asheville would need a victory today against longwood. two of his 21 points to lead asheville. later in the game, sam hughes kicks it to dwayne sutton. bulldogs up 4. 2-handed dunk as asheville takes control of the ball game. later, the freshman way outside. that's thomas there. smith will be good later. final 88 to 74. >>> the best high school wrestlers in the area competing today. it's the mac championship where everyone was hoping to claim that conference title. let's start out with the highlights. let's pick it up in the action in the 113 pound weight class. big time victory there. a little bit later in the meet, 126 pound class, match of the day goes in to sudden death take down and two points against justin from erwin. >>> back to college hoops, the unc tar heels are ranked as the number two team in the country, but the number one in the coach's poll. either one you look at, carolina is having a great season. best start ever under roy williams. in the first half, joe will bury on top of bryce johnson. later in the game, marcus paige breaks out of a shooting slump. carolin

it feels like seven in asheville. as we go forward we will continue to see this icy kind of cold mess stick around a little bit longer. you can see low temperatures expected to be 19 asheville. 26 greenville bringing the wind chill in the asheville and henderson i will have to below zero. we will have more and how much your town saw in a few minutes. patrick: thank you, chris. thousands remain without power across the upstate and western north carolina. take a look here and it shows more than 2,600 duke energy customers are currently without power and majority of them in greenville cut. more than 1,400 are without power the blue ridge members most of them in pickens and currently 116 members with laurens electric. duke power says greenville has south carolina. greenville is where we find stephanie trotter who joins us live. whether are you finding? stephanie: more than 7,000 duke energy employees a canvassing the carolinas trying to bring heat and light. for the past 24 hours lightlye la has been limited to a room wit

asheville cuts the lead to 75- 73. less then five minutes to play, sam hughes gets into the lane, spins and hits the layup off the glass. hughes scores 21 points. asheville takes the lead of 83-81. couple of plays later, raekwon miller drives, and makes a perfect pass to ahmad thomas who gets the layup to go. bulldogs lead 85-84. last chance for winthrop, keon johnson take the three. off the mark. the putback is no good. the biggest 2nd half comeback in unc asheville history.. bulldogs come from 23 down to beat winthrop 85-84. what a and us coming back winning that, knowing that one of the teams that at the top of the league or picked at the top of the league and for us to come back makes us believe that we can beat any team in the league." "it feels great . coach talks about it all the time, on how in order to win the conference we have to win and protect home court.so that's a big thing that we stress and you know we try to do it, day in and day out., just work on things we always work on. you know just play the game

we are in asheville. we drove from greenville to asheville and you can see the amount of solution may have ready to go on the roads. it is pretty impossible to see just how tall this is. i am going to guess at least 30 feet or closer to 40 or 50. they already have so much solution on the roads right now, preparing for whatever else should come in the next day or two. officials say they applied 150,000 gallons of salt brine to major interstates and primary routes yesterday. officials say crews may reapply salt brine today if conditions allow. they say crews will go into now, to give you a taste of what's expected to come. here's video from snow yesterday in asheville. ground in some areas of buncombe county, and some students were let out of school early. snow for skiers. plenty taking advantage of the snow in this video from mo if you take a look around, even see nc dot trucks are ready to go. driver stopping coming in and out all morning long and we spoke with the drivers who said right now their lame lo

we are live in east asheville. we are on wrightville road at the intersection of old farm school road. and as you can see, this road right here is pretty snow covered still. and we actually caught up with a driver yesterday. we got to check on her because she got stuck on one of the snow piles you see right here at this intersection. so, that's another thing to be cautious of if your car is not equipped to handle that, you will encounter it on your morning commute likely this morning. i want to show you how much snow is still lingering on this road alone here. i'm digging through with my foot and i can't even see pavement yet. so, this is just to give you an idea of what's like in east asheville. i want to show you video now of rough roads over in arden. at 5 a.m.. we showed you conditions live and we were driving, i was actually the one driving the subaru on that road. the video, he could barely hold the camera still because the road is just so rough. you have got all that ice and snow packed together. even though

in men's play, gardner webb takes on asheville. first place unc asheville women host gardner webb. both games on my40. action starts at 2. men's game follows probably around 4:30. >>> tomorrow, the state of north carolina and chapel hill watching nc state at carolina. the heels have been very impressive. big g me on saturday. >> jason: could be a little slippery sunday around here especially higher elevations where the colder temperatures begins to fall. i'm confident we're going to get snow down in the valleys. even down in to haywood, jackson county, transylvania. we'll see how it plays out, guys. we're less than 36 hours away from that. we could see some snow. >> tammy: bring it on. >> jason: i think it's going to be chilly. temps in the 40s. >> darcel: thanks for joining us. remember you can always check us >> tam >>> and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, kathy griffin. sorkin.

this is in north asheville. the news 13 skycam network shows a few clouds but also a lot of pretty blue sky. it is still 39.

