and north carolina. winter weather advisory's in all the areas in purple and pink will get the most amount of snow, which is why they declared an emergency for northern georgia. it will start late morning, early afternoon. temperatures in the teens and low 20's in western north carolina will reach into the mid 30's. our computer showing a few flurries of snow along the late morning and early afternoon, it starts to come down. about 2:00, 3:00, and works its way into the mountains of south carolina and continues into the afternoon hours. flurries across the upstate and not expecting accumulation, but enough in the mountains to make it slippery. >> teaming up on the trail. i and aixa diaz. who donald trump will be campaigning with, coming up. allyson: a live look from detroit where president obama will visit the auto show today. geoff: commitment 2016, donald trump has company on the campaign trail. allyson: sarah palin is joining him and aixa diaz joins us from washington with alcatel trump. aixa: sarah p

at&t north carolina. retired brigadier general david national guard. >> i think the university and community college investments are pretty self-explicit. they are going to a lot of engineering type of things. i think some things that people may not understand as well is water and sewer money set aside, that is going to a fund that will then be called upon by smaller communities. can you explain that a little bit? >> i think the concept is what we've been doing in the clean water trust fund and that is it and towns that have particular needs in water and sewer apply money. you look at the issues in michigan. you are well aware of the need for clean water. process. >> that segment mentioned agriculture. that money is not going necessarily to farmers and -- or farmland preservation. that is going to nc state for apartment research, spectator slowdown it not. >> virtually all of the projects are capital project. s have i to get the title correct. the plant sciences initiative complex at nc state. the bond pr

photos of snow from this morning and north carolina and the tennessee border. we love getting them in ... so keep them coming!you can email them to fox carolina news at fox carolina dot com or post them to our facebook page! 3 light snow and sleet is falling for parts of the upstate, with some heavier snow in western north carolina. expect skies to clear quickly after 6pm, with no accumulations expected outside the mountains. slick roads could develop overnight with snow on the ground in the mountains. thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s for the upstate and low 40s in the mountains, thursday night rain will move in as our next big storm system approaches. it will begin as rain, then transition to freezing rain and sleet in western nc. some of that may drift south into the upstate for friday morning colder air 3 3 ((wrap up)) 3 3 now lets send it over to chris scott in the pit crew traffic center. 3 we're watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 still to come--welcoming home deputy dempsey! dempsey!41 days after being

the mountains of north carolina are anticipating 1-3 inches. this will be basically a mountain-event. the mountains of georgia could see the most snow from this and will happen late morning into the afternoon. as ridiculous at our various skycams, asheville is at 22 degrees with clouds. we can see with the atmosphere, the live super doppler 4hd is digging up some light snow right now. bit including henderson county and buncombe county, as well as transylvania county. advisories are issued where it could get it little slippery with 1-2 inches of snow. once it reaches three inches, that is when winter advisories are issued. the mountains of georgia could see the most from this event. later this afternoon it will be slippery trying to drive across the north carolina mountains. from 1:00 and 2:00 on the upstate will see some flurries. as the kids get out of school, everybody will be excited. our future plus. it will be 1:00 on that it begins to be active. eastern georgia, raven county, and maybe northern oconee county it will continue in the mounta

. >>> plus, the friendly playoff wager between the governors of north carolina and washington ahead of sunday's game. greg? >>> all right, lynda, we'll let you know about the upcoming weekend and which day will be better for doing things outside and which day you'll have a chance of seeing some flakes in your neighborhood in addition to wandering around. all that is coming up in just a bit. >> all right. look at your injuries in florida 40 minutes before landing at miami international airport. american airline flight 410 experienced some turbulence. passengers had to be eeked out by paramedics. the flight attendant was taken off on a stretcher for a broken nose. >>> the u.s. airways flight 1549 was heading to charlotte from new york when it made an emergency landing on the hudson river. the plane flew in to a flock of birds. all 155 people on board survived. that plane is now on display at charlotte. and this weekend they will be on hand to talk to visitors about the ordeal. >>> chipotle will close all their restaurants to hold them about food safety as it is more than 1,900 locations.

