stretching east ward in to macon and jackson county. some of the heaviest over western transylvania county, north of sapphire and west of pisgah. these are the black mountains. little creek, faust, northern and central yancey county, you're getting snow there, too. 19 e is going to be treacherous. heaviest snows north of i-40 and working down in to some of the here's your future cast. there's midnight. snow still flying over the mountains north and northwest. some pockets of snow over on the balsams. temperatures. a lot of the moisture is going to be gone by then. very minimal accumulation in some of these valley locations. watch out because it will be icy on those roads farther west. back in to the 40s, though, in the afternoon tomorrow. upper 40s in some places south. mid 40s in asheville. at least that. here's the idea with our rpm model. an inch or two on the ground if not more. smokys, a couple of inches to four inches. this blue area is two to four inches. another two to four over yancey, mitchell, avery. madison county as well. to

points farther south into jackson county, macon county, 1-2 inches possible there. as you can seeshg not much around -- see, not much around asheville. buncombe county a better chance of picking up a couple of inches. that would enable travel to be difficult. winter storm warning in effect for the pink counties until 7:00 a.m. tuesday. and a winter storm advisory until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. a look at the next 72 hours, in upstate, fairly quiet conditions, as far as the precipitation goes. but it's going to be windy and cold tomorrow. a lot colder. 21 tomorrow night. 39 is the high on wednesday. thursday, dry, high of 42 degree, notice the low temperatures. getting down into the teens, wednesday night, and we'll keep it cold, a lot colder than it should be for this time of the year, even tli your weekend -- through your weekend. the weekend will be dry. and there's your mountain forecast, a high tomorrow and wednesday below freezing in the mountains. and so travel will become more difficult and also more dangerous especially in those higher elevation, closer to tenness

>> jason: ground is white jackson county, haywood county, madison and swain. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network unca campus. cold rain and 41. and all rain. then you go up in to higher elevations. coal springs ranch, 4,000 feet near haywood county. the snow is adding up. already laying on the ground. that's the story now. haywood, madison, mitchell, avery, swain, jackson and graham county until 6 o'clock in the morning. this is where we're going to find not only snow fall accumulation, but black ice. we drop our temperatures this evening. dark blues indicating heavier snows. we're still getting snows up in to yancey and mitchell. temperatures freezing most valleys. we'll talk more in detail coming up in just a few minutes about who is going to see most of the snow and when we finally see spring-like weather. >> darcel: thanks, jason. we want toend it over now to meteorologist karen wynne. there lost power from the storm. >> karen: definitely so, larry. in fact at one point about 4,000 people across the county were without power here in mcdowell. thi

news 13 rex hodge is live in hillsboro tonight, what's being talking about. >> jackson county leaders are discussing an idea with the outdoor center in swain county to establish an outdoor center on land here not far from downtown and town leaders say it would provide a needed economic boost. >> it's possible new activity along the river that has them hoping new revenue will start flowing in. >> it shall definitely bring some more business to the town. >> there's talk of the outdoor center, building a facility for kayaking, zip lining and sales of outdoor gear. >> sarah and her partners are mercantile in the center of town. >> we're going to be a retail, mercantile shop with an ice cream bar. >> excited about seeing the street back live. dillsboro is a welcoming down. >> although nothing is down, dillsboro's mayor says an additional 24,000 people a area from the new outdoor center spending money at shops and restaurants would boost the local economy, a needed shot in the arm after the great smoke mountain railroad used trains coming to dillsboro. >> we've had a lot of turnover since 2

here in jackson county, southern sebss is of macon county. into raven county as well. and then the atmosphere is too warm for any snow in the upstate, but it is increasing towards the tennessee line. you can see the rain that we've had socialed with that -- associated with that front the upstate. some of us have had to dwruz windshield mountains and others are saying the with the snow is coming down. -- winter snow coming down. forced up the mountains to squeeze out the snow. it will start to stack up near the tennessee line. the snow showers will be possible as far south as asheville. in the upstate, look for a mixture of sunshine and clouds, a cold afternoon, blustery throughout the day tomorrow. and the winds will stay up, into wednesday morning. so the snow machine will continue up in the higher elevations there. the upstate, look for a hard freeze to start the day, and then we'll look for less mountain snow as the winds start to subside. another hard freeze on the way for wednesday night. want to make sure you protect the pipes and also the pets for

it includes haywood county, northern jackson county as you can see. swain, graham, all along the tennessee border, madison county, yancey, avery, all under a winter storm warning. anytime there is over 3-5 inches of snow, they issue these warnings. asheville will be under a winter weather advisory. maybe up to an inch of snow. that is the same story for macon county. it is the county's right along the tennessee-north carolina border that will be impacted starting tonight, continuing the next couple of days. here it comes. you can see across kentucky, we are seeing some precipitation. this will change over to snow later this afternoon and tonight is when it starts to pile up. today, as far as the upstate is concerned, low 30's to upper 30's will climb about 10 degrees and reach upper 40's. the mountains will stay pretty chilly all day. 28. it may reach low 40's at best today. cold air blows in tonight. it will be a north carolina events in the higher elevations primary. upper 40's for the upstate. snowy after 1:00 today in the mountains. we see a temper