for asheville, it's 250 jobs. next door, dickie's store manager girlfriend . >> i have no idea. >> aaron: 250 people and she feels for each one. >> it's heart breaking that that many people are going to be and it makes me thank my lucky stars i have one. it's scary because with everybody else going out like how long are we going to be here? >> aaron: a couple sitel employees say they weren't allowed to talk to us. >> it's not good news for asheville. it's not good for sitel. >> aaron: sitel says qualified employees will be offered employment and relocation bonuses. the company says it will try to help everybody. the owner of the shopping plaza says it's not in a slot. this much change concerns jessica edwards. >> i don't know. i don't know. i'm hoping it's not location. >> aaron: sitel's knoxville office will continue. aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: new tonight, new surveillance pictures of the suspects who robbed an asheville jewelry store. they were wearing masks when they robbed golden diamond connection mon

they have two locations here in downtown asheville, or you can visit them in west asheville as well. reporting live at the downtown location, lauren brigman, news 13. >>jay: buncombe county commissioners give the grlt to zone almost all of the so called donut holes. these are pieces of property that have not been zoned in the county. commissioners voted to approve 8 of the 9 parcels to be zoned. one piece of land was sent back to the planning board further ther consideration. >>holly: local universities dollars if a statewide bond referendum passes. it's part of governor pat mccrory's $2 billion connect north carolina bond act. unc asheville would get more than $21 million to overhall owen hall. a-b tech would get 5 1/2 million dollar to upgrade and renovate buildings. western carolina university would get $110 million for a new life science building. the referendum is part of the march 15th primary. >>jay: buncombe county schools roll out a plan to roll out digital devices in kids for fourth-sixth grades will receive the gadgets this year. ice the first part of a 3-year plan that pr

asheville did it from all over the place last night. fitzgerald doesn't get it the first time but gets it the second time. sienna knuckles led asheville to 14. unca improves to 6 and 1 in the big south. they won it 81-42. home saturday against gardner webb in a my40 televised game. >>> acc hoops on my40 at 9. both teams o and 3 in the league. >>> in greenville at 7:00 tonight. clemson surprised a lot of folks with their 3 and 1 start. including upset win in highlights at 1. >> jason: nothing should upset you in the forecast. something for everybody. milder temperatures tomorrow. mid 50s. that will feel very nice. we get in to the chances of wintery weather. chances by sunday but nothing written in stone. >> larry: for more local news, >> darcel: we'll have local

now, we actually warmed up in asheville. we are at 41 degrees. 10 degrees cooler in forest city. 20s up towards burnsville. so, a mixed bag this morning. and our western zones, it looks like we are still above that freezing mark, which is a good sign. 33 degrees in greer. 32 in gaffney. but 38 in clemson. >>> so, snapshot this morning shows anywhere from below freezing to the 40s. >>> now, throughout the afternoon, we will continue to see our chances for rain increase as the front makes its we will see a few light showers this morning, but really the bulk of the rain is not going to be a lot, as i mentioned, it will be after lunchtime. before dinner. we will start to see some of the showers here in the asheville area and tonight in the upstate. but, look, the wintry mix in the northern mountains. that's 2 a.m. wednesday. it will be out of here by about 6 a.m., 8 a.m., looking to actually clear skies throughout much of the day on wednesday. >>> so, how much rain are we talking about? this model indicate as third of an inch he

to you can find that at 19 degrees in asheville right now. coming up after the break, i will talk about our next chances we will be right back.tt2w>rxlh po j# o,p tt2w>rxlh p!!*n ?,8 tt2w>rxlh p4!j# i:l tt2w>rxlh px#*&`:n48 tt2w>rxlh pt#j'`:z4\ tt2w>rxlh pt#j)`:qt8 tt2w>rxlh pp#j*`:fo$ tt2w>rxlh pp#j,`:'5d tt2w>rxlh pl#*.`:.rxlh pl#*0`:5* now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. >>ingrid: welcome back, everyone, and happy monday. we are starting off the work week very cold outside. greenville. leicester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. no additional snowfall through the overnight hours into the early portion of the day here. but, near the tennessee line, as i mentioned earlier, these are the slick areas on the roads. also, bridges, avery, madison county, mitchell county, yancey county, those are the areas where we cough slick roadways on secondary roads and causing school delays in those school drones as well. no precipitation since the ashville airport, we have another chance for snow coming up in the seve

how >> frank: it's one of asheville's best kept secrets. been around . >> we have been here in arden since 1924. we're an 11-generation pottery. . we do everything the old way. daddy's way. grandpa's way. we make a lot of dishes, coffee mugs, pitchers, stuff to use, utilitarian. we are the oldest pottery in the nation. we're the oldest base jug producing pottery in the nation. we've been at it a long time. to me, it's an honor. i look around in here and see dad. i see grandpa. i see things that have never changed. potters choose this job and there's not a great deal of money in it. it's satisfaction and it's -- at look at what you've made. my wife puts the color on it. and she designs that color. that's her. that's her thing. and together when it goes to the front and the customer comes in from somewhere else in the united states, oh i love that. i want it, that's the paycheck. you've made something from within yourself that someone else wants. someone else can use every day in their home. they can eat out of it. drink out of it. cook in it