northampton county schools in north carolina will be closed tomorrow. poquoson - newport news and hampton public schools says their students will only have a half a day because of the winter storm. to see when and where the system will hit - let s get right to meteorologist dominic brown with an update on the massive storm. tracking rain, snow and wind....we are gearing for a significant winter storm to impact hampton roads and ne north carolina over the next few days. but tonight will be the calm before the storm, so start preparing now. the weather will be fairly tranquil, with increasing clouds and overnight low temperatures in the mid 20s. then, all eyes will be on an area of low pressure that will move up the coast from the southwest. as the low moves into some very cold air already in place, snow will develop from southwest to northeast, starting mid- morning to midday friday in inland north carolina first. the snow will then cross the state line into hampton roads, again as all snow. areas along the albemarle and outer banks, though, will more th

waterfall in north carolina. crews say sean casey of georgia fell saturday from a walkway near drive falls in macon county. the search engine be suspended until sunday because of the cold weather. allyson: funeral services will be held today for a long time state senator, billy o'dell. he died thursday morning. he was a state senator in 1989 and service district four. his funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon in greenwood. patrick: to the powerball, which is now setting a world record. no one took on the record-breaking jackpot saturday, so that means it will grow before this wednesday's drawing. the jackpot has climbed to $1.3 billion for now. that will keep rising. ongoing ticket sales will no doubt make a total keep going the roads in just a minute, by morning. dale: several counties in north carolina will wait a couple of hours. announcer: now, your live super dale: it is clear and cold as we look out from paris mountain it is currently 27 degrees. windy in the mountains of north carolina where it

friday in inland north carolina first. the snow will then cross the state line into hampton roads, again as all snow. areas along the albemarle and outer banks, though, will more than likely see rain. then, through the day, as low pressure moves closer to the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain for most areas. however, our northern communities, especially along the peninsulas, may see a slower transition to rain than the rest of us, meaning you could see a little more snow on friday. saturday will start with rain across most of the area. but later in the day, once the low exits the coast, backside of the low, causing the rain to transition back to snow. some wintry weather could stick around into early sunday morning before all of the moisture pushes offshore. new this morning am american student from the university of virginia has been arrested and is being held in north korea. otto warmbier is said to have entered north korea on a tourist visit. he is acc

october 2. 19 people died in south carolina, and two died in north carolina. authorities say all the deaths happened in or near vehicles and were caused by the weather. as we cover the roads now you , may have been caught in a major slowdown this morning on i-385 near woodruff road. chances are you weren't the only one. multiple accidents in both the northbound and southbound lanes caused a backup for miles. wyff news 4's allyson powell was there. she has more on the cause. allyson: these are just some of the cars involved in this morning's accidents. tow truck drivers tell us it's unusual that they would have to >> this is very unusual to have we have before, but not that often. usually inf you have a five-car towed. towed. towing. he says five of his wreckers were called to this morning's accidents on i-385. someone slowed down, and someone a chain reaction. allyson: a total of five accidents in the northbound and the morning commute around woodruff road for hours. >> the traffic was backed up. it took a good while for the trucks to get around. my truck is a

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

schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school delays and closings at wtkr dot m. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as this system moves into some very cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the colder air will wrap around the backside of the low, causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturday?

carolina and north georgia into -- a winter weather advisory in western north carolina. the heaviest snow will be in graham, clay, and cherokee counties. 2-3 inches of snow mixed with sleet. maybe going over to a little bit of rain by tomorrow night. that goes from 7:00 a.m. on wednesday until 7:00 a.m. on thursday. we'll be gone by tomorrow evening. tomorrow night into thursday morning, the winter weather in these areas thursday morning. be aware of that. in the purple, from clayton, clarksville, gainesville, canton, all the way to run, you may see an inch of snow, possibly two inches through raybun county. a winter storm warning in the pink, a couple inches of snow it plus freezing rain and sleet. winter storm warning criteria is different than up north. you would see a winter storm warning up north for six inches of snow or more. here, just a couple inches. a different animal. we don't get that much as far as heavy snow. a few snow showers mixed with sleet and rain showers, a trace accumulation, maybe a dusting in the south carolina mountains and pickens and oconee co

winter weather is pounding our area this afternoon---- 3 from the mountains of western north carolina...down to the upstate!a live look in asheville where inches are already accumlating...and we could see nearly a foot by

a wondrous opportunity we have here in eastern north carolina. a wildlife mecca. >> it's mess morizing. >> -- mesmorizing. >> they usually depart in february and return the next winter year, after year. >>> coming up in this the next half-hour, a new state law aimed at protecting children from identity theft. five on your side's monica laliberte explains tools parents wral news at six starts right now. >>> if you are outside today, you know it. it was the coldest day of the winter so far and we could see more wintry weather tomorrow. thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> and i'm lynda loveland. debra morgan has the day off. ahead of a winter storm that'll enter tomorrow, governor pat mccrory ordered state agencies to begin preparations for possible treacherous travel conditions. the ground islready losing a lot of heat from this weekend. shallow puddles on hargan in downtown raleigh are freezing over. be aware any water even a trace could be an icy spot in the morning. and a similar scene in downtown durham. people pulled out their hea

