By Mark Starling Buncombe County Sets Vaccine Amount For Teachers (Buncombe County, NC) -- Close to one-thousand weekly doses of COVID-19 vaccines are going to Buncombe County school staff. Health director Stacie Saunders told county commissioners yesterday that the state has been sending Buncombe nearly two-thousand vaccines weekly, and around half should go to teachers. The remaining will be distributed to the county's current waitlist. Commission chair Brownie Newman and others endorsed the recommendation. Icy Weather Threatening Mountains (Asheville, NC) -- Dangerous weather conditions are heading towards the mountains. The National Weather Service has placed western North Carolina under a winter weather watch from tonight through Thursday evening. A mix of sleet and snow is expected to turn over into freezing rain, which could cause power outages and tree damage. Ice accumulations might reach a quarter of an inch in some parts.