. >> reporter: oak wood road just off asheville highway. this is where terry butler lived. right next door to him is where his sister cathy lived. this morning when she came to check on him, she found him stumped over the couch. his body stiff and cold. she called 911. her second 911 in just 24 hours. they've been very careful about what they're doing not to disturb any evidence. they tell me they had to go to polk county to get a search warrant. what may lead to clues about what happened to terry butler. we saw them taking big bags out of the home. the call list to the butler house is very expensive. >> there is an extensive call history to this home. we have call history of domestics, fights, warrant service. domestic violence, you name it. we've had multiple calls at this residence over the years. >> reporter: here's a picture of 40-year-old joey butler. that was the second 911 call cathy made. she called 911 when he didn't come home. he was released from the hospital last night and hasn't been seen since. they are looking to see what he knows about his father terry. >>

served as asheville's -- has served asheville's minority residents2 since 1893. lots of exhibits this there you can see. >>jay: absolutely. >>evan: also the nina simone plaza in tryon. the you niece and nina sa moan on a related note, high point honors former resident john coal train ( ) on the corner of commerce and hamilton state, i didn't know he lived in north carolina. that's pretty cool. and then of course the international civil rights center and museum in greensboro. we just talked about this earlier in the show. this is where the counter where the sit-in happened that changed the course of civil rights is here. >>jay: i would like2 to go to greensboro and see that. weather outside will be nice in terms of temperature. a lot more cloud cover than we but, the weekend was just spectacular. >>evan: cover, already a little bit of rain falling out there especially to the north of the great smoky mountains national park. over in swain county, and rain moving into oconee county and the upstate. most of that is not hitting the ground just yet. but later on today,

also up here, the biggest change would be in the west asheville area and northern parts of asheville. >> if you live in arden, your representation in washington may be about to change. after another round of redistricting, a map approved by lawmakers today put many residents in the royal pines area in district 10 with congressman patrick mc henry voting on your behalf. and in biltmore forest, it would be the opposite. residents would move in to district 11 from 10 and be a constituent of rep mark meadows. and i voted for somebody and they weren't representing me, that would bother me. >> ashlea: the new map shifted things for residents in west asheville and leicester the most. large chunks of those areas, including the haywood patton corridor west of louisiana avenue, slid in to district 11. >> i have no idea what you're even talking about. >> as far as the specifics of how they gerymanders, i didn't look at the maps close enough to be honest. >> ashlea: some just say if you're trading between two reps from the same party, there's no real impact. >> one republican for another. is anyt

. >> darcel: the city of asheville, asheville greenworks and the asheville housing authority have had success. zack green is live outside asheville greenworks. >> tammy: zack, this is the first phase of a larger project that's underway. >> zack: that's right. it's the first day of the first campaign ever like this. it sparked some real interest in the community. the overall goal of this effort is to decrease waste by 1,000 pounds. but they're also trying to do that each week. it's been four months since asheville's latest green movement started. >> we piloted this program with three developments. >> zack: over 300 homes with blue bins for 3,000 potential recyclers in public housing. but the newest recycling effort took off and worked without a hitch. >> it really went well. recycling and immediately started participating in it. >> zack: mixing unrecycleable materials that contaminated. >> education programs with the general public. >> zack: that's hit home to this batch of recyclers, like sonny. >> we learned we have to make the environment clean. >> zack: once this community was educ

asheville 29 degrees. winds out of the north at 17 miles per hour, we feel like 12 degrees outside right now. that is our current wind chill. skies are clear right now. those winds are gusty. as we go through the future cast, we have a lot happening so i'm going to take it slowly hour by hour. the winds come down a bit. still quite gusty in the northern mountains with wind chills going below zero. that is why that advisory is in effect all night long. temperatures are going to drop off as we go through the overnight hours. really, really low. single digits. by day break it is going to be cloudy. 7 o'clock in the morning, most folks waking up with cloudy skies. valentine's day it will be cold and cloudy. mainly in the higherr elevations. if you have dinner plans for valentine's day tomorrow, keep that in mind. it's mainly going to be tomorrow night overnight in to monday morning when we're going to see that snow move in. that monday morning commute, oh boy, that isn't going to be fun. snow will be flying ac

escape is open in asheville. lots of fun for you guys to check out. we have more to talk to you about in the next half hour. live in asheville, hope hanselman, news 13. >> evan: that looks like a lot of fun. and also fun we have a "early bird gets the win" giveaway. yesterday we previewed the asheville lyric opera's per foe mansion of the "magic flute" with a live opera performance. away two shows in early april to pick from, go to facebook.com/news 13 to enter. >> evan: we will announce the winner just before 8:00. good luck to you. >> zack: we were looking up the mob room hope is in and right now and the other one has a 5% chance of feting out, which is scary enough in itself. look at this photograph? >> evan:. it's a house in the woods, they have a casino mob boss room and the other choice of house in the woods, not sure i want that one. >> zack: i want no part of that one. i'm all about the mob one, hope. she is giving us hints. >> evan: keep trying. >> zack: if you want to go the escape room, today might be the day to do it. it will be a little w