here are the watches and advisories come a western north carolina into north georgia. we will go through western north carolina, that does not include ongoing county. the advisory starts at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. 1-3 inches possible, hazel, murphy, you have the best chances of snow. the north georgia mountains, a couple inches of snow mixed with sleet, maybe 1/10 two one for the vintage possible of freezing rain, ice and sleet. a few scattered snow, sleet and rain showers in the upstate, a trace of accumulation in oconee and pickens county. in the afternoon. mainly in the mountains of georgia and nomore about this in detail later on. gabrielle: thanks, john. to pickens county. the coroner there has been called to a house fire near the blue line auto tire store. wyff news 4's john lyon is near the scene of the fire right now, and john, what's the latest you can tell us? john: we are at -- a few blocks off main street in downtown pickens, where pickens did -- fire department says there has been a fatal house fire. let's go to some video that sky4 shot a short time ago. it s

way.fox carolina's adriri acosta is at the north carolina d.o.t hub in ashevillea&and adrian what have been doing there to get ready? 3 cody just check out he giant pile of sand behind me and that shows you how serious crews are taking the threat of bad weather they are facing herea& 3 crews have been mixing that sand with truck load after truck load of salta&and that will be used to help keep the roads clear when the wintery weather beginsand they had to spend a lot of the day supply they used yesterday when snow feel here for some of the afternoonncdot engineer justin rice says crews spent the afternoon making sure all of the road clearing equipment is ready and set to go and loading up things like chainsaws to cut trees if they fallrice says they are also having plenty of manpower on hand a&he also talked about what the plan of attack is if roads started getting in bad shape 3 3 "once the interstates and primaries are cleara&that means all of the snow and ice is removed from those systems then we make the determination to move to the major secondary and collector routes and from the

western north carolina. and down in the upstate, as well. the snow, however, is going to be tapering off. these are the upper level dynamics. the last portions of this system. it is going to be pushing off to the east. watch what happens in the overnight hours into sunday morning, clearing out skies. i do think we finally see sunshine returning to the forecast for sunday as well as monday. and the thawing, potentially going to start helping things really melting off some soft snow. but it will be very slow and very gradual. i think the impacts are going to be sticking around even as we lead into about midweek. and that's when we actually see our next chance for rainfall. >>> your winter storm timeline is coming to an end. more so at the higher elevations coming this evening. coming through by 7 a.m., expiring for those in the upstate at 7 p.m. this evening. and then our afternoon highs going to be cold all day long. so, if you do plan on heading out with the kids, maybe trying to play in the snow. just want

pat mccrory, north carolina north carolina.millions are prepping for a wicked winter weekend. in washington d.c. it was chaos before the storm. less than an inch of snow, turned highways into parking lots wednesday. you don t know how long this will take. one hour, two hour, six hours? even the commander-in- chief couldn )t escape the d.c. disaster. his presidential motorcade -- stuck in the snow with everybody else. i would have hoped they would have would have anticipated this a little better and treated the roads the city, admitting this morning, it messed up, mayor muriel bowser, washington, dc we are very sorry for inadequate response.mayor muriel bowser says, despite the failure overnight, her city will be ready for the big one this weekend. mayor muriel bowser, washington, dc we will treat this event as a homeland security and emergency management event in the district of columbia.the nation )s capital is expected to-p&-p&- get the worst of it. a staggering 30 inches of snow possible. virgina has the national guard on standby and maryland is bracing for the worst, gover

carolina forty one right now was the city and when that's one our north. now for reporting twenty seven degrees here to look at satellite and radar we do have some very light showers across a portion of the viewing area most of us our drive to southern virginia beach very light activity stretching into creeds also knotts island you're catching a little shower there stretching down all the way it's a water lily that to continue to push off the northeast we've got more moisture to the south riding right along this boundary i was going to happen these two areas of low pressure will sort of converge and will head off to the north and east. so as a dye that can be close enough to bring some showers and see the sunset on our future cast as we head to the rest of the morning will see mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies partly cloudy a little bit farther to the north by lunch time temperatures generally on one cooler than the model generally and the low forties as we head into this afternoon will top out in the mid forties but notice a lot of the rain especially