asheville takes the lead 83-81. a couple of plays later, raykwon miller drives, goes for the layup and gets it in. bulldogs lead. last chance for winthrop. keion johnson has it. no. put back. no good. the biggest comeback in unc asheville history. bulldogs beat winthrop 85-84. what a special night. >> being down 23 and us coming back and winning that knowing that they're one of the teams that's at the top of the league. for us to come back and make us believe that we can beat any team in the league. home court. so that's the big thing we stressed. we try to do it day in and day out. just play basketball like we know how to play it. >> stan: asheville at charleston southern saturday. >>> tight game. duke's down 4 second half. devon thomas takes it down all the way. coach k says let's go and find the big guy. duke goes to the big guy. not that one, this one. christ school alum marshall plumlee. jams it home. a little later, luke kinard finds him. plumlee career high 18 points. duke pulls away and rolls 91-75. >>> we'v

call asheville polili. 3 3 spray-paint has been removed from asheville's "vance monument." vandals spray- painted 'black lives matter' and painted a white noose above the words. so far, no arrests have been made. former asheville n-double a-c-p president, john hayes, says he's saddened by the crime. 3 12:11 the graffitti to me is ugly. it is a waste of time 3 number one a waste of resources because all they're going to do is clean it off..that's not going to change a way a person thinks or a way a person believes this is the second time someone has sprayed graffiti on the vance monument in the past year. graffiti was also found on a wall outside asheville police headquarters. 3 3 firefighters in maggie valley are trying to determine what caused a building fire. it happened just before five o'clock yesterday evening on soco road. the fire department tells us the structure was a commercial garage with housing attached. everyone made it out safely. 3 3 3 3 3 happening today... people can learn about a multi-million dollar plan to revamp the school system in madison county. the

showing it feels like 27 in asheville. as that wind starts up, 22 by dinnertime and then through tomorrow morning, we will feel like 12 degrees out in brison city, but here in asheville could feel like the single digits once again. 4 degrees. and we will remain pretty chilly throughout the day tomorrow with the wind and also because temperatures are going to stay in the 30s. quick-moving system will give us a short period of time where we could see a few light show showers. let's take a closer look at that. lunchtime, still clear, but by the time the kids are getting out of school, maybe in the high elevations east of asheville, could see a few snow flurries. at best, a light dusting in the high elevations and maybe a few increasing clouds and flurries late day. 37 miles per hour gusts. so incredibly cold conditions, not only today, but tonight. the air temperature is 19 and the wind will continue. a sunny day but windy as well. 50 degrees in greenville. and tonight, cooling down to 25. tomorrow, going to stay in the 30s.

west asheville. police say they were responding to a larceny call at the kmart on patton avenue around 9:30 last night. when an officer stopped the vehicle near baker drive, the passenger got out and ran. officers say when the driver, katrina diane robinson tried to officers. they deployed tasers but they missed robinson. neither officer is seriously injured. she now faces multiple charges including larceny and two counts on a government official. >>> also new this morning, one person is dead in the upstate in a fatal crash last night near furman university. south carolina highway patrol says the driver was in a honda pilot suv going eastbound on point set highway around 11 p.m. the suv crossed two lanes of traffic and hit a tree. that driver was not wearing a seat belt and died on the scene. the identity of the driver has not yet been released. >>> asheville south slope grew a little more with the announcement of a place for local artists to work. the asheville area arts council plans to move into t

this model is showing south of asheville and east of asheville, pulling in the highest amounts. this model showing close to an inch in asheville. i have seen other ones below a half an inch. so, it's going to be anywhere from a quarter to an inch likely in the french broad river valley. today's high temperature pretty nice, 54 degrees. staying nice and warm. increasing clouds, about 30 degrees tonight. in greenville enjoy this, 57 degrees. mostly sunny skies. and tonight, about freezing. friday we have rain and lingering showers saturday we have a possibility of a few flakes flying. not until sunday that the high temperatures get chilly in the 30s. we will hold on to that for mlk day into next week. upstate, gusty and cool this weekend. >> >>holly: northern california is getting a much needed snowpack. >>jay: but it's bringing a heavy summit and whiteout again, chain controls for tires were required for some drivers. >>holly: time is 6:16. a nail biter finish for the clemson tigers. >>jay: the one play that secured the win. >> >>holly: remember if you are on the go early in the

so far in asheville it's 26. make sure you bundle up this morning. 20 up towards burnsville to upper 20s in franklin, bryson city, 28 into andrews. look at the upstate forecast, shows 32 in gaffney, still above that freezing mark by a good amount into greenwood, 43, back up to greenville and spartanburg in the 30s. winds have stayed light at 5 and should remain light throughout the day. our western zones are the areas continuing to pull in low numbers this morning. it's clear, 0.5 in franklin. we have that freezing fog threat this morning. look at the big picture here, we will see a few clouds throughout the day, but overall more sunshine in western north carolina, more clouds further south and then we see the rain mainly down towards columbia so the majority of our viewing area stays dry today. but, watch as we see some changes tonight. i will stop it here at 2 a.m.. very short period of time that we could see some light snow along the tennessee line and it's about a 20% chance down into the valleys. not going t

