thursday january 28-th i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 new this morning... a chase 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the brevard road exit on i-40... near where the crash happened. lauren, what have you learned? 3 3 3 3 fire destroys a home belonging to a volunteer firefighter in henderson county. dwight hill has been a volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years. he was alerted on his phone about the fire at his address, and rushed home. now he is devastated after of valley hill fire and rescue says it was especially tough to respond to a fellow firefighters home. 3 chief tim garren, valley hill fire & rescue: "we wanted to do as much as we possibly could and with it already being as far ahead as it was and not to be able to do more, it was just an emotional, physically draining for them and emotionally draining for them." investiga

i'm holly headrick. and i'm ingrid allstaedt. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 people around the world are celebrating the new year this morning. in new york city... the most iconic of all without a hitch. karin caifa was standing in the crowd as a million people welcomed 20-16. 3 3 ----porter pkg-as follows-- ic: "2016 has arrived in new york..."oc: "...i'm karin caifa, now back to you." -----end-----cnn.script----- 3 3 3 3 cnn.script----- -----end----- you."caifa, now back to you." 3 with the new year ... comes new laws in north carolina. starting today... abortion providers will have to send the state medical records including ultrasound images for abortions after 16 weeks. voter identification will now be required in 2016... starting with the primary elections in march. and, business owners will be able to sue employees who take video or photographs at the workplace ..

i'm holly headrick. and i'm ingrid allstaedt here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both 3 3 3 happening today... a number of new laws take affect in north carolina... many of them controversial. news 13's evan donovan has a look at what's changing. 3 ((evan donovan reporting))nats - cows 3 3 for a full list of the new laws that take affect today, go to our website -- wlos dot com -- and click on news links. 3 3 3 new details about an attempted suicide at the rutherford county jail. authorities say the inmate was not on suicide watch. sheriff chris francis tells news 13 that bryan houser's attorney called on december seventh... to say the inmate's father felt his son was suicidal. but after nurses and mental health professionals interviewed houser numerous times.. the sheriff says they concluded he was not. 3 the nursing staff did see him on five different occassions from that time as rec

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 we have an update on the breaking news in fletcher... where a home caught fire about an hour ago on emmas grove road. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the scene in buncombe county. lauren... what else have you learned? 3 3 3 all new overnight... a man was shot in the leg outside of the deaverview apartments in asheville. police say they were called to the apartments just after 11:30 last night. the victim told officers he was dropping someone off when two people wearing hoodies knocked him to the ground, took his wallet and shot him in the leg. the victim is expected to be o-k. no suspects have been identified at this time. 3 3 we have another reminder to bring in your animals during this winter weather. long-term exposure to sub-freezing temperatures impacts dogs the same way it do

thursday january 7-th i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 if you are looking for a job... today you are in luck. the 10th annual homecoming career fair will start later this morning at the w-n-c ag center. that's where news 13's lauren brigman is live... lauren.... what should people bring with them if they are planning to attend the fair?: today you have the chance to meet potential employers face to face 3 the event is organized by the economic development coalition and asheville area chamber of commerce. in it's tenth year, event organizers say this year's career fair is the largest one yet. more than 100 employers and career placement services will be on site... and more than five-thousand jobs up for grabs. if you are looking for a job, there are career opportunities in a variety of areas including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and to

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. 3 here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 we have new video and details this morning about a fire that burned overnight in buncombe county. we first brought it to you as breaking news last night at 11. this morning... the riceville fire chief tells us it was a workshop... and no one was inside when it started. while our cameras were kept quite a distance away... you can see just how big the flames were. crews will return there later this morning... to try and figure out what caused the fire. 3 3 area shelters operated under a code purple overnight. code purple is issued when temperatures fall to 32 degrees ... or lower. volutneers with a-b-c-c-m went out to search for homeless people in need of shelter for the night. one man was found near prichard park in need of food, a blanket and a warm bed.