more is possible, and then down into jackson county, macon county, 1-2 inches of snow there. mainly lower and mid 40s in the upstate. we're looking for tonight. upper teens to lower 20s in the mountains. and we'll see those lows dipping down into the mid to upper 20s by tomorrow morning. in the upstate. and again, with the wind blowing, it will feel colder than that. so bundle the kids up before they head out to school. 40 will be the high tomorrow. 21 tomorrow night. 39 degrees on wednesday. 42 on thursday, we'll keep lower and mid 40s into and through the weekend, the upcoming weekend, always in view, is looking dry, just cold. and there's your mountain forecast, look for the snow chances to continue through tomorrow into the first part of wednesday. down to 11 degrees wednesday night. and highs next weekend only in the 30s. >> thank you. >>> todd summers will tell us why the women's basketball game will be like no other in the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth

jackson county. temperatures tonight. look at this. 40s and 50s for lows. that is way above average. even closer to 60 degrees in places over the upstate. tomorrow we're back in to the 60s. mid 60s in asheville, temperatures will certainly be very mild for this time of the year. above average. but then we start to crash. we go down in to the 40s thursday. 40s friday. 40s saturday. that's the day of the polar plunge for me, by the way, in lake junaleska. it gets cold again next week. in the upstate, you're looking at mild before colder, too >> tammy: you get money for that, too? >> darcel: new ways to enjoy cold cereal. also having a little bit of fun. >> tammy: day or night, cold cereal tends to be a hot trend and not just for kids. >> darcel: a new trend for cereal parties and combinations should pique your interest. >> reporter: as a collegiate athlete, jim lessons to her children. >> it's very important to me what my kids put in to their bodies. having them be a part and having choices, healthy choices is very, very important. >> reporter: kim is a numbe

. >> darcel: a jackson county resident says the dot needs to finish repairs on his road in order to make it safe. john says crews did bridge repairs along garland buchanan road a couple of years ago. but he says water still collects on the road and at one point there are no lines down the middle of it. he says he's concerned about safety. >> i'm just trying to get something done that should have been done two years ago. >> darcel: the dot says a middle line often isn't painted on narrow to accommodate two full lanes. but it says it will take another look and when it's warm enough, will fix any drainage issues with asphalt. say they're asheville has struggled to get a successful recycling effort for the masses until right now. >> darcel: the city of asheville, asheville greenworks and the asheville housing authority have had success. zack green is live outside asheville greenworks. >> tammy: zack, this is the first phase of a larger project that's underway. >> zack: that's right. it's the first day of the first campaign ever like this. it sparked some real interest in the community. the o

there we go, jackson county at the western carolina university. getting a little shun sunshine going on right now. and your temperatures will stay mild, too. only mid 50s by 11. i'll talk about bigger changes that are coming for the rest of the work week. stick around for that. >> tammy: meteorologist zack green joins us from brevard. >> frank: zach, what are the road conditions looking like now? >> zack: the water has since receded but we're still looking at very saturated and soggy conditions. brevard saw up to three inches of rain. drivers were immediately deterred when coming across the high water. even when they did try to avoid it, debris left over caused more hazards. full trees were even getting swept away. >> one after the other. it was like taking logs to a saw mill. they were just banging. you could hear them. water was moving. >> zack: coming back live here, i want to show you this area is so prone to high water. they have these permanent signs on the side of the roadway and they simply just flip them down. on top of that, dot crews ab

here the blues are showing up now over the balsam mountains, haywood, jackson county. the darker the blue, the heavier the snow. not all of this is coming down as snow. some of it is rain and then snow showers here over southwestern jackson county and macon county. highlands and along 64, it's going to get dicey. a few more in to tennessee. it's mostly snow now in the smokys. here's our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network look at the clouds lowering here in franklin. nantahalas, we're going to get some snow here shortly. asheville, 49 degrees. wind chill down to 43. you're going to notice that wind as these temperatures cool off. more of an impact from that wind. center of low pressure away from us. northwest flow that will continue to wring out these snow showers in earnest through early tomorrow, even in to friday. some of the higher elevations won't see it completely. will be out until then. the future cast indicating the snow starting to pick up and spread out along the tennessee valley. down in to northeast buncombe. valley locations, yancey, mitchell, a