analysts said that we could see seismic test north carolina income as early as 2015. that didn't happen. and right now the timeline for when it would begin remains unclear. in raleigh, beau minnick, wncn now. >>> and a representative from the south winner wind coalition also spoke and said that north carolina has the largest resource for offshore winds than any state on the east coast. >>> we're excited to announce a new network affiliation. starting february 29th, we will switch from nbc to cbs. and we're looking forward to delivering cbs hit programming. our same news team will be here on the same channel keeping you informed on the news and weather in our area. >>> this dog has become a staple at campbell law is coming together to help her. >> reporter: for the past four years, meredith ballard and ricky have been inseparatible. they care for each other. meredith is legally blind and ricky is her guide dog. she is a favorite among professors and students. >> she is a class mascot. >> dog is paying attention. why were ricky helps meredith finds and empty see the in

hertford - and edenton- chowan schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school delays and closings at wtkr dot com. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we )re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the low exits the coast by saturday, colder air will wrap around the backside of the low, causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturd

carolina 3 traffic was backed up throughout western north carolina during most of the morning and into the afternoon. several major accidents on interstate 26 caused delays for more then seven hours. hours.3 3 here's a look at the scene - jack knifed tractor trailers shut down the highway backing up traffic at least 15 miles carolina.the initial accident happened at 4 a.m. but traffic was at a standstill for hours. 3 this is just one of hundreds of incidents north carolina highway patrol say they've been called to.we're joined now by trooper kelly rhodes for an update on conditions - what are problem areas?- working with dot?- advice for stranded motorists?- tips for 3 and near the tennessee border - more issues as this winter weather causes a traffic mess. mess.officials continue to urge drivers to stay at home--- as we've seen even major roadways and interstates aren't immune to the problems 3 this is video of the standstill on interstate 40. hundreds of crashes - and cars off the road - causing backups and delays.the department of transportation in tennessee says rain prevented them

north carolina's voter i.d. law will be challenged in federal court in a hearing that begins monday. the voter verification act this is beeact hasbeen in place sinc. requiring voters to show specific forms of i.d. the naacp is suing the state saying the i.d. provision is unfair to for young and minority voters. the law was challenged last summer. this week the court will hear arguments in favor of the original more restrictive law. the case will be closely watched because the push for stricter voter laws has become one of the country's most bitter partisan divides. necessary to preserve fraud and and the authority of the electoral process. al jazeera's robert ray has more with the about the north carolina case with national implications. >> we are less than two weeks from the presidential primaries beginning here in the u.s. starts with iowa and the caucuses, new hampshire, south carolina and florida. but six weeks from now it will hit north carolina where a controversial new law will require all people going ou

north carolina. in answer to the noontime hour which countries are in the thirties as for harris a southampton county isle of wight county for much of the peninsula middle peninsula northern and eastern shore. primarily we will be looking at snow but notice pictures again above freezing so anything that falls went and had some of the war roadways will know pretty quickly and we didn't have enough verse that we could see some minor accumulations on the grass tops of cars things like that southside in north carolina mainly dealing with some light to moderate rain as we go to the morning hours into the early afternoon as things start to wind down we could see a few snow flakes mixing but certainly by two three o'clock everything is done in the storm's pulling off the coastline by for that loss allow the colder air to really start to work its way in tomorrow night and into the martin luther king holiday on monday to partly cloudy skies tomorrow night clearing skies overnight and for the martin luther hol

as with the evening the rain moves in i would say for thirty five o'clock we sit down across north carolina pushed him towards the metro and certainly this evening as i mentioned tomorrow it's pretty good partly cloudy still mild but cooler on sunday with a maybe maybe a little bit of mixed precipitation will talk about that in the next empty right now in check and ten with ashley's traffic update all right craig has been a really nice traffic morning since we started the show at four thirty we are staying that way for this traffic report and keeping an eye on the roads for you right now to take a look at traffic in hampton sixty four eastbound this shot is just past mallory street this traffic making its way to the bridge in a bentley off to the title headed to norfolk you can see no big issue out there this morning traffic volumes are very light and here's a westbound traffic headed toward mallory also in very nice shape around the hr bt so now back on the traffic network mass we head over to route seventeen in suffolk maybe you're headed for the jr pee urgently out to newport news making

