovel a while. rest a while. >> justin: after a stroke in march and four knee surgeries. >> doing really well right now. lord's been good to me. >> justin: jay cap says his wife supported h

>>jaclyn: heads up for those in henderson county. there are icy patches reported along butler bridge road, especially in the area of glen stake it slow if you are heading out in that area this morning. over in haywood county, highway 276 is shut down near the blue ridge parkway because of snow and ice. unfortunately, there's no word when it will reopen. and, also, dispatchers in mcdowell county mentioned to me the roads are very icy this morning. so, if you live in any of these areas or are taking any side roads on your commute, try to take it slow if you can. checking back on i-240 in asheville, we are still dealing with those delays on the eastbound side. speeds in the area slowing to 24 miles per hour. so, keep that in mind on your morning drive. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. >>holly: here is your live look around the world this morning. this is a shot of jordan. >>jay: looks cloudy and foggy, >> we will be right back. >>jay: many kids are out of school today beca

now, some new accumulation did come overnight for those folks in henderson county, as well as transylvania county. as we mentioned, for those actually out towards jackson county, maybe a few flakes overall. but the wind and the power outages are the bigger implication. winter storm warning, snow will remain in effect although the storm now is definishing and the bigger issue is moving off to the north and east. we are still going to have it rolling through until tomorrow expiring a little sooner at 7 p.m. for those down in the upstate. but, the impacts are here to stay and the thawing is going to be a while. we will see a gradual warm up in temperatures and we will bring you your full seven-day forecast and skywatch weather but for now we will send it back to evan. >>evan: several roads are packed with snow make it dangerous for drivers. news 13's hope hanselman is live on main street in henderson county where snow plows are working hard to get those roads clear. and, hope, how is it going out there? the winds seem really bad a moment ago. >>hope: it is, evan. and i have got my hood up now

we are going to send it out now thousand to lauren in henderson county. how is it looking out there? >>lauren: it's frozen tundra out here, hope. much of what you are seeing out there in buncombe county as well, i want to give you an idea of exactly how cold it is here in fletcher. we are off butler bridge road. i pulled up the news 13 weather app. you can download this on your phone just as easy, but right are standing at butler bridge road it's 15 degrees but with the wind chill it feels like 3 degrees. my photographer, todd robins told me a few minutes ago, he said this is lip numbing weather. so, if hope and i start to stutter it's because it's just so cold out here. >>> this means all that snow is beginning to freeze as well, because temperatures are so cold. so, you're going to see snow piles like this, but then when you try to knock them down it's solid ice. so, be careful as you are having snowball fights because you may be picking up chunks of ice. butler bridge behind me, this is one of the roads henderson county dispatchers say many drivers have

> good afternoon, henderson county visitor center. how may i help you? >> we're the smallest town in america that has a paid symphony. we hold the oldest street dance in america. we keep numbers on everybody. we broke our record this past year. >> ashlea: the visitor center on main street said more than >> people are staying longer. spending more money. >> ashlea: a holiday inn express is being built on upward road. off airport road, a wind gate by windham hotel is going up. >> from an economic development recruitment standpoint, it's also important that we have a variety of nice accommodations for folks when we're recruiting them and they come for a visit. >> ashlea: even the main street area could have some changes. the possibility of a hotel going up downtown. >> two new hotels. but also the downtown hotel study. mirror that with the economic development projects that we've been able to grab for henderson county. >> ashlea: some might feel a little bit squeamish but the more revenue that comes from tourism, the lower your property

moore was a senior at greer high school. 3 3 families affected by a gas leak in henderson county are back in their homes. it happened off howard gap road near fletcher. emergency dispatchers say a neighbor reported the smell of gas around seven last night. firefighters evacuated three homes as a precaution. utility crews repaired the leak. no one was hurt. 3 3 the c-d-c says- north carolina is one of only two states right now... reporting widespread flu activity. that means at least half of our state's regions have seen a spike... even though flu season is getting a late start, health officials say the increase in cases means you need to be prepared. 3 14 33 26"widespread means it's ticking up so when you start seeing that trend going up, if you've not had your vaccine, you know it's one of those things that we highly recommend because it does take really peak in your system. " at this time last year, north carolina had 26 flu deaths. so far, we have not had any reported flu-related deaths this season. 3 3 a north carolina environmental official says coal ash clean-up is putting an e