we are live at the asheville humane society. hope anselman, news 13. >>evan: new this morning, firefighters worked a structure fire overnight in the alexander community. that fire started at this house, off old north carolina 20, just before 2:00 this morning. it quickly spread to the attic but firefighters had that fire put out by about 3 o'clock. investigators were on the scene, but no cause has been determined as of this morning. the red cross is now assisting information on the fire as details are released to day. >>> some folks in transylvania county braved some very cold water, a daring dip to help with something special. >> dozens of people gathered in connestee falls for the second annual polar plunge at lake ary ga he ( ). the event is the main fund raidser for the transylvania county special oh olive oils. it help pay for transportation and meals on the road. >> to see the joy on their face when they cross the finish line? winning their gold medal? there's nothing in this world like it. >>evan: transylvania county sends 40 athletes to raleigh

at the asheville airport, it rains and rained. we picked up four tenths of an inch of rain. 43 degrees was our low. 46 is as warm as we have gotten. it is cooler compared to the next couple of days. moving to the 30's, but 44 back valley. already 51 degrees in greenwood. our western zone milder at 55 texas in andrews. the wind picked up in asheville at 9 miles an hour. it is tonight starting at 10:00, this high wind watch for areas above 3500 feet west of asheville. we are talked about downed trees and power lines. better storms possible today and tomorrow as the low pressure pushes the moisture back to the french broad river. overnight heavier rain bands by the orange and the yellow, that's 7:00 a.m., heading out to work and school, 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., going to be treacherous. lunchtime not as bad. then we see the transition, rate day from rain to snow. the highest elevation. inches possible ithe high mountain region north of asheville. this will continue once again through thursday night, even into friday. first let

asheville children. they were arrested in georgia in december. when a one and three year-old were dropped off at the swannanoa substation in the buncombe county sheriff offense office. police say agen is the former boyfriend of the children's mother. >>jay: asheville regional airport is set for a major parking upgrade. a five story parking garage right across from the terminal. it will be built where the main lot is located now. it will contain 1300 spaces when it's complete. it will be a total of 2500 parking spots at the airport. >>holly: here is the answer took.com/news day's mind teaser. was the very first groundhog day? >>jay: the answer, february 2nd, 1887. >>holly: wow. groundhogs have beenn popular and important for a long time? >>jay: yeah. >>holly: exciting news out of the greenville zoo. we have been followinger for you, a live look at the web cam from the zoo where autumn the giraffe just gave birth a short time ago. you can see the calf right there on thehe ground. she has been cleaning him

there will be rain in asheville. but i think we'll get our light accumulated snow fall to start the day. we'll talk about that at 5:30 and 6:00. >> darcel: still ahead, how bernie >> darcel: in vote 2016 the democratic hopefuls . >> darcel: sanders admits a slam dunk in the granite state won't be easy to repeat in some other states to come. >> do you think you could win south carolina and nevada? >> no. fortunately for us, the elections aren't tomorrow. >> darcel: there's also a gop news 13 will be at both events. >> tammy: a clemson university assistant professor claims he was kicked out of donald trump's rally yesterday. >> darcel: it appears to show him standing in the front row at the event wearing middle eastern attire on his head. said he was then escorted out by anderson county deputies who told him the trump campaign said he wasn't welcomed at the party. >> tammy: they asked to remove him because he was blocking the view of other people. we sit down with the assistant professor for a one on one interview. >>

that's where we are right now in asheville. not every where, and these areas, where we are still hovering around freezing, from morganton to forest city, down into gaffney, black ice is a threat especially in those zones. western zones, some of those locations back up to the middle 40s. visibility has really improved here in asheville but we still see an issue in morganton at half a mile as well as greenville and that's because of the fog. wind picked up in asheville. right now out of the northwest it's 17 miles per hour. the issue here is we have already seen the power issues in the last couple hours, starting to get better but with this wind increasing, we could see some additional power outages, hoping that these temperatures warm the ice, that's still on the tree branches and the power lines. big picture here, continuing to see the moisture pull away from the region, in fact, this is a snapshot of 8:00, showing partly sunny skies at times throughout the day. but, watch, as early as about dinnertime we begin to see once agai

asheville's really become the home of a terrific weekend. commissioner john marino was in town today. he said this is really a perfect marriage of event and location. >> what i notice, too, is that our people think in terms of we're going to asheville. asheville's coming. they make the affiliation between the city and the event. they don't say it's the basketball tournament, they say we're going to asheville. i think it's because asheville is such a great destination and has so much to offer for a great weekend. not just basketball, but other things. >> stan: march 3rd through 7th. you can go to the tournament event page. go to wlos.com, click on news, >>> last night in socon play, western carolina played well but couldn't beat them. justin browning, wow. what a shot at the buzzer. he gets the pass. just lets it fly. bulls eye. what a shot. browning who has had a solid season scored 14. unc asheville women at home tonight at 7:00 against radford. bulldogs just off that huge win over liberty which has them in first place. a key point, they he

especially in asheville. news 13's hope hanselman is now joining us live from our mobile track unite to give us a look at road conditions. and, hope, how are things looking where you are? >>hope: hey, evan, thank you. yeah, exactly, it with us a bit of a surprise to a lot of folks, which is why we decided to stick