. >> darcel: a weekend house fire in jackson county ends in tragedy. rex, what happened? >> rex: the fire yesterday took the life of a man who lived not far from here. it was a tough location for crews to respond to. it was an early sunday morning fire on top of a mountain side at the end of enchanted forest drive, captured on video. jerry anis lives by. >> we did see a little bit of smoke on the top of the ridge. >> rex: the fire department responded about 6:40. a few minutes later, chief dale woodard was the first on the scene. water and everything in there. when i drove up, you could look entirely through the house. the roof collapsed and fell in. the entire upper floor of the house was on fire. >> rex: woodard said it took about an hour to put the fire out. >> we did locate a body, top level of the house. kind of in the hallway, kitchen area is where we located the body at. we don't know that it is him until, you know, he's identified. >> rex: that will be done through an autopsy. no logs were in the fire place. the chief says the homeowner is known as a heavy smoker.

then set the fire,.jackson county is about half-way between tallahasee and pensacola. another man sees the fire.. and gets a fire extinquisher to put it out. no one was injured. wright is now charged with arson. all new on 11 at 11... ready to rebuild after a devestating fire.the rabbit hash general store was more than a place to shop. it was the center of a community. and as evan millard shows us tonight... that community won't let the fire take away its traditions. here at the old general store - charred debris has been cleared out - and thrown out. but a new place to play has popped up - and a weekly tradition won't go away.nats - jam session montage they say music is universal -natscarey sabin/fiddler 043508 i rediscovered my love for exactly -nats -- here.nats (dissolve to fire over sot) sabin 043633 hey, don't you go to a place called rabbit hash? i see it all the time on your posts. well, it's burning down. the general store - gone.a concert - canceled.pickers - without a place to play.. until tonight..sabin 043957 this is the first friday night since the fire a

they've also halted work on a connector road in jackson county. as well as some projects in the eastern part of the state. the dot says deveer's bonding company will take over the projects. >> the bonding company will step up and complete the project for the agreed upon contract price. >> larry: the dot says it holds contractors to specific schedules. consequences to those if they're not met. deveer says they halted work on the projects because the state put them in a financial position where work couldn't be continued without getting paid. they say they're looking at their legal options. >> darcel: tomorrow is a big day. for republicans, it's the south carolina primary. >> larry: donald trump has been the longstanding leader there so far. but there have been surprises in the south carolina. megan hughes is in columbia with the latest tonight. >> we gotta get out tomorrow. we have to vote. >> reporter: donald trump is fighting on several fronts. he's taking on apple for refusing to help federal investigators hack in to iphones of one of the san be

snow still falling north of jackson county. the radar not picking up all of the snow flakes. most of it is concentrated over swain. rain again in the southern valleys. black mountains getting snow popping up. other than that, it should be pretty quiet elsewhere tonight. temperatures right around freezing by day break in any cases if not below. black ice issues in the morning. back in to sunshine. i think little, very little if any accumulation in asheville. i'll talk about bigger changes, which includes a nice warm up. stick around to see when and how long. >> darcel: new tonight, a house fire in east asheville kept the fire started in the attic just before 6 o'clock tonight on beverly road. firefighters saw flames coming from both sends of the attic. the homeowners and their pets were able to get out safely. >> when fire gets in an attic, a lot of times it can spread across the attic. thankfully this one went pretty well as far as that concern. and we had no injureiesinjuriri, which is the best result. >> darcel: the cause is being investigated. >> larry: the fight to keep a

counties highlighted in pink from grant county, swain, northern jackson, haywood, madison, yancey, mitchell, avery, will continue to see the bulk of the snow. we are also looking at wind chill advisory for buncombe county and transylvania county, southern jackson, northern georgia. 15-20 plus mile-per-hour wind with these colder temperatures make it rough for folks having to work outdoors today. here is our future plus forecast continuing into the afternoon. most of the action will be in the mountains of georgia and western north carolina. we will see that snow continued to accumulate in the higher elevations and they could make for tricky driving through wednesday, thursday, because whatever falls will be there currently, 22 in boone. 26 in asheville. let's check on a few other carolina where it is the coldest. bryson city at 27, hazel and valley town in the 26, 27 range. across the upstate, mid-30's, greenville currently a 34. spartanburg is the same. let's check on a few other communities. taylor's at 33, boiling springs the same, fountainhead at 34. we start out chilly. it is going to g

it is leading to closings of quite a few counties around the tennessee-north carolina border. graham, swing, northern jackson, haywood county, medicine, mitchell, yancey, all under a winter storm. cold temperatures felt all across the area. most of the snow will be in the higher elevations of north carolina. that will continue today and even into tomorrow before this finally comes -- this event comes to an end. because of cold temperatures were going to have, yesterday was the warmest day of the week. a got up to 46 in the mountains, low 50's in the upstate. forget about that today. it will be more like 30-44 afternoon highs. at 15 plus mile-per-hour wind and it feels like 14 in asheville, 12 in boone. 20's from greenville to greenwood. here is this big low that is grabbing that cold canadian air and shoving it all the way down into the deep south, even atlanta is in the 30's this morning. atlanta at 34. look at new orleans at 44. cold air is the story for a good bit of the country and we will be under this blanket of frigid air all the way through this week. 44 the upstate, for the afternoon high today. the