pretty concerning with three quarters of an inch in the north carolina mountains. for the upstate, rather, for saturday on friday, how much ice we could have. we could cap nine inches of snow on the high-end in the low-end been three inches. snow models are not accounting for what moisture will fall as ice, so if you cut that in half, nine to 12 inches of snowfall. we are going to go with a quarter of an inch of ice to half an inch of ice and possibly a damaging ice storm along i-85 northbound with about three inches of snow on top of that. or inches to six inches possible for the mountains of north carolina with nearly one foot in the high country. it goes downhill overnight. we will have high impacts on roadways and pretty much impossible over friday night and into saturday after it falls. we will see a cold the on friday, saturday, so not much melting. sunday, sunshine and 50's and we should get melting by then. allyson: taking a look at the roads, i-85 clear. traffic moving nicely around white horse road. no real reports from highway in westminster, an accident

we'll see a few showers in the area with the highest chance for rain over northeast north carolina and the outer banks. then we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. chance for rain on monday. scattered showers this morning. then mostly cloudy this afternoon. highs will be in the mid 40s early. temps will today. winds north 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. lows will be in the low 30s. winds north 5-10mph. thursday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers, but not a washout. highs will good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. teetering on the edge. you'll hear why residents in this apartment building refuse to leave even though the ground underneath them is crumbling away. plus, a local family is angry. they want justice as they mourn the loss a hit-and-run. "he took my sister. i want him to know, i want was not right. to know what he did was there's new information in the affluenza teen case. a lawyer for the texas teen accused of violating his probation and escaping to mexico, says ethan couch is dropping his deportation appeal. the lawy

news at fox carolina dot com. 3 3 north carolina is also seeing a lot of snow.leaders in buncombe county already declared a state of emergency ahead of this storm. storm.our team coverage continues now with fox carolina's ashley minelli.shee is live in asheville, ashley? 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 now for weather and traffic minutes. 3 rain and sleet will transition the northern upstate and nc piedmont, while snow and sleet will fall in the mountains. continue through the day, turning to snow tonight. the area continues until 7pm saturday. 3 ((adlibs)) 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 we want to remind you that our is a great way to stay informed during the winter storm.it has all the information you need about conditions in our area.just text carolina weather to the number on your screen to learn 3 here's a live look over i-85 at pelham road in greenville-- you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. with at&t the choice is yours. you only pay for the services you need to make your bundle work for you. call now to get high speed internet for just

see some snow across parts of the area the south china north carolina mainly rain bill could be some snowflakes will be mixing in from time to time with just a day of near sixty degrees it's tough to get any kind of snow to develop across the region across part of the peninsula middle peninsula northern and eastern shore pretty good chance that we will see that rain mixing with and changing over to snow as far as any be less than an inch on grassy surfaces say from roanoke rapids a franklin peninsula eastern shoreline again with temperatures around sixty degrees today and not expecting to drop below freezing awfully tough to get anything else other than some of those grassy or elevated surfaces mainly rain with a few snow showers mixed in south london to north carolina a time it all out a little bit more with future cason at seventy outlook coming up in just a few minutes i didn't think he is a major developments at the middle east this weekend iran free four american hostages today in exchange for the release of seven iranians held in the us along with that movement there is another

we'll see a few showers in the area with the highest chance for rain over northeast north carolina and the outer banks. then we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. monday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. we have new information in a story we first told you about as breaking news last night at 10. in three different stops, police arrested 8 people tied to over federal lands. one of those arrests includes ammon bundy. he's been leading a group of ranchers who took over a national wildlife refuge more than three weeks ago. according to cnn, during the arrest, protester lavoy finicum and bundy's brother didn't surrender. shots were fired and finicum died. bundy's brother was hurt. right now it's unclear who started the shooting. the bundy ranch released a message on facebook last night saying in part "one of liberty's finest patriots is fallen. he will not go silent into eternity." cnn reports the people arrested face felony charges related to their occupation. this morning it's unclear if the arrests will put and end to the

michael: you said it, the first snow of the winter and west north carolina. flurries fell most of the day there. madison, yancey, and haywood counties sent students home early. heavy flurries came down in haywood county. snow, blowing across the roads at times. and for the first time, it looked like winter at cataloochee ski area. on friday, the ski area was look at that. they've been making their own snow, and today's flurries certainly didn't hurt. >> it builds a lot of interest. the snow, it makes it look pretty, and it certainly makes people think winter, which is something we've been missing thisiseason so far. michael: it feels like it, too. during the day, it was around 19 degrees at cataloochee. carol: and don't forget, when the snow hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app for the latest weather updates, including live radar. the app is free to download, and available in both apple and android stores. michael: an upstate k9, shot and could end up having his name on a new state law. carol: hyco died october 21st. hearing from his handler, a deputy