it's being held on the campus of unc asheville at 6 p.m., in the live in downtown asheville, lauren brigman, news 13. >>holly: panthers fans are not the only ones expressing disappointment. >>jay: after the game, cam newton and coach juan rivera talked about what went wrong. >> they made better plays than us and that's what it comes down to. i mean, we had our opportunities. it wasn't nothing special they did. we dropped balls. we turned the ball over. gave up stats. through bad passes. that's it. >> this team out here, played better than we did today and that's why they won the game. they did some really good things against us. >>holly: luke notestine is in santa collar rah california and he talks to the dis appointed panthers fans after the game. >>jay: despite the loss they are eld hoing their heads up high and have positive words for the home team. >> >>luke: good morning, it's a tough day for carolina panthers fans as their favorite team night, 24-10 in superbowl 50. really, the story of the day yesterday was the denver broncos defense. they set a superbowl record with 7 quarterback sa

pick it up at the end of the first half, ahmad thomas layup to put asheville up 35- 19. thomas scores 15 points. ------------------then in the catches fire, knocking down the jumper from the baseline. tonight with 17 points. asheville leads 39-22. weeks makes the nice pass to kevin vannatta who buries the of his 13 points. ---------------then, former gets the offensive rebound and the stickback for two of his six points. bulldogswin it, 73-56.regular season finale saturday 4:30 against coastal carolina at kimmel.it was really important to get a win tonight because every game is important. we take it game by game. we really want to win the rest of our games. always trying to win, and finish out the regular season and keep the momentum going into the conference tournament.it's huge. all about momentum like i was saying earlier. so we got to get the ball rolling and keep coming out ready to play, so we're looking forward to it.in cullowhee, western carolina has been hot as they head to the finish line, winners of 5 of 6, and tied for 5th with mercer and uncg--top 6 get a by

asheville leads 45 to 33. fourth quarter less than two minutes to go, kayla knocks down the mid range jumper. 13 and 2 in big south conference play. >> but then you have all these different contributions from our bench players and that really made the difference in the game. in addition to i thought we in this particular game really worked hard to try to outwork liberty. >> luke: the next game for unc asheville is tuesday night at home against radford. >>> the north carolina men's basketball team beginning to find it's rhythm. cats going for its third straight victory hosting cullowhee. pick it up with about four minutes to go, mike brown to torian brumette who finishes off the glass. two minutes to play, mike brown beats his defender and scores two of his 14 points. 10 seconds left, sanford has a chance to tie. devon peterson scoops it up. goes coast to coast to ice the ball game. 76 to 71. >>> the christ school basketball team beat asheville christian academy tonight 72 to 53. the greenies win the caa confer

asheville at campbell saturday. prep signing day--western carolina signs 14 players today.--7 players on offense and 7 on defense.app state coming off their first bowl game in school history, signs 23 today. they are rated the third best class in the sunbelt.nationally,in espn rankings. its fsu, bama, lsu, ole miss, ohio state, michigan --georgia 7th and clemson 8th. of course there are a lot of other ones--but if you are in the top ten mix. you did allright.its playoff time in prep wrestling., and five area teams made it out of the first two rounds of the dual team playoffs..they advance to the third round on thursday and keep state title hopes alive. in 3a, enka is at foard--jets looking for their first state marvin-ridge-- other two in the pod are foard and piedmont. -----------in 2a, r.s. central hosts --they take on newton- conover--- the winner then wrestles the winner of chase vs west wilkes.-------------- in 1a, two time defending state champ, mitchell hosts rosman in the third round. rosman beat mitchell by

no wind in asheville, franklin, andrews, nor in the foothills. and with no wind, there's no wind chill right now in these places. 23 degrees in the morning. partly to mostly cloudy skies to start our saturday. upper 20s by 9:00 a.m. upper 30s by lunch hour. your upper 20s to begin the day in the upstate. headed for low 30s by 9:00 a.m. mid 40s by lunch hour. more layers in the morning. yes, the flake-o-meter is back. we have a couple of shots of snow. i'll show you when and where. coming up. >> larry: as the carolina panthers put the final touches on their preparations for the super bowl, one western north mark in the bay area. >> darcel: luke notestine has been meeting north carolina people now in san francisco. and one of them is from here in the mountains. >> luke: one of the local people from the asheville area we caught up with here in san francisco over the past couple of days is liza shilo. she currently works for levi straus here in the bay area hoping to make the company more environmentally friendly. she is working very hard over the ne

look at this, 26 in asheville. feeling like winter, finally. 32 in forest city to 33 in greenville and spartanburg. >>> let's get another check of the commute. >>> jaclyn, a construction project in madison county wrapped up? >>jaclyn: north carolina 63 near hot springs will finish around 1:30 p.m. right now the road is closed near half moon ridge road. you can follow the sign detour in place to get around it so keep that in mind. also happening in madison county, future i-26 westbound here is getting pretty busy, traffic is slow moving between u.s. 19 and the tennessee border. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse. >>holly: here is your live look around the world this morning. this is a shot of transylvania. >>jay: news 13 this morning stay with us. >>holly: welcome to the "morning surf." we are looking at cooking tips in the kitchen. >>ingrid: they are cool. we posted it to our web site, wlos.com heart attack some people call them hacks, supereasy tips to make things easier