asheville northbound are marshall, towards haywood and jackson counties, we could see about an inch, maybe two, through the day tomorrow. looking ahead through thursday at 7:00 a.m., starting tomorrow at 6:00 going through thursday, we will see more snow. it will be confined to the tennessee border counties, madison county, mitchell, yancey county, towards portions of slain county of the northern half of jackson county. western carolina university, human -- you are included in that. a couple inches of additional source -- snowfall possible. 38 in asheville, 40 in hendersonville, 30 eight in anderson. temperatures tonight will drop a few degrees. 34 by 7:00 a.m. in greenville, cloudy skies will take over. flurries begin to develop in the southwestern portions of the mountains, like franklin and andrews. for greenville, cloudy skies for the day tomorrow. a chance for rain showers, maybe flurries by the evening. shouldn't be a big deal. temperatures topping out in the upper 40's. in spartanburg, mostly cloudy, a few rain showers, maybe flurries in the evening. temperatures crashed quick

that's southern jackson county and northeast georgia. over the next two hours, this goes until about 8:40 this morning. and it indicates that heavier band of snow will pull through avery county, some light snow down into asheville, and our western zones also seeing some of that light snow. so, nothing too significant, but it is enough to be canceling school, delaying school, and causing tricky conditions on the road waist. in fact, this is beach mountain parkway, 5,000 feet, and you can see reduced visibility in this and back here in the#b&ar(4l 8m0nr; mia f5s@

balsam gap in jackson county, a little bit. but the roadways r rain wet and 42 degrees in asheville. 30s to the north. buncombe county, avery county, southern jackson, macon, clay, cherokee under winter weather advisories. winter storm warnings out for most. six inches in highest elevations before it's said and done. the roadways mainly wet. will get icy later on tonight. we'll see you what lies ahead the rest of your work week. stick around. >> tammy: we continue our team coverage of today's winter weather in yancey county vpt. that's where kimberly king joins us now. >> kim: right now it is dry but it was much different earlier today. we saw a salt truck come by here. taking any chances today, cancelling school in the early morning hours. at 10:30 this morning outside ball creek elementary, parents loaded up their children as the district canceled for the day. >> we were happy. we were very happy. >> kim: fifth grader andy getting in his mom's car. not minding school closing one bit. mom monica cooper was right, by noon, big f

so will southern jackson county and macon county, but it will be the higher elevations in north carolina that will bear the brunt of this particular storm. there will be more closings and delays the next couple of mornings. 20's this morning in the mountains will climb to the low 40's. the upstate will climb to the upper 40's for the afternoon today. that is what is going on early. we will have more on this upcoming winter weather event throughout the morning. allyson: thank you. patrick: peyton manning with a big broncos victory yesterday but it was defense, defense, and more defense, in the panthers cannot overcome. allyson: they still have a season to be proud of. geoff hart joins us live this morning from levi's stadium the morning after. for carolina panthers fans, watching super bowl 50 was frankly excruciating. you thought time and time again they were going to get it together but it just, never happened. here is brad fralick. it certainly did not finish how the carolina panthers wanted it to. an opportunity to bring home the franchise's first ever super bowl championship, but it

transylvania, jackson county and even georgia. anything that falls is going to stick. mostly the grassy surface. winter weather advisories now until 7 o'clock in the evening buncombe county and up towards watauga county. significant snow in the border counties, dangerous travel. yes, a lot of black ice, too. so be aware of that. 23 in the morning. light snow possible. periods of snow late morning and early afternoon. i don't think the accumulations will be nearly as great. look at temperatures in the upstate. i'll show you all the details on how much snow i expect will fall in the area, in your neighborhood. stick around for that. >> darcel: always a critical concern is whether roads will be okay to get to work and school. >> larry: news 13's frank kracher joins us live from weaverville. frank, are you seeininany snow in north buncombe county? >> frank: just a little bit. it started falling about 10 minutes ago. regardless of what's going on here right now, staying ahead of the storm means better safe than sorry. and getting started early. chopping off a very big tank t

it does include mitchell yancey madison haywood, swain and gram and northern jackson county. we are under a winter weather advisory and this goes until 6:00 this evening. also includes avery county, southern jackson, may con, clay and cherokee as well, not as much snow expected in these locations. then this is pretty lengthy, this winter storm watch will kick in tonight. this goes through thursday morning for the tennessee border counties. this is going to be several days of an event. not going to be significant snowfall. we'll show you how much in a bit. 26 degrees is as cool as we got down to. 40 degrees right now in asheville. that he was about where we'll stay. the cloud cover will probably hurt our temperatures. 30's from boone to burnsville. 49 degrees right now down into the upstate. south will be liquid precipitation. this is pulling this front, continuing to give us a chance for snow and also some rain. not much going on in asheville. this is the area here where most of the snow will fall. you can see that continued snowfall throughout the day on tuesday as well. even