none of them were sold in north carolina. winning tickets were sold in tennessee, florida and clinicean flow hills, california. fewer candidates will be on the strategy tonight for the republican presidential debate in south carolina. just seven have been invited on the main stage hosted by fox. it is one of the last chances for the white house hopefuls to sway voters before the february 11 iowa caucus. barbara: it could be another rough day on wall street. after wednesday's nosedive onjanuary. from eastern north carolina has landed in legal trouble. marie hole many of shallotte won more than $87 million in february of last year. she's been in the news for repeatedly having to bail her boyfriend out jail. this time it is she who is in legal trouble. she is accused of threatening another woman and making harassing phone calls. barbara: you didn't win the power ball but you can win thanks tokrispy kreme. they make it your lucky day by offering a dozen for $4.99. john: fans watching the panthers and seahawks game sunday in charl

mountains of north carolina will continue to drop down into the low 20's. we will talk about the rest of the week in a few minutes. myra: thank you. geoff: an arctic invasion. it's the coldest day of the season as dale just said. and it's only getting colder. myra: north carolina cut snow over the weekend what you are seeing now is snow along knoxville. the mountains got a light dusting of snow but it didn't stay for very long. today is martin luther king junior day. and many of you will be out today performing mlk service events. want to think about wearing hats and gloves and dressing warml geoff: one of those days. turning to commitment 2016. the democratic presidential candidates took the stage in charleston last night for their have their say in the iowa primaries. myra: with the polls tightening hillary clinton and bernie , sanders sharpened their attacks. brian mooar has the story. brian in their final debate of : this pre-election season, hillary clinton pounded bernie hillary clinton: he voted to have guns going to amtrak. guns go into national par

this is a winter weather watch near western north carolina. this is why several schools are closed today. 1-3 inches of snow could cause problems. the mountains of georgia are under a winter storm warning. it will begin this afternoon into the afternoon in the mountains. we will see a flurry in the upstate today, that no accumulation expected. 29 in anderson. 28 in spartanburg and laurens. 21 in marshall. it is pretty cold all across the area. it is not as cold as yesterday and the winds are lighter. here is the computer model. we have clouds this morning and then around 1:00 we start to see snow in northeastern georgia and western north carolina. that will come down pretty good with 1-3 inches possible. then, it comes to an end. tomorrow, rain will begin later in the afternoon. friday. they could be a wintry mix in the mountains on friday. it looks like it will basically be a rain even for the upstate. early friday morning is when we will see some wintry mixes and some heavier rain expected. the next 12 hours will see temperatures struggling

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state officials do not have the authority to close private businesses on north carolina virginia our employment at will states that means that your employer can require you to be at work regardless of what it looks like outside. he might be thinking but i have responsibilities are children the bottom line is as harsh as it may sound it's not your employer's problem whether work or yet another trip to the grocery store how do you get your car that is stuck in the ice and snow out and on the road just remember the acronym casts the c stands for clearer path to give your tiresome room to roll a is for an attraction spread the salt sand or kitty liter later in the direction tires deflate her tires a little bit for better traction and finally s which stands for. straighten your wheels before you start to roll and a quick reminder for you today is the day that we are picking a winner for our new york contest a break is giving one lucky viewer a chance to win a trip for two to new york city set includes a two night stay airfare tickets to see good morning america in times square. you still

we heard about 6,000 outages, customers without power in north carolina. i think that is mainly in the western part of the state. what can you tell us what is happening out there? >> as we saw the storm move further east and north, we're seeing the snow earlier changing over to freezing rain and sleet. and that is the recipe for increased outages. and we're up to 6,000 now and we expect the numbers to evening as the conditions worsen. >> would you expect that what the west is seeing now, we might start seeing in a number of hours? >> it's hard to tell with the ice storms and snowstorms, a few miles and few degrees can make a few difference. but i expect we'll see the conditions continue for several hours. and that can increase the amount of ice on limbs and you start to see the limbs coming out and create outages. >> we were talking a bit off camera. and it seems a little unique for this particular storm in north carolina, simply time that we're getting hit by this winter weather. it wasn't like we got hit in a short little burst this is a prolonged storm