here, temperatures are cooling. 42 in greenville, 32 in asheville. factor in the wind, or what it feels like on your skin, pretty windy. 18 mile-per-hour winds in hendersonville make it feel like 25 degrees, 23 in asheville. overnight, look where the lows are headed. going to the single digits and teens in the mountains. 12 in asheville, 14 in hendersonville, 27 in greenville. that is with the wind. tomorrow morning, it will feel like negative five to -10 degrees. the mountains may not get above freezing for a couple days. i will have the forecast coming up. now to the panther championship, after a victory earlier we begin our team coverage now with wyff news 4's marc dopher. marc? marc: playoff football in charlotte finds the panthers squaring off against a familiar opponent. carolina and seattle, meeting for the 6th time in the last 4 years. for the second consecutive season, the seahawks and panthers playing in the postseason. a raucous crowd at bank of america stadium. that crowd had plenty to cheer for early. jonathan stewart rips off a 59-yard

asheville clear skies. light breeze out of the south at 6 miles per hourur in greenville, milder. 43. a very pleasant evening for you. clear skies. light breezes. just nice if you have that jacket. bigger picture shows even warmer changes in the future cast. we still have that area of high pressure in control. that is going to keep us dry. but we do see a warm front on the move. it is going to bring a few more clouds in as we go in the afternoon. this southerly flow is going to pick up and continue. our highs some warm well in to the 60s for just a very pleasant afternoon on the last day of january. we do have that cool front that will be moving closer. and as it makes its move closer to the mountains and upstate, it brings a few light showers ahead of it. that monday morning commute could be just a little bit damp. it's going to be light and spotty shower activity during the day on monday. the front should move in to the mountains and actually stall out bringing a few more scattered showers. we do see anot

asheville and charlotte have numerous cancellations as well. 3 3 250 jobs are leaving asheville. sitel announced it will close its asheville location on hendersonville road. the company says it is because the needs of their clients have changed... and that it is not a reflection of the performance at that location. sitel says it will offer relocation bonuses and employement for qualified employees, but the company is still trying to figure out how 3 49:50 "this really is unfortunate, and we've had a good relationship with the asheville community and we're very disappointed to have to make this announcement. we're gonna do, as i said before, all we can to help our folks" (16)3 (16) sitel will close july 30th.. but the employees may only be there through may. the company's knoxville office will then takeover the work. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 here's a live picture of what's going on in asheville right now. 3 3 raymond trembley sent us this photo from high vista... he says they have gotten four and a half to five inches.and mark arrington posted this photo from west asheville... saying he has

asheville firefighters saying there are slick roads all over asheville. in fact, one of our floor directors says that he hit a slick spot right around where this car is overturned. so, be careful out on the roads today. >>zack: i know we have already gotten a phone call in from the buncombe county e. o. c., a few other callers have also been -- viewers have called in saying the slick roads are all around, freezing temperatures right now. that's the reason for it. we have the wet roadways from some of the rain yesterday, continued overnight. we are going to dry things up this morning, but they are heading out in the early morning we are you can thatting fog and the slick spots so we just want to make sure that we keep everyone safe and take our time to any[8l\"#t cv2 it's looking a little snowy at times, not today, it will clear bring in sunshine and brighter conditions. but, snow is going to be returning as we head into the overnight hours bringing us into sunday morning. going to be a quick-moving system. not a lot of impact to be speaking of. we want to

for our local east asheville community. it's going to be a spot that allows people to choose different styles of beer. there's a lot of development in oakly. so there's going to be a lot more locals. >> evan: this beloved mural and a vending machine that sells lots of nothing. the owners say that kind of >> our lineup is still ever changing. we're still introducing new beers. we brew based on what is inspiring us currently. >> evan: when burial opened less than three years ago, it had a 15 barrel capacity. right now it's at 1500 barrels. when this place gets up and running, it will be 15,000 barrels. reporting live in biltmore village, i'm evan donovan, news 13. >> darcel: asheville officials are meeting right now considering a plan. it's the intersection of mills gap and sweeten creek roads. the developer scaled back the project based on concerns of people who live nearby. opponents say it's not enough. we don't believe that the to put a nearly 300 unit apartment complex at one of the worst intersections in the city of ash