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we have shower activity around at asheville, back into jackson county and into swai county as well. the low int tomorrow and then we'll look for spotty light rain. this one out to our west is going to move through on wednesday d has the chance to bring heavy rain and thunderstat tuesday night into earlyed. a isolated severe rib possible r this evening unless you're in the mouai most of us will be okay through 2:00 a. loing for dry weather few lht rain showers will be a possibility by 5:00 a.m. in the up state as temper s out at 50 degreest'sose to our average high for this time of the yearing up in a few minutes we'll talk more about what to ewi changing weather. > thank you. >>> we areowa matter of days away from super bowl 50 between the carolina panthers and brco >> the teams are now in california g ready for sunday's big game. 7 sports director pete yanity is there joining live from san jose. pete, good evening. >> reporter: tom, they're actual calling this today the kick off to super bowl week. here in san jose the behind us the arena where the shas play but today it's going to

today, a man found shot and killed in his home in jackson county will be laid to rest. the funeral for timothy norris will be today at two p- m at the yellow mountain baptist church in cullowhee. burial will follow in norton cemetery. investigators found the 49-year-old man shot to death last week inside his home in cashiers. officers are treating his death as a homicide. no arrests have been 3 3 the buncombe county district attorney takes another step to determine whether to seek the death penalty in a triple murder case. the d-a has requested a hearing in the case of pierre griffin the second. the outcome of that hearing could determine griffin's punishment if convicted. last week a grand jury indicted griffin on charges of killing alexandra king, tatianna diz and uhon johnson in october. 3 3 hampshire and this morning the first votes are already in. kenneth moton reports... the latest polls say g-o-p frontrunner donald trump and democrat bernie sanders are expected to come out on top in the first in the nation primary. 3 it's finally here?new hampshire primary day.so

more snow in swing counting -- swain county. jackson decided to close at 12:15 to get the kids home before the rosea slippery. another wave will be hitting the mountains before long. this evening at the temperatures drop, whatever drops will be snow and it can be one to three inches along some of the north carolina roads tonight. another couple of inches of snow tomorrow and tomorrow night into early wednesday. the cumulative effect could at up to six or seven inches of snow before it is all said and done. kids, it will not happen. we make it is record to that -- we may see a sprinkle or two. here you see the snow being generated by the cold canadian blast. that cold air will continue to chill things down in the next couple of days. today is the warmest day of the week. let's take our computer model, the future plus, and it into hours. by this evening, it is down coming pretty good. parts of northeastern georgia will see some snow. tuesday and into wednesday before it comes to an end. it will be the higher elevations that will receive t

in jackson county, frank kracher, news 13. >> darcel: all new at 6:00, a yancey county man is accused of abusing an infant. 20-year-old jacob howel. howel is in jail tonight. his bond set at $90,000. no word on the child's condition. >>> police are investigating two break-ins within days of each other at the same property. they happened off of hazel mill road in west asheville at the site of a rental home that's under construction. equipment that belonged to a construction company. >> no evidence left behind. this kind of petty theft is pretty common. so really the only way that we can help stop this kind of thing and tax these people is if we look out for each other. report the suspicious activity to each other and also to the police. >> darcel: one neighbor posted the flyer on facebook. he said he appreciated letting his family know of the burglary nearby. if you have any information, contact the police. >> larry: the danger abandoned cars pose and why troopers do not take any chances. >> darcel: and a local school a year to fill one position. >> darcel: the winter storm that blaste

the range is nothing to five inches in jackson county. madison, 1 to 11 inches. faust coming in with 11 inches of snow. a trace to eight inches of snow. yancey county to 17 inches at the top of mount mitchell. temperatures in the teens and 20s this evening. and we're going to keep dropping these wind chills down now below zero in boone. notice your temperatures dropping to 19 by 11 o'clock in asheville. >> darcel: another snow day for buncombe county schools leads to calendar. >> tammy: karen wynne joins us live. karen, when were the changes announced? >> karen: confusing morning for some families. the first notification went out just before 6:00 a.m. buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. >> and the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. we decided that -- dr. baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. second notification. >> widespread icy roads, black ice and things. as we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. >> i was out in barnardsville i can't believe they waited until the morning to let

nothing to five inches in the ground in jackson county. one inch to 11 inches madison county. 11 inches in faust. we see a trace to eight inches in yancey. 17 inches at mount mitchell. i'll show you all the details of the warmer weather that's coming. >> frank: a man charged with manufacturing marijuana appeals his case in raleigh this afternoon. home in fletcher in 2013 after a raid turned up 75 pot plants. he has maintained that he was growing the plants to help people suffering from conditions. the court has not made a ruling on today's appeal. >> tammy: the search for a missing haywood county man is with urgency due to the cold weather. >> frank: news 13's rex hodge is live in waynesville. rex, his family is part of this massive search. >> rex: yes, family members have left haywood county to join scores of searchers looking for turner in south carolina. people like carol chambers have lived on dutch cove road in canton for years. she says scott turner and his wife are good neighbors. she's heard he's been missing. last spotted at his wo

