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Advisories for yancey, mitchell. Elsewhere, not quite that cold but still very, very uncomfortable if youre out for too long. We are down to 20 right now in asheville. Burnsville 18. Newland 10 degrees. 17 in morganton. You add the wind chill factor in that. Feeling like 10 right now in asheville. 4 below in boone. Thats where its dangerous. 24 in forest city. We are looking at a very cold overnight and cold valentines day morning as well. Starting out at 15 degrees at 8 oclock. Cloudy and 22 at...

But a devastating loss for the panthers. Reporter good evening to you. It was a devastating loss for the panthers. Their magical season comes to an end. They fall 2410 to the broncos. But what a season it was for carolina. The big story of the game tonight was the denver defense. They set a superbowl record with 7 sacks against the panthers. They forced four turn overs, miller, the broncos defensive player was named the games mvp. He was all over the ball. Seemingly almost every offensive posses...

Trouble spots this afternoon. The sun is out. Temperatures are warming above freezing as ingrid mentioned. That is helping things. The shaded areas like this one right here. They are not seeing that there are still icy patches. As you can see, evidence of the ice has weighed down trees along these roads, forcing them just to break. Butler bridge road is is where icy conditions remain with evidence of an accident last night and another crash in the same spot this morning. We know one person was t...

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...

Districts that historically elected African Americans and they raise the rate of minority voters in the district. Two in particular. The first which serves voters in the coastal plains. The board of commissioners chair says it will also have an effect on people in the mountains. Itll affect us because the 12th district, which counts like a snake, impacts the sent district. If they have the redistribute there will be presum bli more in the tenth district that does touch part of asheville. Justin ...

Its a tight knit community in cherokee. So the news got around quickly at the end of december 2013, about the death of 26yearold marie Walking Stick pheasant. The circumstances surrounding her death. I just heard that they found a young girl burnt in the car. Rex state Police Helicopter hovered over the scene. Cherokee Police Suspect foul play and say her body was found inside that burned car not far from where she lived with his husband and family. Neighbors like sweeney want whoever is respons...

The stand, he told jurors he happened to be at the Dollar General store mathis was killed and he had never been there before. Prosecutored said it wasnt random and that shields was tracking mathis. 2015 was a record year for the number of travelers at the asheville airport. Lauren joins us live. How much of an increase did they see . Airport representatives say they saw more than 30,000 additional travelers compared to the previous year. That is a 4 increase which is nothing but good news there....

Up early this morning tweeting about that new National Poll saying, there are several other polls where hes still in the lead. Hes not sure why the media is focused on that new poll. This as senator ted cruz goes after trump and senator marco rubio with a key endorsement. Ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. Reporter this morning senator marco rubio with an early victory in South Carolina picking up the endorsement of governor nikki haley. She ...

Main roads through. School leaders have look at cant everywhere. They did that again this morning and decided send kids home early. First thing in the morning weather looked okay. I didnt really thick i going get you the school because it was not snowing about an how half into day. The School Leader sent student home including these kids at wanesville middle their families having to ajust a. I guess i like it. Maybe inconvenience. But nothing you cant deal with it. Since there was school even sh...

Expected to be in court. Roz Lynn Thompson and jonathan goodsen face several charges. Police say they were caught on camera robbing galloways Country Store on january 15th. Surveillance video shows a masked man holding a gun to the clerks head as he empties the damage reshster. Another man takes items from the underneath the counter. Goodsen and thompson remain in the Haywood County jail. Holly a cashers man is killed in his home are confident investigators will make an arrest. Home. He was a wo...