>jay: a new bakery opens in downtown asheville. a savoryy y y rd! can i have your autograph? of course. now don't forget, new scratch-off tickets from the north carolina education lottery come out on first tuesdays. thank you! you're welcome. how about a date? oooh, a date...let me check my calendar. all right, say first tuesday! first tuesday! first tuesday, tuesday, t-t-t-tuesday, tuesday! you checkin' out my easel? now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. >>lauren: a baby lee measure was just born at the luke lee measure center in durham. it happened in the middle of last week's snowstorm. >>jay: one of the vet techs had to walk two miles in the snow to make sure she was there to care for the little guy. the primates are the most threatened mammals on earth. >>ingrid: and when he is 30 days old he will be named after a historic roman figure. oh my goodness. look at him. >>lauren: so tiny. >>ingrid: he is adorable. >>lauren: look at the eyes! >>jay: adorable? >>lauren:

high point beats u-n-c asheville 73-69. he bulldogs and panthers are now tied 3 for first place in the big south standings. the u-n-c tar heels continue to dominate the competition in the a-c-c. carolina entered the day in first place, with a 5-0 record against conference opponents. the heels hosting wake forest tonight. once again, u-n-c was ready to play at the smith center. in the first half, marcus paige to kennedy meeks who makes the short jumper along the baseline for two of his nine points. heels would jump out to a big lead in the first half. later in the game, brice johnson gets the steal and goes all the way to the other end. johnson scores 27 points, and gets eleven rebounds. north carolina remains unbeaten in the a-c-c. tar heels beat wake forest, 83-68. our offense, we get in the habit of trying to the 2009 team trying to do the same thing. but we got to, at some point, turn it up, because when we hit february, and it gets real. you know, the schedule gets real. the next game for north carolina will be sunday n

temperatures in asheville below freezing at 29. our western zones struggling to get near that freezing mark. same thing south of 85. north we are seeing around 32 degrees in greenville. visibility is an issue so not only the roadways are dangerous but actually driving is going to be difficult to see. below 1 mile in asheville, 4 miles down into greer. the wind could cause some power issues at 14 in hendersonville, 21 anderson and 10 in bryson the weight of the snow and the ice adds to that trouble for the power. satellite radar does show this is the system continuing to affect the northeast. we have the mix further south and mostly snow back here in the mountains. at times, yeah, we could see some of that switch over to freezing rain but likely back to snow for everyone. tonight into tomorrow. holding on to that chance in the northern mountains. so, how much snow are we still expecting is significant. this lasts through sunday morning. in the pink, buncombe county, then that zone, 12-16 rather" rather inches and then the purple is

>>holly: about 1,000-tons of salt has been used in asheville to treat the roads. what city leaders are saying about the current supply. >>jay: and the call of duty. how one doctor is not letting a his now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this morning. >>holly: talk abt a unique listing on airbnb. a man listed a you theek winter igloo for $200 a night during the blizzard. >>jay: the post described it as most desirable and hand crafted featuring blanket, plastic bag pillows an lights. >>ingrid: unfortunately, encouraged the posters next

it's 23 in asheville. it feels like about 11 degrees. 13 miles per hour wind in buncombe county right now. so, it's a cold start. staying chilly throughout the day. coming up in the next half hour, i will talk about our next winter bliss, stay with us. >> >>holly: asheville is making the way for a housing make over, the changes coming to walker heights. >>jay: developing this morning, the french broad river is monitoring a farm on tunnel creek. >>lauren: the largest powerball jackpot in history. $1.5 billion but you need one of we are live from the drawing now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this morning. >>holly: it is the biggest jackpot in u.s. history. >>jay: it's up for grabs tonight. one lucky winner will walk away a billionaire. >>jaclyn: the current jackpot is $1.5 billion at last count. >>holly: newss 13's lauren brigman joins us with how much is up for grabs an your chance at actually winning that. and, it may not be just one person. you know, s

hughs with 21, asheville takes the lead 83-81. couple plays later, ray quon miller drives the perfect pass to amman thomas, bulldogs lead 85-84. last chance for winston-salem, key onjohnson, their superb little guard takes the 3 for the win, off the mark, put back, no good. biggest second half comeback in unc asheville history. they come from 23 back to beat winthrop 85-84, what a night. of fame, ken grifffy junior a near unanimous first year selection, 99.3% of the votes by the baseball writers association as the highest percentage ever. he was a 13 time all star, never tainted by accusations of drug use. he is 630 homers. joining him, mike piazza with 83% of the vote, fourth time on the ballot for him. he was a 12-time all star with the mets and dodgers and 470 homers. jeff bagwell just missed the 75% of the vote needed, he got 71.5%. and just a reminder, from 7-8 we have an hour-long special on the journey to the national title game in college football called clemson university in the desert, a season of perfection. that's spor

asheville feels like three. you can warm up to 30 degrees in the upstate, compared to the a winter weather advisory extending through orangeburg, south carolina and over towards this big best -- this big batch of moisture is wrapping around, and even gettingnglose to thevery interesting this morning, watching the system. blowing snow and issue in -- an issue in western soccer lineup today. we could see some breaks of sun. temperatures staying in the upper 30's across the upstatewe want to show you the day ahead. thankfully, some melting will take place tomorrow. notemperatures barely getting into the 70's. we'll take any breaks in the clouds we can find. i will show you the week ahead, coming up. allyson: just into our newsroom. spartanburg airport. the airport says that the runway is open, and flights are leading. passengers should check directly with theit is open. geoff: all right, good news there. more on this winter weather here this morning as we go to asheville to get more from corey davis. corey, tell us