no snow in the upstate, it will be confined to the north carolina mountains. even the foothills and all the way over to rally, where they had - - all the way over to raleigh-durham, where they had flurries. it will get colder. now back to you. gabrielle: now back to western north carolina, where snow caused a short day of school for a lot of students. wyff news 4's mike mccormick is live and local in haywood county. mike, show us what it is like the right now. mike: the wind john was talking about is no joke. we are getting nailed by man-made snow coming from tube world in maggie valley. you can see the snow going up from the man-made cannons. the natural stuff that came down today didn't hurt things for these businesses. you can see some of the man-made snow accumulated up there. blue skies right now in maggie valley. the roads are doing fine. on the grass, a few patches of snow here and there. today, madison, yancey, and haywood counties sent students home early because of snow in the higher elevations, and of course to keep students , off the roads. in hayw

dear used to live in western north carolina. john: more than 600 animals now serving as evidence after a raid at a shelter in hoke county. the charges the owners are facing and why more could be on the way. barbara: of virginia tech professor is hired to help with the water crisis in flint, michigan. don: spotty showers south and east of the triangle. more about that in the complete we don: welcome back. taking a look at the weather window. i think you will see some raindrops in the sand hill. 30's and climbing only to the 40's by lunchtime. today is the coolest of the next seven. up north, clear and spots. colder in roxboro, oxford and southfield. you are not seeing precipitation. 35 in chapel hill, 38 and wilson. we are seeing warm, moist air. 41 in smithfield, 42 in fayetteville, 44 in lumberton. right now, temperatures in the 30's by lunchtime. 43 degrees. showers south and east of the triangle. we will see some of those through the i-95 corridor. alamance county might see sunshine before the sunset. a warmer weekend ahead.

unemployment in north carolina right now stands at 5.6%. unemployment in georgia, the same as south carolina at 5.5%. gabrielle: now to the latest in the polls for the presidential race. donald trump has hit a new high in polls nationwide. here's a look at the latest cnn-orc poll, trump has the most support with 41%, and senator ted cruz the only challenger close behind with 19%. no other candidate even hits the marco rubio with 8%. now, let's take a look at the democratic side of that same poll. nationwide, hillary clinton is still leading, with 52% of support. bernie sanders coming in second with 38%, and then martin o'malley coming in third, with 2% of support. a mystery tonight in the low country. right now, there are many reports on social media of people feeling the earth shake, and hearing a loud boom in and around charleston today. experts are still trying to determine the cause. the u.s. geological survey says there was no earthquake activity today. the marine corps air station in beaufort says planes were conducting exercises in t

a few flurries of snow tomorrow morning in the mountains of north carolina. tomoow afternoon, we see rain-snow makes across the upstate and that will be the situation during the cold hours in the mornings for the next couple of mornings. late at night, too, there will be a possibility of a wintry mix of weather. let's see what the temperatures are like right now across the six degrees in boone, 13 in hendersonville. 19 in spartanburg and laurens. low 20's in the piedmont. it is cold. you factor in that 10 plus mile-per-hour wind in the mountains, it feels like minus everyone in the mountains needs hats, gloves, boots. 13 in anderson as you head outdoors. there are a couple of delays in north carolina because of the cold conditions. you can find that information on her website, www.wyff4.com. we continue with more information on the weather th weather, some school dis will open late this morning. allyson: mitchell county, madison county, and yancey county schools districts are all on a 2 hour delay. the highlands school which is private will also open two hour

there in eastern north carolina but now this evening. there are only a few showers laughed again especially in north carolina but we can't rule one or two out here locally temperatures this evening dropping to around forty one under mostly cloudy skies not much wind to talk about some of the wall that set at five twenty five meanwhile temperatures across the rest of the region there's a fifty inch sp fifty in virginia beach almost the same number in elizabeth city. most of our forty four to forty seven you can see couple of outliers like williamsburg at forty eight inches then dropping back to the forties noticed that the steady rain shower stay well to our south little bit of action maybe every once in awhile here locally best chance to be about let's say eight o'clock to ten o'clock in virginia and really more like now through about ten o'clock down in north carolina. temperatures tomorrow morning will start off in the thirties that is a little bit above normal and then will start to climb up with sunshine to the lower forties at the e