you get south of henderson county and it's mostly clear in the instate. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network cataloochee ski area. they are loving this. look at all the snow they've been making, with the help of mother nature. it's going to be open a while. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network down in greenville, downtown 43 degrees. quite the difference. still chilly but less windy overall there and a little milder. paltry 10% tuesday. it's rain this next round. we'r'r not talking snow. and the snow that we get now may be the only snow we see from seven to ten days from now. enjoy what you can. 29 degrees. flurries coming down. wind chill at 18. wind chill down to freezing right now with that lighter wind in theupstate. greenville sits at 37. strong wind around an area of high pressure. this a strong canadian area of high pressure. that cold is infiltrating all the way down to the deep south and it will move off the coast. we'll begin to see our warm up begin. that happens slowly but surely tomorrow. more noticeably as we get in to the

henderson county about $900,000. mcdowell close to a half while madison got $170,000. >> if we save that $224,000 a year, we'd have to save for 184 years to build a new school. so we use the money. we try to use it wisely. >> john: north carolina general statutes do require that the cash given directly be earmarked for the department of construction. it's used for teacher salaries and other needs. no matter who wins the jackpot, schools have learned to count on a steady flow of lottery revenue. as players like mercedes consider changing her name. >> are you going to interview me when i win? >> john: will you call me when i win you win? >> i will. >> john: some 58 million -- excuse me, 38 million have actually gone to buncombe county schools. a lot of numbers involved. here at the market center, some so far today. in fact, one woman came and just forked out about $350. her son and a few friends wanted to chip in and buy some tickets for the first time here. so i asked that mom if she wanted to adopt me. she declined.

a plea deal is reached for a henderson county couple in the shooting death of a two-year-old. >> tammy: news 13's jerriri insco joins us live outside the henderson county courthouse. >> larry: jerrika,what was the original charge? >> jaclyn: the stepp couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter. authorities say the girl was body by a shotgun. the stepps were sentenced to 45 days in jail, which was suspended. they must each pay a $200 fine and court costs. their guns have been forfeited to the sheriff's office. >> good resolution, i think. i think it's a just resolution and it allows both families to at least check this off of, you know, their obligations and to try to move forward. >> jerrika: i did reach out to abigail newman's parents. they had no comment at this time. reporting live outside the henderson county courthouse, jerrika insco, news 13. >> tammy: a controversial lot near the basilica of saint lawrence may now be coming closer to becoming a park. today council's planning and economic development committee voted to get public input on kimberly king was at the meeting. p

it's going to be warmer as you go down to henderson county. the temperatures will trend colder on wednesday. it won't feel that warm with the wind blowing. warmest day on thursday at 51. we start that cooling trend. more chill settles in for the weekend. snowflakes late in the day on saturday once again. >> frank: time to check out the henderson county sheriff's office sent us these adorable pictures of their two new bloodhound puppies. they'll be trained to locate missing persons and track down suspects. >> hope: i'm holding back my squeal. deputies have asked a school for names. we'll update you. >> frank: remembering rock star how [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just $40 a month plus get $300 back. changes >> frank: iconic musician david bowie has die

. >> tammy: the superintendent of henderson county schools is reflecting. jones has spent 38 years with the district. he was hired as teacher and coach for the former east flat rock elementary school. he took over as superintendent in 2010 after serving other roles. that our district has always number one cared about kids. we try to make a decision based on kids. all the efforts we've made, we've always tried to make that the priority. >> tammy: henderson county ranked 8th on the list. he looks forward to spending time with his wife, who is also retired. >> darcel: a highly decorated veteran and prisoner of war died. nat henry is being honored as a true hero. rex, people all over town are remembering him. >> rex: yes, town leaders here will tell you that franklin and nat henry are synonymous. and henry's family will tell you he was a man with enormous guts and heart. half staff for a man who lived a full life and then some. i had the honor of meeting him during franklin's veterans day ceremonies. henry spent nearly six years in vietnam as a pow. >> two of t