allyson: a little more snowy in asheville. corey davis in asheville now. corey: yeah, definitely a lot of snow in the asheville area. a little bit earlier, we got five inches with the measuring tape. people are coming through this intersection right now, those who don't have four-while drive have been getting stuck. you can see the traction down there on the road. a police officer pushed someone through. too many people out. we did see someone running and someone biking through the area, too. so some are brave enough to venture out into the elements today. but we have been in and out of my fingers are now frozen. my toes are frozen. i was doing fine up until the last half-hour or so. i'm starting to feel the effects of the cold out here. it's just messy conditions, but snowflakes, probably good enough to make some good snow balls in the area. i'm sure kids are excited to be out of school to go sledding, once the wind calms down. corey davis, wyff news 4, live in asheville. geoff: thank you. according to the conditions that mike mccook mick has seen in spar

asheville appeared to the supreme court. mayor manheimer announced today. >> all the citizens of asheville and all the citizens who live in cities across the state. >> darcel: the lawsuit is being watched across north carolina. its outcome could set a new precedent. >>> a pregnant woman may be infected with the mosquito borne a doctor with greenville health system tells us she's a former patient and now he's trying to track her down. he said her baby had a neurological disorder which he now believes may be connected to zika. it's been rapidly spreading through latin america over the last couple of months. there are three cases in south carolina. test results are still pending. >> larry: the asheville city school board and superintendent are final particularly in grades 3 through 5. news 13's justin hinton joins us live from hall fletcher. the current option on the table would affect hall tlech fletcher the most, right? >> justin: that's right. in is not a done deal and there is still time for parents to weigh in. is the four

city bus service in asheville starts again at noon today. but some of the routes are limited so check that before you head out the door, too, and the city is asking you to clear sidewalks near your house. as more people get out with the warmer temperatures coming our way, we want the make sure they are not walking in the roadway. so, property owners and businesses make sure you clear the roadways too. here you go. there is the end result from my snow an jeel. i did it, lauren. i know you can't see it but i i recommend trying it myself. trying it yourself. we will send it out to you in henderson county, lauren. how sit looking out there? >>lauren: hey, hope, take a picture so i can see it and everyone else on took and twitter. hope, we have been out in henderson county as you have been out since 5 a.m. this morning and we have traveled across the country and this is what we are finding, even some of the main routes like the asheville highway continue to be slick. snow, ice covered and areas even butler bridge road was worse compared to this.

this time not they're in asheville. news 13's ashlea surles is live off of airport road this evening. site, where you are, for a new hotel, right? >> ashlea: that's right, larry. this hotel is four stories high and it appears to be going pretty quickly. even more impressive than that, this is the first new hotel in henderson county in nearly a decade. >> 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: eve

i dodot think that's going to be the high end for asheville. but a quarter of an inch to half an inch at most farther to the south. temperatures tonight, 30s and 40s mixed with most of the chill being felt from asheville east ward. you'll barelel get there in the upstate. colder still sunday.. 44 with that snow chance coming back even down in the valleys. we stay chilly monday, tuesday. much colder wednesday. that will likely be the coldest day of the next seven. high at freezing. bundle up. >> larry: still ahead, tracking powerball fever. what you need to know about tomorrow night's drawing. [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just $40 a month plus get $300 back. >> larry: powerball fever continues to heat up. tomorrow night's jackpot, the largest in u.s. histor

not so much in the asheville area or upstate. we thought the cool wedge was going to make it all the way to the upstate. it didn't. temperatures were about 10 degrees warmer than they thought. temperatures in the 50s and 60s today. a little cooler tomorrow. we're going to knock about 10 degrees off the high temperatures today in many cases east and south. there go the showers coming in by saturday afternoon and evening. it is a system from the mississippi valley that's actually well to the west of us now over southern arizona and that's going to push through and bring us a decent shot of rain. once it goes east, it is really going to chill down, folks. the high temperatures probably 7 o'clock in the morning. few showers. nothing widespread. better chance of rain in the lunch hour on saturday. scattered, numerous showers on saturday evening. rain fall amounts very little coming in the next 24 hours. but a little more as we get down the road in to saturday. you could see about a quarter to half an inch. temperatures in the 30s toni