we are at the asheville blood donation center here is on edgewood road in asheville, but we are talking about battle of the badges. as you can see from the trophy, one of the winners last year. talk about what we have right here. >> this is our esteemed trophy we pass along from year-to-year. we were able to put that in our trophy room, very small, but something we get to pass along and a token of what we are able to do for such a good cause to give blood. we will be passing this along, hopefully not, and we get to keep it here. it has gone back-and-forth aly: the actual battle of the badges is going to be held that first baptist church on oak street. talk about why people should come out to help save lives. >> weather is a good reason because it brings up accidents and blood donations will get the local chapter so it is a good time to come out for a great cause. we join together with red cross because they havav been in our area for so long and they do so many other things besides blood donations. aly: this is going from 8:00 until 5:00 today. i have to show you this, this is the coole

the asheville police department and buncombe county held it at unc asheville last night. the district attorney todd williams says under state law he believes body cam footage should not be shared with the public. the sheriff van duncan agrees. >> when we start putting body cams in the area of public can get them at will, that we are going to take something ha is a good tool for law enforcement and turn it into a quagmire. >>holly: a civil rights attorney at the meeting said the video showing an arrest or use of force complaint should be public information. >>jay: duke energy is responding after a south carolina energy company said duke does not need to build a new plant at lake julian. >>holly: as reported duke wants to replace its coal-fired plant at lake jewel you know with two natural gas fired unites. but columbia filed papers with the north carolina state utilities commission. that company claims it generates enough power at a plant south of columbia to meet needs here. duke says using columbia's power would mean building miles of new transmission lines. >> what we h

we are taking a look at some of the most popular spas in asheville featured on "romantic asheville dot com." up first... sensibilities spa at the hilton. the work of local crafts-people is showcased for you to enjoy along with a sauna and couples room. then we have autumn woodward, massage and bodywork therapist she is located in downtown asheville. and specializes in deep tissue, pediatric and family massage therapy the asia bed and spa is a bed and breakfast near downtown asheville. of course, the spa at the omni grove park inn is on the list. the atmoshpere resemebles the nearby blue ridge mountains. there is also the spa at the inn on the biltmore estate designed to reflect and evoke the elegance of biltmore. 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three 3 3 3 miami and virginia both trail carolina for the a-c-c- conference lead. coming up in sports, stan tells us which team won the battle for second. 3 good morning everyone in sports.huge game in the acc tonight.3rd ranked virginia at 12th ranked miami.both of them one game behind north carolina for the top spot

aly myles wyff news 4 live in nashville. -- in asheville. geoff: commitment 2016 now, and it's victory in vegas for donald trump. a live look at the trump tower in vegas. allyson: trump garnered 46% of votes in the nevada caucus. nikole killion joins us live from our exclusive washington newsroom with more. nikole: good morning. biggest wins. it was a trump trifecta as the real estate mogul hit the jackpot in nevada with his third win in a row. he trounced rivals marco rubio and ted cruz who argue they're still viable. now, the focus turns to super tuesday, where about a dozen states are up for grabs. the head of those contest, republicans return to the debate stage tomorrow night. allyson: nikole killion live in washington, thank you. geoff: to the democratic race now, as hillary clinton and bernie sanders look for your votes in this saturday primary. night in a cnn town hall at the university of south carolina in columbia. both responded to president obama's plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. >> we look like hypocrites and fools t

teams included the asheville fire department, asheville police, buncombe county ems, buncombe county sheriff's office and nc highway patrol. donors voted for their favorite team before they donated. >> over the past two months, we so today's drive is really important to help meet that need. >> tammy: american red cross says it will announced the winner next week. >> frank: coming up, thin and >> tammy: waffles and maple syrup just may be one of your favorite comfort foods. >> frank: jennifer emert joins us with information on how to make the perfect waffle. >> reporter: consumer reports set out to find which waffle maker makes the best waffle. they also tested which maple syrup to find out which one tastes the best. morning waffles are a treat for many families. if you feel like you're missing out, consumer reports tried out a half dozen of the most popular waffle makers on the market. the machines were tested on their high and low setting. how consistent they were from batch to batch. some took a lot of practice to turn out a perfect waffle. like this aluminum belgian consumer repor

a live look in downtown asheville i. is clear, so the sunshine will return through the morning hours. we are looking at a little more cloud cover than yesterday. partly cloudy conditions later this afternoon. and it may feel slightly warmer as the breeze is going to be less today. but, we have some rain and some snow in our forecast. it's all going to be coming up and we will show you the complete seven-day forecast in the skywatch weather. search for survivors after two small planes collided near los angeles. that search so far has turned up nothing. the crash happened around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. two men, ages 61 and 81, were aboard one plane. a 72 year-old woman was on board the other. we will bring you any updates on this story as they are released this morning. >>> as we mentioned, we are one day away now from superbowl 50. the excitement's been building for weeks as the panthers and broncos get ready to face off on superbowl sunday. luke notestine met up with a asheville native who made san francisco her home.