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 president barack obama used a major new initiative. he says it is time to get serious about gun control. kim hutcherson has details. 3 deadly mass shootings seem to be a regular occurance in america.and president obama has regularly called for tougher restrictions on guns. (pres. barack obama - no font necessary)"i've had to make statements like this too many times. communities have had to endure tragedies like this too many times.//white flash//once again, innocent people were killed because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun."now, the president says he isn't waiting any longer. (pres. barack obama - no font necessary)"my new year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as i can.//butted to.//that's especially true for

friday, january 8-th i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 trading in china is up this morning... after economic turmoil there shook markets zak reports what this will this mean for the u-s markets today. 3 finally, a good trading day on the chinese markets after previously sparking global market panics over fears of a slowing chinese economy, the shanghai composite index closed 2% *higher* at the end of trading on friday. on thursday, chinese stocks fell 7% and trading was suspended 30 minutes after opening fueling a nosedive on wall street.the dow closed down nearly 400 points yesterday. wall street natsand with all those investors pulling their hair, average americans may be looking at their investments and retirement funds with concern. so what should you do? first, experts say don't sell or change your 401k in a panic yahoo sot if you end up

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer3 good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 happening tonight... all eyes will be on north charleston, presidential debate. it comes as tensions heat up between two of the candidates. news 13's lauren brigman joins us with the details. lauren? the battle between donald trump and ted cruz has turned into open attacks as poll numbers tighten. 3 3 3 (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "ted cruz is a problem. he's got a real problem." trump says that's because cruz was born in canada... though cruz's mother is a u-s citizen. on twitter... trump said "there is no way that ted cruz can continue running in the republican primary unless he can erase doubt on eligibility. dems will sue!" in response... cruz went beyond defending his u-s citizenship... to questioning trump's character. during a radio interview... cruz said trump has li

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer. we have sub freezing temperatures here in the mountains. 3 3 3 3 3 light snow overnight covered some roads in madison county. news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage of the winter weather. lauren... what did d-o-t tell

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day 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

thursday january 28-th3 i'm holly headrick.3 and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 some school districts have announced make-up days for the winter storm. buncombe county schools will make up days on february 12th and june sixth. also, the early release day on february 11th will now be a full day. transylvania county schools will make up days on february 15th and march 24th. in jackson countytythe blue ridge district will make up days on february 15th, may 25th and may 26th. the smoky mountain district will make up days on february 15th, june ninth and june tenth. 3 3 3 breaking overnight... a chase buncombe county slowed traffic on a major insterstate. is what we know so far. it started in haywood county when a deputy tried t tstop the vehicle. it ended shortly after 11 p-m. that is when the suspect's vehicle crashed into a guardrail on i-40 eastbound in buncombe county, near the brevard road exit. because of all of the law enforceme

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay a look 3 good morning. 3 here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 we have new video and information this morning... about a fire that burned through the night in buncombe county. we first brought it to you as breaking news last night at 11. this morning, the riceville fire chief tells us it was a workshop... and no one was inside when it started. while our cameras were kept quite a distance away, you can see just how big the flames were. crews will return there later this morning to figure out what caused the fire. 3 3 3 lawmakers and americans across the u-s are reacting to president obama's gun control announcement. it's a series to reduce gun violence. surrounded by the families and victims from mass shootings, president obama announced the tighter restrictions. they come as welcome news or those impacted by some

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer3 good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast 3 for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 later this morning fire investigators will return to the scene of a workshop fire that broke out late last night in buncombe county. firefighters remained at the workshop on shope creek road until well after three this morning. the riceville fire chief tells us no one was inside when the flames broke out just after 10 last night. right now there is no word as to what caused the fire. 3 3 3 macon county is hoping to get help from the state after recent flooding caused more than 700-thousand dollars in damage. preliminary estimates show more than 30 homes and 23 roads were damaged. officials there have now sent a request for a damage assessment. that could determine if any money will be made available to residents and businesses affected by the flooding. 3 3 this morning, we're showing you pro

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer3 good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 3 we have an update this morning on a house fire that left one man dead. investigators do not believe that fire is suspicious. it started sunday morning in the living room of his home, but investigators don't know how. jack penland... an original member of the stoney creek boys blue grass band... was killed. his wife "pat" made it out safely and has been released from the hospital. several churches in weaverville are now collecting donations for the family. to learn more... go to wlos dot com. 3 3 investigators now say yesterday morning's fire in asheville was caused by a heating system malfunction. we brought you the story as breaking news. it happened at a home on north bear creek morning. the family of six says they heard a pop... then their smoke alarms went off. everyone made it out safely. 3 3 we have an update

