brevard middle principal jeff bailey says a little learning now will help make up days later, including saturday school. >> it's just building on skills utilizing some of their strengths. >> john: middle schooler jackson brooks says it won't ruin his snow days. mrs. keever tells us other states have already experimented with virtual days. but transylvania county is the first here. now all we need is snow. and by the way, in the event of power outages, folks here say that those chrome books are still very valuable because they have such a long battery life. for those little kids, blizzard bags now standard equipment. >> anchor: a couple of new hotels have broken ground. but this time it's not in asheville. a holiday day inn express just broke ground. street said last year 200,000 visitors from 29 countries stopped in. >> we keep numbers on anybody. we try and click as many as we can coming through. and we broke our record this past year. >> anchor: coming up at 6 o'clock, we'll tell you about a third project that could be on the way to henderson county. >> frank: number one ranked clemso