this is jackson county, and up towards wayne county, towards indian springs you have heavier downpours. so, if you are traveling around the sandhills over the next half hour, know that you could encounter pockets of heavy rain. also keep that umbrella nearby. it will be moving across the rest of our area as we move through the early afternoon. temperatures 48 fayetteville, 47 goldsboro, middle for his -- 40s around clayton. at lunchtime, it will be a struggle we will stay in the upper 40s climbing possibly into the lower 50s. it is cooler in where we were yesterday. still a threat of a few showers. we are tracking the potential more on that in just a bit.>>> stay dry. thank you so much. raleigh police is the latest apartment to consider boycotting beyonci. the union will vote on whether they want to have off-duty officers work security at the upcoming concert. she has done a lot of controversy after her half-time performance which some say had message. they say -- some say it will not affect the concert. >> are surprised by it, we do not think that it will hurt her. it will probably ju

the shooting death of a man in jackson county has officially the body of timothy norse was discovered inside his home in cashiers yesterday morning. deputies say his wife found the body. >> larry: we have new information in the death of a haywood county toddler. 17-month-old kyler presnell died. we have a 911 call from that home. rex hodge joins us live in the western news center. you listened to call, rex, what did you hear? >> rex: the 911 call shows a desperate attempt to revive kyler presnell. according to an early medical report, he died of blunt force trauma. friends and family gathered to mourn the death of 17-month-old the colemans raised kyler's they asked the colemans to look after kyler. the 911 call came in from a woman in the home. >> i got a 17-month-old not breathing. >> how do you know he's not breathing? >> he's blue. >> rex: a 911 operator constructing her. as compressions continue, the 911 asks for details. first responders got to the home in just under 12 minutes but were unable to revive kyler. preliminary autopsy results indicate kyler died from blunt force traum

today, a man found shot and killed in his home in jackson county will be laid to rest. the funeral for timothy norris will be today at two p- m at the yellow mountain baptist church in cullowhee. burial will follow in norton cemetery. investigators found the 49-year-old man shot to death last week inside his home in cashiers. officers are treating his death as a homicide. no arrests have been made. 3 3 new hampshire takes its status seriously. and voters in three small towns -- hart's location, millsfield and dixville notch -- take pride in being the first of the first. they turn out to vote just after the clock strikes twelve. kim hutcherson has more. 3 3 the first votes in new hampshire's first-in-the- nation primary were tallied just after midnight.(nats - "we have the results")only nine votes were cast in tiny dixville notch.john kasich won among republicans -- three votes to donald trump's two. and for the democrats - bernie sanders got four votes while hillary clinton got none. experts say dixville notch has a good record for predicting republican party nominees:

it happened yesterday morning along i-40, when a jackson county sheriff's deputy and scott lite crossed paths. he said he was recording the man on his phone for speeding but then the deputy gave him the middle finger. >> he is a deputy. you know, he's in a patrol car. in a uniform. with a badge. and there's people all over the place. and he's just waving his finger around like he doesn't care. >> evan: the sheriff released a statement saying that man's deputy services are, quote, no longer being utilized at the jackson county sheriff's office. end quote. >>> asheville police need your they say the suspect drives a gold kia and may live in the hall creek or tunnel road ea. police say a woman was going to work yesterday morning when she nearly crashed with another car. she called 911 and then saying a car was following her and shooting. police say the suspect got away from them. >> anyone with a gun, you know, pointing it towards you is scary enough but to actually be shooting at you is a whole another realm of crazy. >> evan: if you have any information on this shooting, police ask that

jackson county deputies have been tracking all leads and have not named any suspects. 3 3 a teen from michigan will spend four years in prison for his role in stealing half a million dollars worth of jewelry from an asheville store. 16-year-old kim-hish franklin was one of five the "jared's fine jewelry" on tunnel road last november. he plead guilty to felony robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. the other four suspects will be tried in federal court. 3 3 winds and heavy rains rattled trees, power lines and the nerves of residents across north carolina. a damaging storm swept across rockingham area, leaving quite a mess behind. emergency crews had to rescue one woman and her dog when they became trapped in this home. 3 "i thought i was going to die really, thank god for that i didn't but still i'm, still homeless basically." the storm left about five-thousand dukes energy customers in the dark. crews are out working to restore power. 3 3 severe weather overturned an 18-wheeler, slowing traffic to a crawl in south florida. the storms downed trees and power l

detectives in jackson county are investigating a suspicious death. what deputies are saying about a 911 call they recieved. 3