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with the windchill we feel like 21 degrees right now in asheville. so bitterly cold, not a night to leave the heavy gloves or the hat behind. it is going to continue to chill down and remain windy. 27 degrees at 9:00. 25 by 11:00. you're evening planner in the up state features chilly conditions as well. 36 at 9:00... 34 at 11:00. we're looking at the poelt of more snow. >> frank: forget about being a millionaire. put a b in front of that. no one picked the numbers for last nights $949 million powerball drawing. that means a major jump in the here's a break down. >> let the frenzy and the daydreaming continue. >> if i win i'm going to take a trip around the world. >> despite millions of americans dipping into theirr pocketbooks to buy tickets, no one won the record $949 million powerball jackpot. >> i was very surprised last night to see the results. >> saturday night's results stunning even lottery officials. especially when the new jack pot is estimated at $1.3 billion. a number so high it's overwhelming, even for lottery billboards like this one i

we're coming close right now in asheville. down to 35 degrees. burnsville at that freezing mark at 32. 38 in franklin. still a little bit milder in forest city. we do have mainly light winds around the region. breezy out in the north at 9. gaffney is quite windy now. with that wind xhil in asheville, we do feel more like we're in the upper 20s. that morning planner is going to be a cold one. we'll have that sunshine but you're going to want the heavy jacket to go with the sunglasses if you're out and about tomorrow. 29 degrees at 8 o'clock. only at 37 by 10. at noon, 45 degrees with the breeze going on. your morning planner in the upstate is going to be dry and chilly. up to 43 at 10. 50 at noon. coming up, i'll show you the coldest morning in the week ahead and when we could see rain return to the region. >> frank: an asheville family rings in this new year with the hope of many healthy and happy ones to come. we spent the better part of 2015 bringing you the story of a boy and his mom. them alive. her rough year ending in triumph. >> he went fr

humidity at 23% in asheville. still not a good day to be burning, dry conditions, the wind, it is decent at 13 miles an hour. we don't want to see brush fires get out of control, anything like that. high pressure controlling our weather back in the southeast. you can take one look at this future cast and see it is definitely keeping us clear. 6:00 through tonight, temperatures getting cold once again and into the next couple of days, those clouds will be on the increase. 39 degrees for our high temperature this asheville. cold tonight, back down to the low 20's. mostly sunny, cliethly cooler than yesterday in greenville. 27 degrees tonight. the seven-day forecast kind of interesting here, if you like warmer weather, tomorrow will be your best day to get out. back down to the 40's on friday. starting off, below freezing. the possibility for spotty freezing rain. make light snow showers early saturday and sunday. temperatures will stay cold in mlk day will be cold as well, 35. here's your seven-day forecast. back ov

it is partly to mostly cloudy in asheville. you can see the scene in asheville. variable wind at 7. 39 degrees. that's what it feels like. air temperature. 51 in greenville. west wind at 23 puts your wind chill down to 45 degrees. that is definitely on the chilly side. here's our clipper system blasting through rolling east ward tonight. the wind will stay with us tomorrow but will start to really warm things up thursday. cold day tomorrow. as high pressure moves east, our winds become more southerly and southwesterly. that means very nice turnaround. then we watch the gulf as we get some rain come friday. here's your future cast. note the wind vectors. very long. that means the wind is going to crank across the area this evening. teens north and south. mostly around 20 in asheville. 30s for highs in asheville tomorrow north in to the blue ridge. looking at 40s mostly in the upstate. is the day for you then. friday. cooler still, saturday. the next blast of cold comes in with the possibility of snow returning to the mountains as we watch another system go south.

a slight chance of flurries in asheville. nothing happening saturday and sunday. we go back up a little bit monday with a 30% chance of rain. but in the mountains, you are looking at a 50% chance of snow developing overnight and in to the morning hours. it will likely accumulate above 3500 feet. watch out there. otherwise dry saturday sunday. and back to a chance of rain monday at 40%. our wind chill down to 44. our temperatures should go down in to the 30s after sunset. and eventually level off in to the 20s. i'll show you when to expect a significant warm-up, though. it's in the seven day forecast. stick around for that. >> larry: the snow has been could cause problems on the roads in the form of pot holes. all that snow and ice melt seeps under the pavement. nc requires by law to fix reported pot holes within two days. workers in the mountains have repaired 86 pot holes within 48 hours. that is a 100% success rate. >> once the snow's gone and we go through these free cycle thaws as night where it cools down and in the day it warms up. it's certainly likely we'r

live in asheville, justin hinton, news 13. >>>tow truck companies working overtime to help driving that couldn't get through the mess. that's especial sli true on the secondary roads. then there are all those snow filled parking lots to contend with, as well. >> and there's still quite a bit of work to be done. >> people hired plow drivers to do all they can. aaron joins us live. >> how successful were they? >> frank, in the parking lot we're in in henderson county, everythihi is frozen solid. just to give you an example, this huge ice chunk. you can't even make a snowball out of this. because of things like that the tow trucks and plows are having problems earlier. everything refroze. >> it's slick as i think it could get. >> earlier people did everything they could to get out. >> i got to go to work. this is a benefit. >> gene carlson looks forward to winter. he moved from florida. >> you get warmed up. >> for him shovelling his condo is a hoot. >> it's hard but it's fun. >> this time the 65-year-old knew he couldn't do it a