we also have a few school closings for tomorrow including henderson county. we're updating all of them across the bottom of your screen. we continue the live team coverage with karen wynne. what a difference a day makes. >> karen: talk about a big warm up. 40 has never seemed so warm. we are well above freezing right now. much of the day we were above freezing, at least during the afternoon. we hit a high of 47 but we've seen the temperatures drop back down. we just dropped six degrees in the past hour. we're down to 40 in asheville. still warmer in burnsville, temperatures are going to continue to drop back below freezing. we can see on the lester carpet sales sky cam network, still plenty of snow on the ground. some of it melting off today with the temperatures going well above freezing. but tonight, as we fall below freezing, this is going to refreeze in the form of black ice making for very slick road conditions. radar right now we can see it's all clear. clear skies we enjoyed today. the winds still a little bit breezy in some locations. in asheville lig

around with packages back to the warehouse and trying again tomorrow. >> darcel: buncombe and henderson county schools are closed again tomorrow. after a long period of time without any snow days, for those districts and others, they're 8th grader josie seymour and her younger city macy are two transylvania county students enjoying a virtual day. the older students take home school computers, while the younger kids were given assignments in blizzard bags. josie says she likes the virtual days. >> we have had to go on a saturday before. it was only a half day, though, and it really sucked. >> darcel: how do you really feel, josie? today was the final virtual day. the superintendent says the next snow day will probably be made up on president's day >> larry: significant developments in the planned parenthood case. why those behind the video that started the investigation are in trouble themselves. >> darcel: plus if you're thinking of turning something a story coming up that can hel >> larry: developing tonight, a grand jury investigating the undercover footage of planned parenthood has found no

we will zoom this in for you show and show you in henderson county as well as transylvania county, the heaviest band have moved a little bit further south. in the overnight hours, that's certainly going to put another ating of snow on the roads. so, we are still advising folks to stay out of the roadways if possible. maybe just hunker down for one more day especially through the morning hours today. as we broaden it, the brunt of we are dealing with the upper level dynamics at this point. it will come to an end as we make our way into saturday evening but there is still a winter storm warning in effect until tomorrow morning. all the impacts are in place and along with that the winds are going to be whipping around. i think that is going to be the biggest issue today. so now, with our live team coverage we will send it around the mountains and show you one of the biggest impacts. e evan? >>evan: it let up in asheville, just a little flurries, but it's coming down in maggie valley. john ostendorff continues live team coverage. john, how much snow are you seeing coming down there? >>repo

are moving again after an earlier accident caused a big backup. 3 3 covering our counties-- henderson county deputies are looking for the gunman who forced three schools to go on lockdown. lockdown.investigators say just before noon thursday.. on lamplighter lane.no one was hit.three schools in the area were put on lockdown as a precaution.deputies are looking for an older model, dark colored lincoln town car. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office. 3 buncombe county deputies need your help to track down three women accused of larceny. larceny.deputies say these pictures were taken on tuesday

back with a live look over i- 85 and pelham road in greenville. 3 3 covering our counties-- henderson county deputies are looking for the gunman who forced three schools to go on lockdown. lockdown.investigators say just before noon thursday.. someone fired shots from a car on lamplighter lane.no one was hit.three schools in the area were put on lockdown as a precaution.deputies are lookingngor an older model, dark colored lincoln town car. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office. 3 buncombe county deputies need your help to track down three women accused of larceny. larceny.deputies say these pictures were taken on tuesday night, between 6:00 and 9:30. investigators say these women stole some high dollar

moore was a senior at greer high school. 3 3 families affected by a gas leak in henderson county are back in their homes. it happened off howard gap road near fletcher. emergency dispatchers say a neighbor reported the smell of gas around seven last night. firefighters evacuated three homes as a precaution. utility crews repaired the leak. no one was hurt. 3 3 the c-d-c says- north carolina is one of only two states right now... reporting widespread flu activity. that means at least half of our state's regions have seen a