we will zero in her western north carolina. even a couple flurries possible into the foothills of north carolina, certainly possible in marion. especially along the north carolina-tennessee line. this is the best chance of snow showers. maybe a half inch to an inch possible especially on the high peaks. asheville, waynesville, note the expected in the upstate. you can see the waves on lake hartwell, because of the strong winds gusting as high as 30 miles per hour out of the west as the front comes down off the mountains and into the upstate. a couple clouds around. mainly clear skies for the upstate. it is cold. temperatures not too bad, 48 in spartanburg, 53 in clemson, 52 in greenville, 51 in anderson and greenwood. northeastern georgia, the cold air starts to come in. 49 in toccoa, and livonia. lookout chilly it is. 30's in the north georgia mountains and raven county -- raybun county. 47 and clarksville and cornelia. 57 in elberton. the cold air is coming in from the northwest. 52 in atlanta, 51 in chattanooga. the low is m

most of western north carolina hunter a winter weather advisory. one inch to two inches of snow can fall. three plus inches could accumulate from the event coming through today. we will run the future plus in a moment. anywhere from teens and 20's in western north carolina and upper 20's in the upstate today. temperatures will get into the let's take that future plus forecast and look at the next 12 hours. we are seeing a couple of flurries in the mountains of north carolina and more action developing late morning, 12:00, 12:30, coming down pretty good. by 2:00, three :00, impacting northern greenville, pickens county, oconee county, getting snow until 5:00. parts of the piedmont will see flurries of snow with rain south of i-85 corridor and things quiet down for the evening. it cannot be a big event for the upstate but it continues well into the evening in the mountains, which means we could seek accumulation on higher mountaintops. rain comes in tomorrow afternoon. temperature wise, mid 30's about the best we see for the upstate and the mountains

check out these carefree kids from winston salem - north carolina. they had a great time - singing and dancing to the song )let it go ) - from disney s hit animated film "frozen" yesterday. they even wore princess customs - from the movie. yesterday s dusting will not compare to the monster storm heading our way. how the east coast is bracing for it - ahead north carolina - just one one of the states - on edge about the storm heading our way. and rightfully so - the monster storm could paralyze cities from north carolina - and further up the east coast. parts of virginia could see up to two feet of snow - and that s not all you should look out for. some of us could see sleet - rain and maybe even flooding. are making a call to dismiss

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that's what north carolina's highway patrol says, too. they're working with partners to make sure everyone has the resources they need and potential slick spots are getting treated, but as for folks out today, most are just happy to finally see some winter weather. >> i like winter. it's exciting. the roads were a little bad this morning coming from madison county, but i'm excited about it. it's great. >> i've looked forward to it all year. i don't know what happened to our weather in december, but i'm really excited. it's snowing, it's cold, it's great. aly: what we've seen so far are asheville employees salting sidewalks and blowing away snow. they did an incredible job. there is not too much left to show you, but there might be friday and saturday. aly myles wyff news 4 live in asheville. geoff: more like a dusting there. meanwhile, the departments of transportation in the carolinas potential incoming weather system, so they have prepared brine solutions to treat the roads. a reminder to not get a false sense of security and to be pati

climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and evening with lows falling into the low to upper 20s once again overnight. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over 3 let's send it over to chris 3 we're watching:collision rd 3 3 3 we're just hours away from the college football national championshiptonight -- the 14 and oh tigers look to finish the season **undefeated with another win. 3 fox carolina's shannon sommerville is live in arizona with more on clemson and their match-up against alabama. 3 its just a matter of hours now for the national championship game kickoff ...all that and a national title is 60 minutes of football... 3 3 but thats 60 minutes against an alabama team with arguably the best defense in the country...not too mention their offense featuring heisman trophy winner derrick henry... but the tigers have some dynamic playmakers too and as head coach dabo swinney says "no one has more will to win than number 4." deshaun watson. but the alabama defense has held opponents to the 2

in north carolina now, day two of the voter i.d. trial will get under way this morning in winston-salem. a federal judge is hearing a challenge to north carolina's voter identification laws. yesterday, a political science expert testified that there isn't any evidence of voter fraud in the state, but an attorney for the state says poll workers wouldn't know if a voter is who they say they are without proper i.d. the voter i.d. mandate will be in place for the state primaries on march 15. local boards of elections are getting ready for the primary voting day. in guilford county, voting machines were set up yesterday and tested for any issues. primary voting for state, national, and local elections will be on the same day. t-shirt companies in north carolina are working hard to print thousands of panthers t-shirts. off the press in charlotte. now these shirts will get send t out to thousands across the state. when the carolina panthers and the denver broncos square off in super bowl 50, the denver broncos say they will wear their whit