it is 42 degrees in lurens. 46 in asheville and hendersonville. the wind speeds bring in a cold wind in the mountains. that will warm us up in the upstate to the mid-50's. we will see a lot of sunshine today. 44 in spartanburg by 10:00. 50 degrees by 1:00. anderson will the 53 degrees by 1:00. in asheville, that cold wind keeps you cold. it does not warm as it travels through the mountains. mountains. long. look for highs in the mountains to be drasticall different than those in the upstate. 39 in downtown asheville. greenville will rate 54. the further south you go toward greenwood will see temperatures pushing th upper 50's to around greenwood and abbeville will have temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. nationally, it looks like this. that system like it was clouds moving out to sea. we of a cold front bringing in drier conditions. that air is still trapped of toward canada. we will see a lot of sunshine today and tomorrowreally, all weekend long. sunday might see a few high clouds moving to the area, ahead of a system that brings us showers m

asheville has one final chance. gardner webb holds on to beat asheville. >>> of course the carolina panthers will play their biggest game of the season sunday against seattle. carolina will host seattle. this will be the second time the panthers will play the seahawks this season. >> must see tv. you know, you got good players on both side of the ball. on both teams, you know, that's why you pretty much come to the league when you look and you eye match-ups like this. >> luke: it's going to be fun on i'll be at the game and have coverage for you tomorrow. >> tammy: awesome. you see cam styling and profiling. >> zack: weather advisory 2:00 a.m. until noon tomorrow. one to possibly two inches of snow in a quick and short time period of time. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, a historic day for the u.s. and iran. five captive americans set free in a prisoner exchange. years of captivity ending tonight. they are on the way home to freedom. the release as the historic nuclear deal is finally approved. >

reporting live in asheville, lauren brigman, news 13. >>holly: breaking news out of winston-salem, a police officer has been shot. >>jay: w. g. h. p. businesses ( ) i-40 eastbound is shut down due to the investigation. authorities have not said who shot the officer or how seriously this officer was hurt. >>holly: we will bring you information an updates as it becomes available. >>> people are dealing with severe flooding. >>jay: and how the federal government is stepping in to help. >>ingrid: your harry's on the bus stop forecast shows freezing conditions through lunchtime. if you are lucky in the upper 30s. that's cold and windy and even colder in the extended forecast. right after the break. (church bell) (bear growls) (burke) smash and grub. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. >>ingrid: good morning, everyone. welcome back. it is very cold outside, even down into greenville. and notice

asheville's 1,000 workers spent a combined 44 hours on the site. or about two and a half minutes each. city officials wouldn't speak to news 13 on camera. but a spokeswoman in a written statement says it's a stretch to assume shopping on the job is an issue. the henderson county manager had the same take. >> is it a problem? i don't see it as a problem. discourage? yes. >> reporter: buncombe county refused to tell us what sites its workers are looking at saying it doesn't routinely monitor its workers' use. >> everybody else in the nation is doing it. as long as it's not to excess, all afternoon and the morning. everyone wants a bargain. why not. >> well they should wait for break time. >> i see a lot of people taking breaks. a lot of coffee. a lot of smoking. what's the difference with shopping? >> john: john ostendorf, news 13. >> larry: there's a crackdown on uber drivers picking up at the asheville airport. why police are now charging them with trespassing. >> darcel: an elvis guitar given next . >> darcel: uber drivers at the asheville regiona

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from ashevill aly: good morning. we are live in asheville at the corner of montford and chestnut street. this is their sidewalk. if someone files a complaint about this type of thing to the city, the property owners could face some fines. the city ordinance requires property owners to shovel the snow on the public sidewalks that run in front of their public works officials say owners have until 48-hours after the end of a storm to get the job done. if not, they could face fines of up to $100 a day. >> i know before the storm, we pushed some things out on social media about that, but everyone doesn't follow social media. there could be some property owners that just don't know. aly: compliance officers generally respond to violations after a complaint is filed. after that, property owners have 10 days to comply. the city says it tried to warn people through social media about the requirement but says not everyone follows their accounts, so some property owners just might not know. as another added fact, we do have a s

she had 9.asheville gets on top early. -----------------they are also with tianna knuckles knocking down the three-- tianna led asheville with 14. ------------------and now they go down low again and its tiffany wilson -- overpowers the double team for two more. ----------------and again its knuckles from the wing for 3--- asheville starts out with a 32-4 first quarter lead, then it was on cruise control.unc asheville improves to 6-1 in the big south, and 13-3 overall with an 81-42 win over longwood.home saturday against gardner-webb in a my 40 televised game at 2.big game in the acc--8th ranked miami at slumping virginia--13th ranked--but losers of two straight. looking to malcolm brogdon to lead them,but another cav drives them- -london perrantes for 3!! uva up one.------------now perrantes cuts and gets in the lane, and puts it in off glass..he leads an 11-2 virginia run to put them ahead.,and then when miami got close againits brogdon, check out this move--and the long finger roll..he scores 20.,perrantes all 13 in the