satori major led asheville by 18. 17-6 run in the 4th. asheville wins. they get a week off before they play at gardner webb next tuesday. >>> great men's hoops. first, wednesday at 9, duke versus north carolina. carolina first in the acc. check out saturday at noon, the battle in the big south. unc asheville and winthrop. should be a great one. >>> prep conference tournaments going on this week. first round games at higher seeds. so the boys play. that puts 7th seed madison at owen. nice pass to johnny franks. owen leads 61-38. jordan baker steps up and knocks down the three pointer. then it's matthew lloyd. he'll get the open look at the three point line. the home team will build a big lead. nice look down low to matthew brown. he scores. tournament semis and finals at avery thursday and friday. >> we got number one now in conference. on the 2a side. side, hopefully a high seed in the playoffs. maybe even a home court advantage. hendersonville. girls, madison, owen and avery win. wncac at tuscola. overtime. girls, pisgah edges franklin. smoky mountain b

asheville 38. franklin 49. 35 for your low in newland. most of the night we are going to be clear. 62 in asheville. 70 degrees for the high in pickens. 63 in franklin. here's a quick look at the seven in asheville, we eventually cool down after that rain on wednesday. and yup, we are looking at a light rain-snow mix possible on friday. that's still very uncertain at this point. something we're watching carefully. definitely much cooler later in the week. >> frank: rain-snow mix is hard to imagine on a day like today. >>> western carolina goes for a second win in a row. luke will show us how a player day steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am still missing that raw emotion. woman: pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so let's really bring it! lucky for life. win a thousan

evening planner in asheville. you'll have to layer up. temperatures from mid 40s at 7:00 to upper 50s by 11:00. stick around, my full forecast it that feeling. you know the one. that "grand-slam, aced-the-presentation" feeling. multiply that feeling. it's the deal of all deals. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyone's hero in the championship of all championships it's that feeling. multiplied. introducing the new multiplier scratch-offs. a chance to win. and a chance to multiply your winnings. >> darcel: registered drones in this country now outnumber airplanes in efforts to police flying devices are about to ramp up. >> larry: all bought for christmas to be registered in a database. news 13's ashlea surles looks to >> darcel: while others say they don't go far enough. >> my father was an airline pilot. >> ashlea: they run on batteries. you fly them with remote control. unmanned aircraft systems is what aviations call them. >> i am legally blind in my left eye so i'll never be able to fly an actual aircraft. >>

asheville regional airport, 14 miles per hour. we hit 40 for the max gust on wednesday. 32 the max gust yesterday. and today, 38 miles per hour here in asheville for the wind gusts. but it gets a lot worse. grandfather mountain, one of the windiest place here in the mountains. 52 miles an hour. wednesday, 44. look at yesterday's wind gusts of 64. and today, nearly 90 miles per hour. that will get your attention. 39 degrees in asheville. still that wind, of course. getting that w wd chill down to 30 degrees. we will get rid of this wind slowly but surely. especially tomorrow. it won't be completely gone. wind going out of the northwest. temperatures way above average for most of the mid section of the nation. east ward before we get another shot of rain in to next week. so the future cast here locally tomorrow night. future satellite and radar picture, we have clouds overhead here in the mountains. it won't be the thickest cloud cover. that goes away in the afternoon tomorrow. more sunshine. and sunshine through the afternoon and e

lows tonight in the 40s in asheville. asheville 44... hendersonville 43... waynesville 43. highs tomorrow even with the rain are going to be warm. 64 in asheville... 64 for your high in franklin. the next seven days shows that mild air in place through monday. a wet week ahead with a chance of storms on wednesday, cooling off as we go into the middle of the week, possibly a few flurries on thursday morning. here is a quick look at that we'll be right back. >>>unc asheville and wintlop tie for first in the men's basketball standing. today's game determined which team would be in first place with only a couple of games left in the regular season. it was a big one. let's go to less than a minute to play. the bulldogs down 79-74. they need to score quickly. finding the freshman sutton who buries the triple. points. with ten seconds left, getting the rebound off the missed free throw. finding kevin who scores three of his 21 points. then sutton steals the inbounds pass. that's how it ends. winthrop takes over first place beating unc asheville 81-80. when you talk about dominatin

snow initially in asheville. it may change to sleet and back to rain before it goes back to snow on the back side of this system. oh yeah, it is. the icy situation is going to be the piedmont. greensboro, the triad area. a lot of rain is going to fall south of this system, too. plenty of moisture to juice up this atmosphere. it's just a matter where these cold and warm layers reside. a lot to watch as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. light northwest wind puts us down to 20 for the wind chill. clouds come in the morning thickening up across the entire region. like they're going to be farther west of the mountains. i think there will be flakes flying over the high country. in the evening tomorrow in to saturday morning, still some snow showers with more northwesterly winds blowing over the high country. that's why accumulations will be a little greater up there. about two to four inches right along the tennessee border. bryson city tonight, down to 21. temperatures in the teens and 20s across the mountain val