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. 3 here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the 3 3 3 3 3 president barack obama used his weekly address to announce a major new initiative. he says it is time to get serious about gun control. kim hutcherson has details. 3 deadly mass shootings seem to be a regular occurance in america.and president obama has regularly called for tougher restrictions on guns. (pres. barack obama - no font necessary)"i've had to make statements like this too many times. communities have had to endure tragedies like this too many times.//white flash//once again, innocent people were killed because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun."now, the president says he isn't waiting any longer. (pres. barack obama - no font necessary)"my new year's resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business as much as i

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and 3 upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 henderson 3 county schools remain closed this morning because of concerns over slick roads. news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage of the weather . lauren... what are you seeing 3 3 3 3 we have an update this morning... on a henderson toddler was shot and killed in their home. james and heather stepp pleaded guilty to storage of a firearm with access to children, a misdemeanor. the pair was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter for two-year-old abagail newman's death in october. the district attorney says newman was shot with a shotgun that was left on a kitchen table at the stepp's home 13:07 "this is something that both families are going to have to deal with really for the rest of their lives. clearly the parents of the child and clearly the stepps. i me

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look 3 at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 home goes up in flames in arden. this is new video from the scene on glen bridge road. skyland fire department was called to the home just before 11 last night... and says it was heavily envolved in flames when they arrived. no one was home... and no one was hurt. crews remained on scene overnight to investigate the cause. we have calls out to the fire department to learn more information. 3 3 also new this morning... flags are flying at half staff today in franklin... to honor a decorated mountain vietnam veteran who died this week. this is video of army staff sergeant nathan "nat" henry from the veteran's day celebration in franklin back in november. he spent six years as a prisoner of war in vietnam... and earned two purple hearts, two silver stars and two bronze stars. his funeral will be held this sunday in the chapel

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 breaking news out of istanbul... an explosion kills at least 10 people and injures 15 others. this is video just into the newsroom from the scene. it happened at the is a major tourist attraction in the heart of east istanbul. so far there is no word on who was behind the attack. we will continue to provide updates on this breaking news as they become available. 3 3 3 they set out to finish the season 15 and oh. but last night, it was a devastating loss for the clemson tigers in the national championship game against alabama. all new this morning... we have reaction from the team. news 13's lauren brigman joins us. clemson lost 45 to 40... it was definitely a feeling of disappointment after the game...but also hope for the team's future. 3 3 3 it had been 34 years since the tigers had a ch

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 starting today, regular hours begin for the "art bus service" in asheville after friday's snow storm. news 13's lauren brigman is live downtown with that update. lauren, some buses are hitting the roads right now? i just called the asheville transit station and i'm told two buses are departing on their routes now, much earlier than the 10 a-m start they had yesterday. officials will still be monitoring routes and 3 ((take fs-- bus service)) posting alerts if icy conditions are affecting any of those. go to wlos-dot-com and we will link you to their service alerts page. it's also back to normal for the downtown parking garages. free parking was allowed inside the downtown parking garages... will resume for those. if you leave a parking deck anytime after ten this morning you will have to pay.

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 a career fair today may help people looking to get a new job in the new year. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the davis event center... at the w-n-c ag center. lauren, what types of jobs are employers looking to fill in our area? there are career opportunities in a variety of areas... like advanced manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and tourism. 3 it is a one-stop opportunity looking for prospective employees. the event is organized by the economic development coalition and asheville area chamber of commerce. in it's tenth year, event organizers say this year's career fair is the largest one yet. more than 100 employers and career placement services will be on site... and more than five-thousand jobs up for grabs. 3 super: matt popowskieconomic development coalition asheville-buncombe county "we have

friday, january 8-th i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 happening today, all eyes will be on wall street when u- s markets open today. that is because voltility in china... investors in the u-s. but overnight trading in china...was up for the first time this week. reid binion reports. 3 (donna howell/investor's business daily) "it's been almost seven years since the bottom of the u.s. market, and we're overdue for a correction."donna howell.... ...of investor's business daily, on the wave of selling rocking wall street this week. stocks are off to their worst start to a new year ever... ...with the dow dropping more than five percent in the first four days.......and ten percent from its high in may. that puts the market in correction territory for the second time in a year... sparking fears of a possible bear market on the way.the losses on wal