3 3 covering our counties: neighbors in henderson county are helping out a firefighter who lost his home in a fire. fire.valley hill fire and rescue crews say they were called out to stanwood lane in around 11:00.while on their way -- they realized it was the home of fellow firefighter "dwight hill".hill has been a firefighter for more than 30- years.his father and brothers also served as firefighters.a bank account has been set-up for donations. you can find the information on fox-carolina-dot-com. 3 a greenville county deputy is recovering after a two county chase that started with a purse snatching. snatching.investigators say the chase started wednesday afternoon outside the academy sports in easley. officers say they spotted a suspicious car in the parking lot.. but they didn't know the driver was connected to a theft. they say the driver took off when they tried to pull the car over. greenville county deputies joined in on the chase after it crossed the county line. 3 3 3 "that individual got out of his car and proceeded on foot to continue to illude deputies. later on, a perimeter

he's being held at the henderson county did tension center. michael:an investigation into a high school basketball player, a senior at greer high. investigators say his cause of death is unknown but there's no indication of foul play. carol: haywood county schools are making budget cuts that could end up closing the school. they are trying to make up a 2.4 million dollar deficit in funding. school officials are studying the possible closing of central elementary school. the results are expected to be released on january 21. michael:civil rights groups are planning to disrupt the traffic corey davis has more on why they plan to demonstrate. reporter: leaders of those local groups say they want to get the attention of police. local activists say this arrest has added to their frustration. they accuse police of using excessive force when they say handcuffs. his face is bruised and his tooth appears to be chipped. here's another photo claiming this is how he looked after he was released from jail. according to the incident report, officers on the s

if you have any information, call the henderson county sheriff's office. 3 3 a police chief from kansas is being called a hero after dash-cam video shows him saving a man from a vehicle fire. chief corey murrison was the first to respond to a fire near a campsite in linn valley. he found a vehicle engulfed in flames... and the owner lying just a few feet away. as the video shows, murrison ran to the man and dragged him away from the fire. firefighters say ammunition inside the car was exploding driver. 3 (chief corey murrison, linn show up none of that stuff is really going through your mind you just see what's going on and you react to what you need chief says without the police chief's intervention, the man may not have survived. he was treated for smoke inhalation. investigators suspect the driver was attempting to fire. 3 3 the world health organization has called an emergency meeting to address mounting concerns over the zika virus. and now, fear about the virus is spreading to the u-s. reid binion reports. 3 (world health organization (who) director-general margaret chan) "the lev

cam on-- 3 3 3 we have some breaking news in western north carolina.right now -- a henderson county school is on precautionary lockdown while deputies search for a gunman.they say an armed 7:00 this morning.we're told that it happened near the intersection of powell street and hope creek lane. dispatchers tell us mountain community school is on lockdown.no injuries have been reported and deputies are working on a description of the suspect.as soon as we hear that lockdown is over, we will let you know. 3 3 new from overnight--troopers are investigating three deadly wrecks in the upstate and western north carolina. carolina.the first one happened around midnight in powdersville.troopers say a tow truck driver ran off of i-85 near mile marker 40.. went down an embankment and hit a tree.the coroner identified the driver as "william armstrong" from piedmont.he was not wearing a seatbelt.it's not clear what led up to the crash. 3 a second deadly crash happened in greenville county around 2:00 this morning.this was the scene on white horse road and west blue ridge drive.troopers say a pickup tru

forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 the rain is helping to melt the snow in henderson county... but slick roads remain. that is why schools are canceled there for another day. news 13's lauren brigman was in mills river last half hour. now she is live from flat rock. lauren... are you seeing a difference in the 3 3 3 in just the last few minutes, haywood county schools announced they will be on a 2-hour delay this morning, no buses on icy roads. officials have been out checking roads since 3:30 this morning because of the freezing rain advisory. students there will have saturday school from eight to noon to make up a snow day. so far the school system has had five so far this year. 3 2128 when you can mamae one up on a saturday, that feels really good in may or june because you haven't extended the year. if parents feel their students cannot get to class this saturday, school leaders say they will make every reasonable effort to code absences as excused. 3 3 more delays and school closures in the mountains today means parents are left to figure out scheduling struggles. paren

in this morning's fugitive files, we are teaming up with the henderson county sheriff's office. joining us is major frank stout. . thanks for being here. who are we looking for? first we are looking for elvin antunez. a 20 year old male. he is 5 foot 7... 170 pounds. he is wanted for felony possession with intent to sell & deliver controlled substances, felony maintain a dwelling for controlled substances, possession of schedule vi drugs, & 2 counts possession of drug paraphernalia. next we are looking for dallas barnwell he's a 34 year old male... 6 foot 1... 175 pounds. he is wawaed for assault with a deadly weapon finally we are trying to locate anthony he is 6 feet... 170 pounds. he is wanted for 2 counts assault on a female, felony obtaining property by false pretense & possession of stolen property3 if you see any of these fugitives, you can call anonymously. the number is (828) 697-4596 again (828) 697- 4596 thanks for being here. remember, you can also go to the "fugitive files" section of w-l-o-s dot com to see all of the suspects we've featured. 3 3 3 3 3 3 more than 5