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. >> tammy: new details in a suspicious death in jackson county. the case is now being investigated as a homicide. timothy norse was shot to death. they say his body was found by his wife yesterday morning. she told 911 that the back door was open when she came home from work and her husband's body was inside. >> darcel: an update on a child death investigation. investigators released the 911 call from the home where 17-month-old kyler presnell was staying. a 911 call indicated the toddler when first responders arrived, they were unable to revive kyler. blunt force trauma to the head as the cause of death. family and friends mourned kyler's death at his funeral this morning in waynesville. no charges have been filed. coming up at 6:00, what the 911 call shows about the efforts made inside the house to save the baby boy. >> tammy: a family home is broken in to in buncombe county and the timing couldn't be much worse. news 13's john le is live at the sheriff's office. >> john: he's been out of town a lot in recent months. he believes a family crisis

no charges have been filed in the case. 3 3 3 we have a developing story out of jackson county, detectives are investigating a suspicious death after a man was found shot to death in his home in cashiers. deputies got a 9-1-1 call from the home of timothy norris yesterday morning and arrived to find his body inside. they are not saying who made that call, but no one has been arrested. a family friend says he cannot believe this happened. ((stop)) 3 1452 "this is really a place where you can leave your doors open, your windows open once in awhile you know, and you just don't expect things like that." 1500 the s-b-i is assisting the sheriff's office with the case. 3 3 a yancey county man is accused of abusing a baby. 20 year-old jacob howell is charged with felony child abuse, inflicting serious injury. d-s-s alerted deputies of the child's injuries. 90-thousand-dollars bond. no word on the child's condition. 3 3 3 asheville police are investigating two break-ins that happened a few days apart at the same property. they happened at a home construction site on hazel mill road in west ashevill

and also jackson county. the bigger story overall for everyone will be the cold air that floods in behind us. we're talking bitter cold. the coldest air of the season is coming by the end of the week. boy, it is going to be felt area wide. future cast locally. western north carolina, that's going to be favored for the snow fall. squalls overnight tonight. some of it farther south in to northern henderson and transylvania. over time that wind driven snow is going to pile up and complicate travel. if you're traveling anywhere west on i-26, keep that in mind. here are your snow amounts. one to three inches in blue when it's all said on wednesday. northern buncombe, back over to haywood. than five inches. teens and 20s for lows tonight. it's going to be cold no doubt about it. we won't even get to freezing i think in asheville and thus the accumulated snow fall will have already begun. 20s for highs wednesday. even warmer, then colder as we get towards valentine's day. 10 on valentine's day. there you go. >> tamm

jackson county authorities are now investigating the shooting death of a man as a homicide. timothy norris's body was found by his wife wednesday. as of this morning, no arrests have been made. 3 3 there is new information this morning...in the investigation into the death of a 17-month- old boy in haywood county. 9-1-1 calls made the day kyler presnell died indicate he was blue and not breathing. first responders were not able to revive him. initial autopsy findings state kyler died from blunt force trauma to the head. and no charges have been filed. 3 3 3 new this morning ... extreme sports pioneer dave mirra was found dead yesterday of a suspected suicide. he was 41-years old. mirra rose to fame in the 1990s as the world's top athlete in b-m-x. greenville, north carolina police say mirra's body was found in a truck, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. he's survived by his wife and two children. 3 3 thieves broke into a home in buncombe county while the family was away with their hospitalized child. tommy mcabee says he and his family had just arrived home from

these are the balsam mountains right here right on the haywood-jackson county line. it will take a little more time to do that. same thing in mount pisgah. some rain over the nantahala mountains, macon county. elsewhere rain. and more of it. here's what you can expect temperature wise. you step out the door, 49 degrees. still have that wind south at 17 miles per hour. that puts the wind chill down to this is a big system, folks. it really cranked up in the last 24 hours bringing tornados to the southeast and now the snows from canada all the way through the great lakes. as this storm departs, we'll still have the wind with it. around that, northwesterly winds will continue to pile up that snow. that's not relenting anytime soon. once that snow begins, a lot of it is going to continue off and on thrhrgh early friday. it's going to be a prolonged event. here are your future cast wind speeds. also, you're going to see here the future radar and satellite feature of what's to come. snow over the smokys, down through the nantahalas and the balsams. here comes that moisture

tennessee border counties, including northern jackson county as well. let's look at the timeline, nothing yet. our western counties seeing this precip first. this is 4:00 p.m. temperatures likely staying above freezing but they'll continue to drop off alert this evening. that's when we see this mix. once again in the highest elevations likely near the tennessee line. the chance also for a mix further south down into the asheville area. 4:30 tomorrow morning, continuing to see the snow fall across the region and into 7:00 a.m. this is our snowfall potential map, one to three inches in blue. a dusting to half an inch in white. there is a chance for some here northern side of the county and of course near tennessee line. also some rainfall expected. it is not going to be all know when it falls further south especially, maybe even as much as three tons of an inch of rain further south. clouds developing today, late day, evening rain. the wind will pick up, 48 degrees. tonight, 32 with a chance of a rain-snow mix. what about in greenville, middle 50's with su