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. 3 here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 we have 3 another reminder to bring in your animals during this winter weather. long-term exposure to sub-freezing temperatures impacts dogs the same way it does people. 3 21:38 a lot of people think that because they have a fur coat they are fine that is not the case a lot of times dogs or cats they still get very cold like we do. so if we're cold they're cold 21:49)3 if you see a dog or pet in the cold that you are concerned about.. call police or your local sheriffs office and ask to speak to animal 3 3 3 for the second time in a month... a haywood county convenience store is robbed at ggpoint. authorities are suspects.. the most recent robbery at "galloway's country store" happened friday night. it was caught on camera. in that incident... one of the susp

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look good morning. 3 here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 the city of asheville gives an update on the snow cleanup progress. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from downtown. lauren, city crews are now turning their attention to neighborhood streets? right... because we had so much snow, they have been mostly focused on main routes, especially those used by emergency responders. now they are getting to those streets in your community. the city's street services division continues to work 24-hour shifts to clear the roads. 3 3 they ask you to call them if you see large patches of ice or snow that need treatment by the city. those numbers are 828-259-5852 or 828-251-1122. to help with snow removal, free parking was allowed inside the downtown parking garages... and today normal operations will resume for those. if you l

friday, january 8-th i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer3 good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 though it is raining outside... you can find some snow in the mountains. news 13's lauren brigman is live from cataloochee ski area. lauren... ski season is in full swing. today is day 35 of business this season and things are looking up.3 3 the ski area is now open seven nights a week... extending their hours through 10 each night. over the past week, cataloochee's snowmakers have been blowing snow. it is the goal each year for the ski area to remain open throughout march. the snowmakers here at cataloochee know how to work against the adverse conditions, like the warm weather, to make it feel like winter in maggie valley. so much so, that they are up for a national award for snowmaking. plus, they are trails in the future.3 3 "we continue to do a lot of infrastructure work on our snowmaking, g

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer and while there were no big winners in north carolina... two tickets sold in the state matched all five of the white balls... with the power play. that means those ticket holders will win two million dollars each. so far... officials have not said where those two tickets were sold. 3 3 3 nearly 300-million tickets were sold for last night's lottery... that's almost as many tickets as the number of mentioned at 3 the top of the newscast, there was a lot of excitement at that store in california where a winning ticket was sold. lauren lyster is live from chino hills california... where hundreds of people gathered . 3 3 nats 'can you 3 3 3 3 we're following breaking news in jakarta, indonesia.at least six people were killed in an attack in the center of the attackers were also killed. the blasts happened near a police station and shopping center. so far no group has claimed responsibility. 3 3 3 happening today... the man charged with a triple murder in asheville is expected to be in court. a probable cause hearing is scheduled for pierre grif

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer3 good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll shoyou our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate.

i'm holly headrick. current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 claims that north korea successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test are now being called into question. lana zak has more on this developing story... 3 not likely a hydrogen bomb...that's the latest word from the intelligence community--(skorea nkorea 6) nats 15. soundbite (korean) shin kyung-min, assistant administrator of the intelligence committee of national assembly "(in case of a hydrogen bomb, the bomb has a destructive power of 15 to 50 megatons). //this south korean lawmaker saying a hydrogen bomb should have registered at least 50 kilotons of power-- sot: joe cirinccione /it looks like kilotons. it's far too small to be even a failed h-bomb. here's why...a *hydrogen* bomb is a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. it has never been used in war. still the north korean government was celeb

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3

i'm holly headrick. and i'm jay siltzer it is another snow day for many students across the mountains. asheville city and buncombe county schools are closed. all closures are your screen... and on w-l-o-s