henderson county wasn't the only school system close. as well. you can get the latest on all of the possible closings and delays as they begin to come in. log onto wlos.com. >> haywood schools had a two hour delay. students will have school this saturday from 8:00 until noon to make up a snow day. that school system has had five missed day. >> in buncombe county, this school career will be extended to monday june 6. that's due to school cancellations on january 22 and the 25. they will also p made up by the february 12 optional teacher work day, now becoming a regular attendance day for students. students originally scheduled for february 11 has been rescheduled to a full regular attendance day. ingrid, we are still seeing the trickle down effects from all the snow. >> it is hard to believe, especially when the bulk of the snow fell friday and saturday. here we are on wednesday, still talking about the snow on the ground. kind of unbelievable. this is black mountain, we had a foot in many locations, seeing sunshine here and really even the tops o

henderson county school leaders say they have snow days built in to the end of the year. pushing their last day of school on june 9th. madison county superintendent says they had their last day of school back from may 26th to june the 1st. you can log on to wlos.com and get those closings and delays. and of course we're going to be running them at the bottom of your screen during our newscast. >> larry: along with schools, some businesses are closed because of the snow, which can have a big financial impact. play-doh's closet was closed in asheville. it's a substantial hitor employees. some of them turned to eblen charities for help playing energy bills and rent. not that bad. two days is not that bad. but anytime they missed could mean no groceries. it could mean no heating in their home. >> larry: the roofer says he slipped and won't be able to work. >> darcel: rex, trash pick up is resuming and the mail is coming, but what can residents do to help? >> rex: i can tell you that all 10 of haywood county's convenience centers are back open now. clyde and maggie valley. clea

bit including henderson county and buncombe county, as well as transylvania county. advisories are issued where it could get it little slippery with 1-2 inches of snow. once it reaches three inches, that is when winter advisories are issued. the mountains of georgia could see the most from this event. later this afternoon it will be slippery trying to drive across the north carolina mountains. from 1:00 and 2:00 on the upstate will see some flurries. as the kids get out of school, everybody will be excited. our future plus. it will be 1:00 on that it begins to be active. eastern georgia, raven county, and maybe northern oconee county it will continue in the mountains tonight. tomorrow, rain comes in and our future plus forecast shows it that will continue through friday. the mountainsnsrom north carolina might see a wintry mix during the friday morning hours. that is how the day will shape up. we will see a few flurries this afternoon. the mountains could get enough to make for tricky roads. it is cold temperatures, though and everybody needs a warm coat today. allys

henderson county there are two are active. dot is treating both of these areas with salt and sand. brevard, a crash is blocking both ways of traffic on everett road. we have slick spots listed by county on wlos.com under the traffic report. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhl's used car superstore. >> tammy: the city of asheville's latest attempt to solve the parking dilemma involves hiring a consultant. they're looking for proposals to deliver a long time strategy. frank, that location where you are may be part of the solution. >> frank: imagine driving your car in to this lot, getting out, just locking it up. then you head across the jeff bowen bridge in to the heart of downtown, and you don't even have to look for a parking place. it might happen. if you've been downtown, you've been through this. locate a coveted place to put your car. >> usually when you do a parking study, it's to say can i put a parking garage in point x or location y. that sort of thing. >> frank: it's ken putnam's job to sve a problem that doesn't get any better, improving

kimberly king is live in henderson county. kim. >> kim: good evening to you, larry. we have been speaking with henderson county officials who tonight have been discussing the likely possibility that they many declare a state of emergency in the county. what does that mean? it means they'll be able to access additional supplies in case of very heavy snow in the area and the ability to close down roads they consider accumulations. hendersonville's salt barn has crews on duty tonight preparing for shifts overnight. emergency management director rocky hider has been talking with agencies across the county and also sending out reverse 911 texts to residents in the area who have signed up to warn them to get ready. >> today is the day to make those preparations to stock up on your supplies, make sure that you've got the medications that are required to get through at least the weekend. >> kim: now in rutherford water, which is also called brine, as a pre-treatment to whatever precipitation falls. they've been doing that ahead of the storm so that once that precip hits the