the shooting death of a jackson county man as a homicide. timothy morris' body was found by his wife wednesday. as of this morning, no arrests have been made. >>jay: thieves broke into a home while the family was away with their hospitalized child. tommy mac avee says he and his family had just gotten home from charlotte when they discovered the break in. his son had just undergone a medical procedure. the thieves stole everything, from guitars to guns. >> it's just really, it's just really sick, you know. i just feel like -- it just makes the situation way worse. >>jay: the thieves also made themselves at home, taking a beer from the refrigerator. if you have any information, contact the buncombe county sheriff offense office. >>holly: a student at mcdowell high school is accused of having a gun on school grounds. 17 year-old justin brooks is charged with felony possession of a weapon on educational property and misdemeanor the sheriff offense office says an officer doing the security check at the school parking lot saw ammunition in brook'

. >>> a mission gan contractor halts work on a big road construction project in jackson county. debeer construction is the same company that stopped work on the i-26 work over pond road. they have also halted work on a connector road in jackson county, as well as some projects in the eastern part of the state. >>> the dot says debeers bonding company will take over the project. >> the bonding company will step up and complete the project for the agreed. >>evan: the dot said it holds contractors spo task schedules and there can be financial scontion sequences if those are not met. debeers said they halted work on the north carolina project because the state put them in a financial position where work couldn't continue without being paid. they say they are looking at their legal options. >>> tropical storm winston is the most powerful ever to hit a tropical nation. it packed winds of 180 miles per hour with gusts over 220. that's the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. the storm is expected to strengthen further as the eye hits. >>> president obama will spend part of his weekend

it happened yesterday, along i-40, when a jackson county sheriff's deputy and scott light crossed paths. he said he was recording the deputy for speeding and then on camera the deputy gave him the middle finger. >> he is a deputy. you know, he is in a patrol car, in a uniform, with a badge, and there's people all over the finger around like he doesn't care. >> evan: the sheriff release add statement saying the deputy, services, are no longer being used at the jackson county sheriff's office, end quote. >>> asheville police need your help to find a shooting suspect. they say the suspect drives a gold key yea and may leave in the hawk creek or tunnel road area. a woman was going to work when she nearly crashed with another car. she called 911, saying a car was following her and shooting. lice say the suspect got away from them. >> anyone with a gun, you know, pointing it towards you is scary enough, but to actually be shooting at you is another whole other realm of, you know, crazy. >> evan: if you have any information about that shooting, please call police. >>> five people were killed,

. >> darcel: now to a developing story out of jackson county. investigating a suspicious death. a man shot to death in his home. it happened inside this house in the cashiers community. deputies found the body of timothy norris. the sbi is assisting and state agents are gathering evidence. neighbors are surprised something like this could happen here. >> this is a real place where you can leave your doors open, your windows open once in a while. you just don't expect things like that. >> darcel: investigators are still working the crime scene and very little information is being released. there are no suspects at this time. >> tammy: getting a new leash on life. how a local program is helping dogs find permanent homes. >> darcel: why donald trump is campaign. >>> you're watching news 13 with darcel grimes, tammy watford, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:00. >> tammy: in vote 2016, two more presidential candidates are dropping out of the race for the >> darcel: rand paul and rik santorum. told voters that carson wa

what residents there say about hosting 3 a major motion picture is coming to jackson county, with sylva playing the starring role of a fictional town far away. it will also play host to a hollywood heavyweight. take nats/film clip ((fargo", courtesy: gramercy pictures ))3 frances mc-dormand is best known for her oscar-winning performance in "fargo". now, she is coming to sylva to shoot a movie titled "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri." the director says sylva was chosen largely for the look and feel of main street. the production crew met with town commissioners, 3 2545 "i understand what happens, and just don't park a big technical truck in front of my place. ha-ha-ha" 2552 3803 "we're going to have a good time making the film, we want you to be happy that we're here, and proud of the film afterwards." 3809 people were told financial benefits of the production would outweigh the inconvenience. filming is scheduled to begin april 25th. 3 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, please listen carefully.

. >> frank: an unexpected detour on a big road construction project in jackson county. >> tammy: the contractor walked off the unfinished $16 million job. >> frank: rex, what's happening now? >> rex: deveer construction walked off this project and others. dot officials say they're not sure why but they say there is a system in place to make sure it's a road that's almost done but not quite. connecting highways through southwestern community college. the work was being done by deveer construction. but it stopped work this month on a nearly $16 million project. the dot's ralph kennedy can only speculate on the reasons. >> failure to perform properly, i guess. >> rex: deveer had to be bonded. >> the bonding company will now finish the project. >> rex: the road is a little more than half a mile. scc says some of the initial construction caused cracks in one of its buildings. the college's president requests the responsible party to make necessary repairs. kennedy says only a small section of the road needs finishing and that liberty mutual has chosen wnc paving to handle part of it. >> t