3 though it is raining outside. You can find some snow in the mountains. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from cataloochee ski area. Lauren. Ski season is in full swing. Today is day 35 of business this season and things are looking up. 3 3 the ski area is now open seven nights a week. Extending their hours through 10 each night. Over the past week, cataloochees snowmakers have been blowing snow. It is the goal each year for the ski area to remain open throughout march. The snowmakers here at cataloochee know how to work against the adverse conditions, like the warm weather, to make it feel like winter in Maggie Valley. So much so, that they are up for a National Award for snowmaking. Plus, they are trails in the future. 3 3 we continue to do a lot of infrastructure work on our snowmaking, getting ready to add some more trails over the next couple of years. A lot of times, its more than a one year project. It takes years to get pumps and pipelines and stuff like that in, before you actually get to cutting that new terrain. 3 they have a total of 18 slopes with 11 open now, and five lifts. Today also kicks off learn to ski and snowboard month so now is a good time to give it a try if thats among your new years resolutions. 3 coming up at 6, im getting out on the slopes myself. Live from the slopes at cataloochee, Lauren Brigman news 13 3 3 a buncombe county deputy is off the job this morning. Sheriff van duncan says the complaint against now former Deputy Tim Teves stemmed from a child custody call on new years eve. The sheriff says the deputys body camera was key in the investigation. 3 11 22 absolutely, for an internal Affairs Investigation or any kind of complaint from the public its invaluable to be able to see what took place 3 teves was hired in 2007. The Sheriffs Office says there are no other complaints against him on file. 3 3 a woman is accused of abusing dogs in polk county. 38yearold sabrina painter is charged with abandonment and felony animal cruelty. Three dogs were seized from a home she was staying in on landrum road last week. One of the dogs snoozy was found with a telephone cord tightly wrapped around her leg. That leg may now have to be amputated. 3 i guess theres a perception sometimes that people think that just because they have a pet dog or a pet cat or horse or whatever, thats their property they can do whatever thats not the way i look at it3 sheriff hill is asking for the publics help in paying for snoozys vet bills. If youd like donate, contact his 3 3 3 a teen charged with a string of breakins in West Asheville faces even more charges. Saheed grant is now charged with possession of a stolen firearm and breaking and entering. He is accused of breaking into a building on euclid boulevard. Last month, police say grant and two other looking over your shoulder thinking some day . After twenty years. You do thats what Wallace Williams had to say. After his arrest in alexander county. He was on South Carolinas most wanted list. For not registering as a sex offender for a wife of 10 years. Had no idea he was a wanted man. 3 i want to ask him what he did. I want to know. I want to know why he didnt tell me. Anything you want to say to your wife about all this. Does she know . She does now. Do you want to apologize to her . No along with failing to register as a sex offender. Law enforcement in South Carolina also wanted him for financial transaction fraud. 3 3 a 14yearold boy in fayetteville is facing serious charges. After a highspeed chase that was all caught on video. Investigators say he was joy riding in his grandmothers car when deputies tried to stop him. Then police joined the chase through downtown. And say the teen clipped several cars. It ended when the car blew a tire, and officers say the boy tried to run away. 3. We heard a loud racket in the vestibule of the library. We looked around and there was several Police Officers that slung this young kid down to the ground, and they had him they put the cuffs on him. Deputies say this was the third time the 14 year old had taken his grandmothers car without her knowledge. 3 3 3 developing in rutherford county. Dss is now looking into allegations of abuse in the foster system. Teen Alex Militello ran away last month. Claiming he was abused because of his sexuality. He has since been found. Friends and family of militellogathered at the county courthouse last night to rally against homophobia. Family members hope to regain custody of both him and his sister. 3 44 2437in straight. If i want to be gay, i can be gay. If i want to be bisexual, i can be bisexual. Nobody should be able to tell somebody how theyre supposed to live or love what religion theyre supposed to go under or anything. The rally was organized by students for a democratic society. 3 3 3 two upstate lawmakers file a bill to ban samesex marriage in South Carolina despite last court. State representatives mike burns and bill chumley co sponsored the bill. Chumley says the majority of residents in South Carolina are against samesex marriage. So, taxpayers in the state shouldnt pay for a decision made by the federal government. One local lgbt rights activist says they are wasting their time. 3 i think that this is very clearly a publicity stunt and really has no hope of gaining any traction. Representative chumley says under the tenth amendment of the u. S. Constitution. State legislators can reject federal mandates. 3 3 a new Grocery Store is coming to hendersonville. The city council has now approved a special use permit to rezone property for a publix super market. The land is at the intersection of white street and greenville highway. While no one spoke against the project during the public hearing. Some are concerned about flooding. 3 3 05 the retaining walls will be around the perimeter of the cite to retain that additional fill, so youre existing grade going to have that retaining wall on the property edge. 3 traffic is another concern. Since white street is only a two lane road. City council said thats a separate project. For the dot to work on with the city in the future. 