surveillance.if you have any information...you're asked to call the henderson county sheriff's office or crime stoppers at the number on your screen. 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes---- - 3 3 tonight will be mostly clear with lows falling into the low 30s and md-20s. saturday will be sunny and mild, warming up into the low 60s in the upstate and mid-50s in western north carolina. the weekend only gets better on sunday as temperatures peak in the low to mid-60s area-wide under mostly sunny skies. 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 back to you guys: 3 and tonight at ten...seems like people alalys talk about hospital food... food...but now there's a movement to make it healthier and get rid of greasy fast food options like chickfila and mcdonalds... 3 we'll see what hospitals are being singled out by this group... including one upstate. 3 and we heard from you during the last winter storm... many of you worried about pets ten we'll tell you wh

if you have any information, call the henderson county sheriff. reporting live from the area, henderson county, kimberly king, news 13. >> we have an update, the sheriff's office has arrested a suspect wanted in an attempted robbery that occurred yesterday. investigators say they spotted the vehicle used in the attempted robbery around 6:30 last night. they took dylan subtles into custody and charged him with attempted robbery. tips were called into crime stoppers. >> happening today a camera man accused of scamming homeowners was in court. he is charged with two counts by false pretenses. at least a half dozen victims claim they were defrauded by spears including several elderly women. news 13 was there in the courtroom courtroom. and the case was continued to february 23. >> a story we have been following all morning, a deadly wreck tied up traffic in polk county. a tractor-trailer overturned killing the driver and leaving behind a mess. what do we know about the driver? >> reporter: we know the driver's name is tony hurst of chapen, south carol

a pair of murder suspects in henderson county is expected to be in court. shawn hollifield and savannah walker are accused of killing deque taylor in december. probable cause hearings are scheduled for both of them today. taylor was found dead along ninth avenue in hendersonville. according to search warrants, taylor's cousin told police a drug deal was involved. two others are also charged in the case. 3 3 a proposed apartment project in south asheville... that's raised concerns with the public, is now being delayed. developer rusty pulliam confirms that he is asking city council to postpopo a vote on the project. that vote was scheduled for today, pulliam is asking that it be 250-unit complex would be built on the site of the old plasti-form site. pulliam also says he's willing to delay the project for two years to ease residents concerns about traffic. 3 3 now to the latest on campaign 2016, and the race for the number one spot. the campaigns are striking hard, trying to capture those final votes and win in the first contest for the presidency. lana zak

they're replacing an existing natural gas pipeline that runs through henderson county. replacing the pipeline allows us to meet the current and future gas needs while maining the pipeline systems in compliance with the u.s. regulations. it buys and sells natural gas and is not in the exploration and production business. so that means no fracking going on here. latex construction has begun the replacing project. it has an estimated time frame of completion of early june. tammy. >> tammy: more americans than ever have health insurance thanks to obamacare. but for millions of people it costs more and covers less than ever. >> darcel: president obama recently said most people can find an option for less than $75 a month but prices are going up. >> well the trend is that more people are carrying around insurance cards in their but unfortunately the cost is going up dramatically for people who are paying higher premiums. they have insurance technically but it's not covering what they need. >> tammy: full measure is on sunday mornings. >>> morning was pretty cold. >> jason: we

of no school here in henderson county. what about tomorrow? come up in our next half-hour, hear from school officials. >> the gop front runner is teasing whether he'll attend the debate. now we know, the donald's riva >> this is a live picture of the jeff bowen bridge. some snow in the distance on the grassy surfaces. the main roads looking fine. >> looking dry actually for the first time in a while. >> we had the rain this morning, right now, we are starting to see clearing. look at the time lapse, very cloudy and low visibility. now we are starting to see the blue sky. this is our lester carpet sales. 40 in asheville. in the 30's in hendersonville and waynesville. we'll warm to the 40's across western north carolina and stay that way through this evening. we'll see some cooler nights. i'll talk about how cold it will get and then when we take a turn for the warmer, feeling like spring. that's over to you. >> henderson county schools closed because roads were not fully cleared for buses to travel on. have they decided what to do to

