Your weekend in a few minutes. News 13 Lauren Brigman joins us live. Reporter sams gap, those are the areas that remain snow covered. I want to show you Chandler Creek road in marsh hill. We are in four wheel drive. This road is slick. We are seeing the snow flurries coming down. I want to show you video we have near the sams gap area, highway 23. That is still snow covered in places. We did see dot crews out treating the roads. They say slick spots had been the primary routes, future i26, highway 213. Those are the main roads in madison county. They are also concentrating on highway 23. As you make your way back out live, you can see still snow covered in places. That is why schools are out here today. Live in marshhill, Lauren Brigman, news 13. I checked in with dispatchers in mitchell, swan, and haywood counties, back roads still might be slick. Always a good idea to take it slow heading out in these Northern Counties on your morning drive. Travel times, future i26 tennessee border
Of snow thats swain, central mitchell in to ery. The white is a thin area where i think half an inch to the tops an inch. Area around marshall, barnardsville. Weaverville. Asheville, a dusting to half an inch is really what im going for. 20s area wide. Its cold and its dropping. 26 by morning. I know, that doesnt mean were going to fall much more because our temperatures may warm as our clouds come in to the morning. Watch out for flakes flying in the morning. We have a second more potent storm to talk about. That comes in next week. Ill show you all the details coming up. Larry mosquitoes are months away but the growing over the zika virus have some wondering darcel news 13s justin about the situation . Justin well they dont anticipate the spread of the zika virus across North Carolina as its primarily contracted in central and south america. In a few short months, blood sucking insects will descend upon North Carolina. But in central and south america, theyre already making their pre
He died unexpectedly while on a hunting trip in west texas and this morning his jurist legacy will forever be remembered. By far the most conservative jurist on the Supreme Courtpe influenced a generation of you judges, lawyers and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. Put your left hand on the baseball. Scalia, nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1986, serving 30 years on the bench, known to many as the anchor of the conservative wing of the Supreme Court, he will forever be remembered for his strict interpretation and staunch defense of the constitution. Republican president ial candidates reacting during saturday nights debate. This is a tremendous blow to conservativism and a tree blow, frankly, to our country. He will go down as one of the great justices in the history of this republic. The longest serving justice on the Current United States Supreme Court died in his sleep of natural causes. Half staff outside the Supreme Court to honor scalia. This is as a political batt
Most of the primary roads are covered with salt, they are in good shape but the secondary roads and the Higher Elevations are turning white now. We will have crews hitting those once daylight comes, the day shift working. But for right now watch out on the secondary roads. Zack even in the overnight hours your crews were working out there as well because of the wind and downed trees. What are you seeing now . We have had a lot of downed trees overnight. The winds have been very rough, especially in the higher mountains. We have probably had 2030 trees down tonight. The crews are getting out, finishing up some of them right now as they are transitioned over to snow removal. Zack i know we have four county trucks out. We have two contracted trucks as well and they are taking out the salt. But there is other treatment on the roadways . We put down a salt and sand mixture, the sand help with the traction right now especially with some of the areas might be turning a little icy. The sand wi
Recently winning in nevada. Now, clinton is heading into the South Carolina race polling with the strong lead, while Bernie Sanders is working to appeal to africanamerican voters, we have heard a lot about his role in the Civil Rights Movement over thth past week. Clinton has been campaigning around this state all week, touting her stance on gun control. She does have a rally planned tonight in columbia. As far as we know right now, Bernie Sanders is not planning to be in the state. Polls are open in South Carolina from 7 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. We will bring you live coverage of that throughout the day. So, be sure to stick with us. Reporting live in greenville, hope hanselmans, news 13. Evan we will have live updates lout throughout the rest of the show as well as the day. Live Team Coverage starts tonight at 6 00. You can always check our facebook and twitter pages for updates as well as wlos. Com. Meanwhile the republicans are busy campaigning towards supertuesday. Donald trump is g