we are seeing the rain continue here in asheville. take a look behind me, i will take a step out of the way. we have a car coming through. this is, to give you an idea of what you're going to encounter on the morning commute, you can see the standing water along the roadway there, but it's actually beginning to go across the road there. so, hydroplaning, of course, is a big concern when we have the rain continuing to fall, flash flooding events possible, of course. dispatcher, in fact, just about 10-15 minutes ago, and we are seeing issues in the weaverville area right now. a tree is down upper flat creek road near calloway road and the salem church road area near the mars hill highway. so issues reported there. so far, no accidents reported in the asheville area here. but, again, you you want to take it slow on your morning commute. standing water is an issue on many of these, especially flood-prone areas. we are seeing the wind picking up here a little bit in asheville, but we are seeing even stronger winds leading to some power out

the low is higher up, sk to, back here in the asheville area. it's the northwest flow, the cold air in that precipitation, still getting us the chance for show showers throughout the next couple of days. 8 a.m., showing that light snow continuing to fall, maybe a few flurries down into the valleys and then once again past dinnertime tonight as temperatures drop back down. we will see another chance for that snow to fall. things will start to look better late day friday. fall through 6 p.m.? not going to be a ton. maybe a dusting down into the valleys and maybe an inch or two in the higher elevations, but then we see another round of it through friday morning. so, that's why the winter weather advisory is out that long. >>> breezy conditions at 44 for a high in asheville today, with partly clear skies. another chance for snow tonight. we will cloud up a bit. sunny conditions and breezy in greenville today and 30 degrees tonight. >>> partly cloudy conditions, so seven-day forecast, does indicate temperatures will warm up by the end of the weekend,

unc asheville at winthrop. >>> unc asheville women getting better. three spots to number 22. they're 21 and 4. 21 wins ties the record since joining the division. unc asheville off until next tuesday when they go to gardner webb. the men on the road thursday at presbyterian. >>> the legend of luke kuechly is going to keep going. known for his aggressive smart play, will now be known to plays through pain and injury. kuechly played the entire playoffs. he will undergo shoulder surgery. first half. came back. >>> daytona 500 set for sunday. we've already had some history made when chase elliot became the youngest poll member in history. he's gotten a lot of advice. but the best may have come from jimmy johnson. his biggest advice, get a motor home. >> how many more people are going to notice him, the casual dinners he's had the night before a race aren't going to happen much longer. fighting traffic on sundays. i tried to go about it myself. it's just easier to get a motor home and camp out here in the in field. let's check it out here. we have good weather if you want to get o

they beat asheville. big game if they want to reach their goal. >> they don't give trophies midway through the year. there is work left to be done. tough stretch coming up and after this one, four tough ones, we are looking to finish strong and win this regular season championship. >> good news for roy williams, another bout of vertigo at boston college. had to leave the game and go to the locker room. thankful to be alive and kicking, vertigo attacks and first one during the game he says he is fine. carolina panther fans still trying to get over the loss. >> they persevered and they just wouldn't be denied until sunday night. for that, they should be applauded. without any hesitation, without any butts. >> see you at 6:00. have a great thursday, everybody. >> bundle up on this thursday. >> no kidding. will warm above the freezing mark. asheville. 40s in some locations, forest city spin dale, spartanburg, greenville, upper 40s far south as greenwood. 19 bryson city, 27 greenville. another traffic check wi

it would not be enough as unc asheville women fall to campbell. that means the dogs and flames are now tied for first place in the conference standing. >>> the western carolina men's team is getting hot at the right time of the season. another win today would give the cats a win cavs were ready to play in this socon showdown. devon makes a nice pass to torian. rhett harrelson dives from a long distance. cats up by two. then mike brown who scores 19 points as well finds justin browning for the layup down low. western carolina beating furman 73-62. cats end the regular season with four straight victories. >>> high school basketball playoffs have reached the sectional championship round today. we have a handful of mountain teams hoping to keep their season alive with victories. reynolds hosts freedom tonight at 7. avery county takes on mount airy. hayesville takes on lincoln charter. on the girls side, erwin trailing central davidson. cherokee and south davidson also in progress. >>> in just about five minutes, the unc tar heels will play a big game

otherwise the roads are in good shape in asheville. here is a look at i-26 westbound between airport road and brevard road. you, and traffic is slowing in the opposite direction as well. it's also a clear commute here along i-40 west through asheville. that's a nice and smooth 6 minute ride from tunnel road over to hendersonville road. >>> that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. back over to you. >> holly: the local nonprofit river link is working to clear up the french broad river front one project at a time. >> jay: lauren brigman is live from the karen crag nolan park in west asheville. lauren, that's between two popular greenways? >> lauren: yeah, here on am buoy road in between the french broad river park and carrier park. this acreage behind us, about 6-acres in total, will soon connect those two parks here. we are talking with dave russell this morning from river link. so, dave, this is a long process for you guy, revitalizing this space as well? >> yeah, this is an old junk yard. for many ye

this is a live look from our hotel indigo camera in asheville. and the winter weather is causing some school closures and delays. yancey and mitchell county schools are now closed. haywood, jackson, and graham counties are on a two hour delay, no buses on icy roads. 3 those closings and delays are all scrolling across the bottom of your screen. you can also find them on wlos dot com. we have live team coverage of the winter weather and its impact this morning. we begin with ingrid allsteadt in the sky watch weather center. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 more snow is falling in madison county. news 13's zack green continues our live team coverage of the winter weather. zack, how are the roads? 3 3 news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage of the winter weather with the latest on the roads. 3 i just checked in with dispatchers about 10 minutes ago. an in