. >> tammy: tonight henderson county commissioners voted to bring what would be one of the county's biggest employers. a new plant linemar is thinking about building in mills river. aaron adelson is live outside of the buncombe county. >> reporter: linemar is partnering up with george fisher. those companies are considering henderson county for a car parts plant. mills rivers' town manager says there are finalists competing against columbia, south carolina. looking to invest $217 million to create 350 new jobs. salaries would average $47,000 after the investment is made, the county and town would pay back $7.2 million over 14 years. >> nobody likes economic development incentives. we decide whether or not we're going to play. and in this day and age to provide economic opportunity for our citizens going forward, you have to offer economic development incentives. >> aaron: county expects a decision in the next 30 days. about two years ago president obama came here praising linemar for a post recession success. that success could continue in the mountains. aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: a

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

. >> tammy: a manufacturing plant in henderson county that would bring 350 new jobs to the area. kimberly king is live in hendersonville where county commissioners are hearing the proposal. kim. >> kim: good evening, tammy. the public hearing just wrapped up and we understand that all the commissioners voted unanimously to approve this plan. this would be a joint venture between autoparts maker linmar and george fisher. a decision is expected from them in 30 days. but linemar got national exposure thanks to the president. nearly two years ago, president obama chose the linemar car plant in arden. as an example of a post recession success story. a growing company hiring employees retrained at ab tech. >> the folks who are going to the comnity college because they know if they work hard and job waiting for them. >> kim: presenting the company with a tax break plan to convince it to build a car parts plant in the industrial park. the commission held a public hearing to lay out the $217 million gf linemar project. it would bring 350 new jobs and salaries averaging $47,000. >> the ques

same thing down into henderson county. franklin 53. gaffney 57. same thing in greer. greenville the upper 50s. some locations down south in greenwood could be close to the so, it will feel pretty nice for it being winter and all. and tonight, not going to be that cold. compared to what we are this morning. but, still, below freezing for many areas in western north carolina. 30 in asheville, and 35 down into greenville. right now, it's time for another check of the roads. jaclyn, it's a smooth start to the morning drive? >>jaclyn: secondary roads are in good shape so far. if you head towards smoky park highway, traffic is flowing smoothly. it's 7 minutes from i-40 to brookside circle. i-26 is looking good from hendersonville to asheville. it is smooth sailing there with a 17 minute drive time. now, turning over to future i-26 for those of you taking that route this morning, here is a live look at the interstate at the woodfin exit and buncombe county. things are looking good right now, but remember, we have that ongoing overnight construction project happening in that

i'm off i-26 in henderson county on upward road. and back behind me, this is going to be the big concern overnight initially for just anyone that's out driving are overpasses that can freeze over. we do have hundreds of crews that have come across the country to north carolina and help anyone who loses power. one after the other, what appears more like a calvary. >> many of those folks arrived last night. area. so they woke up this morning ready to go to work. >> as we come off the storm marking the grounds that we put on the lines for safety apparatus. >> kim: dwayne from indiana drove 8 hours while he and others were ready around the asheville area. >> a lot of the trucks have been sent either south in to spartanburg where we had some damage. macon-jackson county areas where we're starting to see power outages occur. >> our job is to provide food and lodging. >> kim: she drove in from missouri and is also on standby at the ag center. >> the snow continues to fall. we continue to see some pressure from trees leaning over lines and

we will check in with lauren brigman, too, in henderson county. i'm hope hanselman, reporting live in asheville, news 13. >>lauren: good morning, hope. it's "wicked" cold out here, though i'm a southern girl, myself, i like that, zack, myself. >>> here in fletcher i will tell you what happened minutes ago. right behind me at the intersection of south maple road and asheville highway on the other side of the snow bank a driver was stuck. she was sitting there for 15-20 minute, her name is hillary hume, she said she lives on south maple road. she got stuck yesterday trying to get out of just her driveway but you know she had to get to work this morning and thought that the road were okay because she was hearing the snow plows right here on asheville highway. but, when she got down to the end of the road she got stuck on actually a little small bank of snow that the plow, of course, push odd the side of the roadway. she was not expecting that. that's her advice to everyone who plans to hit the road today. again, use caution. if you don't have to be o