3 3 3 today the king of rock and roll. Would have turned 81 years old. New this morning. We have learned a guitar Elvis Presley gave to a fan during his concert at the Asheville Civic Center in 1975. Did not sell at auction last night. Graceland auctions web site says it got 10 bids. But did not meet the reserve price. The custom gibson ebony dove guitar was used during elviss famous aloha from hawaii concert in 1973. 3 3 38 oh yeah this puts it in the rarified air of one of the best Elvis Presley artifacts available. That Elvis Presley artificat. Was expected to sell for between 300 and 500 thousand dollars. Elvis reportedly told the fan that he gave it to him for a would help him out. 3 3 3 3 coming up in this mornings business headlines. Gun safety. Some new technology on the market to keep guns secure. 3 we have been remembering the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley this morning on what would have been his 81 birthday. And we want to know whats your favorite elvis song. Head to the wlos Facebook Page and weigh in. Well share some of your comments at six. 3 and news 13 wants to hear from you so we can continue to tell relevant and meaningful stories. Go to wlos dot com and clickon the your voice news survey to share your 3 3 3 its 5 xx. Lets take a look at business headlines. Overnight trading in china closed up for the first time this week. That has us investors hopeful for a better day today. The dow wasdown 392 16 thousand 514. The nasdaq was also down 146 points yesterday to close at four thousand 689. 3 3 now lets take a look at todays business headlines across the web. How to charge your cell phone battery in less than a minute http money. Cnn. Com 2016 01 07 technolo gy ces2016storedot charger index. Html . Ii d hpstackdomis it possible to charge your phone from 0 to 100 in less than a minute . Yes. But youll need to put a special battery in your phone, drill holes through the case directly into the battery, put copper connectors in the holes and get a specialized 200 amp charger. Or you could leave the instantcharging to israeli startup storedot, which is designing a power system that can charge your phone up to 200 times faster than todays charging speeds. Smart guns, fingertip vaults and steel safes tech to make guns safehttp money. Cnn. Com 2016 01 07 technolo gy obamaguncontrolgun tech index. Html . Iid h pstackdomgun Safety Technology is a blanket term for different types of devices used to secure guns to keep them from falling into the wrong hands. Both sides of the gun debate say they support gun safety. But its more complicated than that. Gun security is often associated with smart guns, which only fire when activated by the owner. One such device makes it so the gun can only fire when activated by a wristwatch worn by the owner, who enters weapon. It also features a timecontrolled deactivation of the weapon. Winchester safes of dallas offers a series of gun vaults with names like big daddy and bandit. Theyre large enough to hold a selection of guns, including rifles and shotguns, along with ammunition and valuables like jewelry and cash. Samsung built the most amazing tv ever http money. Cnn. Com 2016 01 07 technolo gy ces2016samsung tv index. Html . Iid hpgriddom the new Tv Technology allows you to stack televisions like lego bricks. When you move them or even spin them around, a powerful processing engine powering the multiple displays knows where the tvs are in real space, and it adjusts the picture accordingly. The best part of samsungs new tvs once stacked together, the displays appear to combine to form one tv. 3 3 3 the time is now 5 xx. Sounds of the mountains. Coming up. The event happening this weekend teaching how to play the dulcimer. 3 tt2w`t3n 2d bt q . \ tt2w`t3n 2d a q . 8 tt2w`t3n 2d bm q4 4 tt4w`t3n 2d dztq 3 the time is now 5 xx. Keeping warm this winter. Coming up. What one man did to make sure the homeless have needed socks. 3 3 a raleigh man3 takes it upon himself. To start collecting one of the least donated items for the homeless. Adam grossman made it his mission. To collect as many socks as possible. The Real Estate Broker reached out to his contacts. And posted catchy videos s on his Facebook Page asking for help. After raising money. He went out and bought 13thousand pairs of socks. 3 nats of his video 38 weve got striped socks. Weve got soccer socks. Of course weve got the old rival white socks, pink socks, you name it. Weve got all kinds of socks. Those 13 thousand pairs of socks rescue misson. 3 3 3 3 here is a look at current conditions. In our next half hour well talk more about what to expect in the next 7 days. 3 3 3 how a 3 paralyzed kitten dropped off at the Humane Society is getting a new chance at a holly welcome back,. 5 56. Paralyzed kittens in South Carolina were clinging to life. Jay but enough money was raised to buy her a wheelchair. Now she has a family. The family moved her and her crate back into their black rock home. Zack she has physical therapy twice and learns to adapt to her disability. Holly lots of animals get those little wheelchairs and do fantastic, they do it for dogs zack i was about to say, i have seen the video for pig. Holly they put them on there and zack just roll them away. It will be rainy, keep the rain jacket around and it will be dissipating as you make your way into the afternoonon hours. Upper 40s and low 50s for today, same for tomorrow, but things are cooling down as we clear it out for the start of the next work week. Holly 17 miners trapped in an elevator are back home. What engineers say may have been the cause. Jay 2015 could be one of the costliest w wther years of all. The amount of money it cost in damage. Lauren theres one place in Maggie Valley you will find plenty of snow. We are live from cataloochee ski area. The slopes, live. Holly a young otter is calling the california aquarium home, this is after it was found on the beach calling out to its mother. Jay people called animal control for the 3 week old otter and from there they took it along the water hoping to get the moms attentions with the babys cries. Zack way too cute. Of course it didnt work so they there they will decide where the