not quite as much in asheville. maybe half an inch. rain fall totals going way up to over two inches in parts of the foothills and our western mountain counties, especially. lows tonight are going to be mild. it will be wet. 42 in asheville. anderson also 47. highs tomorrow, cooler. so get that heavy jacket ready to go along with that umbrella. marion 47. asheville 47. greer 49. a quick look at the week ahead. definitely a very active week. we finally see things drying out on friday. right now it looks like a nice but kind of cool weekend. here's a quick look at your upstate seven day forecast. >> tammy: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. les loman sent us this shot of an icy creek in burnsville. >> frank: a lot of snow. nice. you can send us your pictures and video, too. you can log on to wlos.com or e-mail pictures at pics@wlos.com. next, we look at the local at humana, we know when you have your health... ...great things are ahead of you like seeing old friends or making new ones, learning some moves or s

in asheville, jaclyn? you are seeing delays out there? >> jaclyn: patton avenue is getting busy through the morning commute so get ready for the delays. if you are heading into the downtown area along patton avenue, speeds are slowing down to 21 miles per hour there at parkwood road. so keep that in mind. better news here in south asheville, traffic is flowing smoothly along hendersonville road here. that's a nice and easy 8 minute ride from long sholes road over to i-40 westbound. that's a look at your on time traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solutions. back over to you. >> jay: it had to happen eventually. leonardo dicaprio, after getting snubbed nearly half a dozen times finally took home an oscar. >> holly: the big surprise in the best supporter actor category, we recap hollywood's famous night. >> "spotlight." >> >> reporter: a film about a newspaper investigating sex abuse by boston's catholic priests won best picture. >> it was oscar host chris rock who really owned the night, addressing academy's diversity co

in asheville it's 36 degrees. leicester carpet sales skycam network, the sun is rising through the time lapse. the time lapse here, not a lot to share with you. this starts around 3:44 in the morning and lands at the present time and no clouds, really, even to share with you. departure is still in positive territory, almost three quarters of an inch for the year. >>> temperatures, pretty interesting this morning. you know, we have stayed right close to that normal for this time of year. 31, 30 has been the low. notice the normal high though. 52 degrees. we will exceed that in the coming days. nothing this warm back in 2014 and 72 degrees and the record for a low on this day is 2015, 3 degrees. 61 tomorrow. going above this average timeline, 63 on sunday. middle 50s monday. back down below the line, back down to the 40s across much of the region by early next week. and our rain chances, zero today. not too bad saturday, 40% chance on sunday, and back up to 60 by monday. >>> live look right now at what it feels like

asheville up. then the second half sam hughes catches fire. he knocks down the jumper from the baseline. asheville up 17. later it is weeks. he'll make the nice pass. he buries a three. three of his 13. then it was former christ schools star alec gets the offensive rebound and two of his six. season finale against coastal carolina at kim mel saturday. >> it was important to win tonight -- we take it became by game so we really want to win the rest of our games. always trying to win. and finish out the regular season and get momentum going. >> huge. all about momentum so you got to get the balls rolling and keep coming out and ready to play. so we're looking forward to it. >> western carolina winners of 5 of 6. tough pass hosting wofford. western comes to play. he has the deep three. cats up 17 to 10. happy cats get giddy year. devin going drive the baseline and has the under line push. western up 2416. cats rally to win it. they clench a first round by. they finish saturday at two against firm man. >> second round of fourth. reynolds and north

in asheville, aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: recently asheville city council unanimously passed a resolution to help people with criminal records. >> darcel: some city job applications will no longer ask if a person has been convicted of a crime. >> larry: time now to send it back over to jason to see what's >> jason: it's going to be cold tonight, no doubt about it but not as cold as last night or the previous night because we don't have as much wind. 39 degrees for the high today. a lot warmer than yesterday, at least. no rain or snow today. we're going to change that, though. as we warm up. we'll get back to snowy scenarios. this >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: isn't this a pretty sunset from our hotel indigo cam. alto cumulous clouds overhead to give us that beautiful hue. a lot of you have been sending your pictures. we thank you for that. this is going to be a bigger deal with this system. this is going to impact much of western north carolina and the upstate as well. jet stream reaching to the north. this is where the warm air sits. on the other side of the

north and west of asheville. wake up time, 47 into asheville. mostly dry conditions but the clouds will hold on pretty steady and then the overnight hours continuing to stay mild because of the clouds and a greater chance for rain by sunday afternoon. get outside and enjoy this if you have the opportunity. 55 degrees in buncombe county today. increasing clouds overnight, not as cold. 38. greenville, another nice one. mostly sunny, winds up to 10 miles an hour. tonight, clouds will develop, mild, 41. tomorrow, 20% chance. rain early. 40 on sunday, 60 on monday. a greater chance for rain tuesday. tornado watch will drop below the freezing mark. that's when we see the chance for a wintry mix. we are several days out. looks like some sunshine by thursday. the seven-day forecast showing scatter showers beginning monday. >> in the race for the white house, all of the republican presidential candidates have full schedules in south carolina the day before the primary. jeb bush held a town hall with his mother in the upstate. their first stop was in spar