>> 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

so anyone with information should call crime stoppers at 23 crime. >>> now, in henderson county deputies lk for two people responsibl for a break in that caused a schol tock locked down. two men went into an apartment an one of the men had a gun. deputies thk the suspects were dropped off in this car. you see it from pictures. the sheris office suspects ln the scene. if you he infort on this crime you can call the henderson county sheriffs office. >>> big smiles everyone because we're delivering the perfect weekend fore. >> today was beautiul and we're going to carbo copy that. you see the 70s out to the west well, we're not going to have those but we're going to have more 60s, 40s and 50s right now. 60 in union but down to 54 degrees in greenville. so we're cooling off steadily. about 11 o'clock the upstate will be in the 30s and tomorrow morning we're going to start out at freezing with all day sunshine the way we're going to warm up quickly. so we'll talk about a warming trend for your weekend and the forecast coming up. >>> now those some proud fans, an estimated 25 maybe 30,000 afte

kimberly king is following storm preparations in henderson county. and rex hodge is checking where things stand in the western county. >> tammy: but first we go to jason. >> jason: we have certainly refined our forecast. think more snow than ice in this situation. winter storm warnings are still out. they were out yesterday. in fact today they issued a winter storm warning that goes from 7:00 p.m. this evening until 7:00 a.m. on sunday. you're not going to avoid this storm, folks, unless you're far enough south. anything east, anything west, anything north, it'sll impacted. winter storm timeline, here's what you can expect. thursday overnight, icy mix to snow some time over midnight. that will a aumulate on the grass and surfaces. snow and ice will be on the ground by friday morning day break. we'll have heavy snow periods as we go throughout the day friday in to saturday. it is in missouri spinning right there. that's the main energy with it. we're going to see that energy dive south and east and carve this system out and also drop tremendous snow f

herpbt r henderson county rather. this sis where i-85 is. north of that is where the snow is south of there about a half inch. i will show you some totals. in south carolina we had hefty totals. spartan spartanburg 7 1/2. chesney seven. travelers rest seven. greer five. mountain rest four. pickens 3.1 and malden with 2. it the north carolina mountains this is where it ramped up. how much mitchell 19 inches. 16.5 for rosaline. 13.5 asheville. 10.5 hendersonville. waynesville 10 and rutherfordton 6 6.3 and hart wall .5 fplt.5. we are still tracking snowfall and you can see it on the tennessee bettered. madison county seeing in and swain north of bryson city seeing snow showers. temperatures, this is important as they crash tonight we will see black ice a problem on some of the back roads. it will freeze because we will see temperatures below freezing about 15 hours. it will be a cold one and windy one. 27-mile-per-hour weekend gusts in henderson developville. they will start to diminish by 4:00 a.m. the wind chill was like about five degrees a

the henderson county jail. >>holly: >>holly: buncombe county authorities are asking for the public's help after shots were fired at a local housing department. it happened pine brook farm, pull lets pierced the metal sign and the walls of two occupied homes a. total of five bullets hit the signs. two of the bullets traveled through the walls of two separate houses. no unwith was hurt, but residents in the area are concerned. >> i hope they find out who did it. which i don't know if they really can. i mean if it with us just a drive-by random shooting? i don't know. it's very frightening. >>holly: authoritying are asking anyone with information to call crime stoppers at (828) 255-5050. >>jay: the asheville rescue is working with an animal cruelty case. there was an unlicensed animal rescue after getting several complaints of sick animals adopt from the facility. the authorities found more than were being kept inilthy living conditions. many with no shelter at all. >> wounds? you have animals that have got obviou

flurries in ashville and as far as south as northern henderson county. the idea is the accumulating snowfall from major winter storm pretty much done. that's the great news. totals were just staggering here. 19" south of old for the and hey wood county and transveinia and 16 1/2. hendersonville itself almost 16hendersonville itself almost 16. saluted polk down they 14.1. canler and heywood county and 1canler and heywood county and 14". where does this put us. all time january heavy know events? third, because 13.4 fell officially at the airport yesterday in ashville. 2016 is now third snowest day ever in january. still not as high as 15 and 14" we had years ago. and news 13 sky cam network here's the bigger concern. look at secondary roads. of course you have drifts and plows coming through here and any side road, parking, or trying to just walk done a sidewalk it will be just treacherous and past now ice they've thrown salt on it that can do so much it's meltsed and then refreezing and it's a hard sheet of ice on many side roads. take easy if you have to