and i think most of asheville is going to get all rain, too. purple counties, that includes rutherford, buncombe county, as well as the northern upstate. then you get in to the winter couple inches of snow and more accumulating ice. freezing rain advisories will expire in the upstate around 6 o'clock. future cast. there you go, temperatures still below freezing here for several more hours. everyone is warming up to get rain in most mountain locations. bigger changes coming by the end of the week. stick around. >> darcel: icy roads in henderson county caused multiple wrecks and forced schools to close today. >> tammy: karen, it's been a mess there today. >> karen: right. we saw multiple accidents and found out first hand how slick some of the roads are. from a morning accident with injuries. >> it's a bad situation all around. and it happened really fast. >> karen: to this wreck on interstate 26 that backed up for miles. one crash that ended up at this towing company. >> i think it took everybody by surprise. even though was it forecasting we di

news 13's hope hanselman is live at the asheville humane society. hope, i understand things were there so you brought in a ruff2,,d we are told they may be labra door pups but they may have something else. they were surrendered from someone who had too many puppies at the time. they will be available for adoption soon. and in the meantime, we brought in denver here to keep things under control. you can see he has the ruff-ari shirt on him. and this is katie, a behavioral trainer here, so, katie, tell me about what you do with the dogs here. >> yes, we will do basic training and enrichment, to help keep their time here as comfortable as possible until they reach a home. so we will teach them to sit and lay down and do play groups an let them have some socialization. >>hope: how ideal is it to -- this is so well trained here, so calm, and everything. >> denver was brought to us when the landlord from the previous home wouldn't let him stay. he was 3 1/2 years old. he has been with us since late december. his previous owners say he is house trained and

that event is from 5:00 to 5:00 at noble cider in west asheville. >>zack: for more information or to get more information about to wlos.com and click on the "community" tab. >> evan: all right. we have a winner for you in this morning's "early bird gets the win" giveaway. congratulations to mary lee osesip. >> zack: you won two tickets to the "magic flute" we will e-mail you how to claim your prize. >> evan: congratulations. we come into the "carolina kitchen" at the square rootest restaurant, we have adam wilson and rodrigo to taste this cinnamon roll french toast and bacon cheese burger bloody mary. >> zack: where do we start here? how do you even bethe gin bebegin which to decide? >> which is the best part, the bloody mary or a burger? >> evan: it's a great mary. it has a kick. >> we serve it every sunday, specialize in it for the sunday brunch. >> evan: that's fantastic. we have to taste the burger, too. i have to be honest. we did taste the food earlier, we couldn't help it. >> zack: we do it every week. every week. maybe you do. >> zack: yeah,

but we are pretty comfortable in asheville at 44. not going to warm up too much beyond that today. 50s in our western zones and down into the upstate, 51 in greenwood. now, the wind is very light in asheville for now. 15 miles per hour winds in greer and 9 in gaffney. it's this afternoon, tonight, we will start to see this wind increase, in fact, the high wind watch starts at 10:00, not for buncombe county, but areas west in our highest elevations, about 3500 feet. >>> low pressure system pulling moisture and that chance for thunderstorms today and tomorrow especially. 8 a.m. showing some widespread rain, not as much by lunchtime. and in fact mostly just clouds for the majority of the afternoon, until dinnertime we start to see heavier rainfall once again. i will stop it here at commute time tomorrow morning. heavy rain once again will be falling. >>> then, we start the see temperatures plummet. some of the lingering moisture. we have a chance for a rain/snow mix especially in the higher elevations thursday morning, so first the rain

it's available at derma blue in asheville. for a typical patient, two to four treatments are required. >> what happens is after that injection, it breaks down the fat cells and it breaks them down for good. >> now i'm happy with it. i'm pleased with the outcome and >> you have more definition in that chin. it will define your jawline. and in different positions. so if you want to take a nice selfie in a different position, it will look good. >> reporter: and it's all done in a doctor's office without an invasive procedure. >> darcel: insurance will not cover the cost which can total more than $4,000. >> larry: get this, we've got a live demonstration that's going to be held thursday night at derma blue. go to our website and click news links for more information. >> darcel: news 13 is hosting the 3rd annual live well expo next month. the event is march 19th at the western carolina ag center. there will be more than 100 vendors. >> larry: admission is free. you can find more details at wlos.com. >> darcel: still ahead, preparin

periods of snow, gusty in asheville. i'll show you what to expect overnight and when the snow accumulates here in the city. stick around. >> darcel: with the snow arriving from the west, it didn't take long for some of our western mountains to turn white. >> tammy: news 13's meteorologist karen wynne is live in waynesville. karen, it didn't take much to get people excited. >> karen: no, tammy, it really didn't. right now in waynesville it is dry. long. one family actually went snowboarding before their location was completely covered. gearing up for a very long night. around mid-morning we met christine walking through the horizontal snow flakes. she was not amused. >> it's a mess and it's devastating. i don't know, i like spring better. >> karen: as the snow came down in the western mountain, we saw horses in blankets hunkered down in the anticipation of heavier snow to come. however, the light snow on soco mountain was more than enough for a florida family. the kids have never seen snow before. >> i can't really just c