Its an important part to have strong manufacturing. We have to have industry to complement that. To bring young people and to bring talented engineers and technical people through the area. Kim now the plant will be built in mills river which is near the airport. It the make light weight aluminum car parts that are already replacing heavier parts on cars from the ford f150 trucks to european cars like volvo. The goal is to get better efficiency on cars. The plan is to break ground on the plant in the spring. This is a new venture for both companies. Reporting live, kimberly king, news 13. Darcel the rain is moving in. Larry yeah, were expecting showers throughout the night. Lets check in with meteorologist karen wynne. Definitely a wet night ahead. We can see widespread rain around the region. Even a few thunderstorms, including one in swain county right now moving to the rest, towards blue ridge parkway. This is fizzling out. But the area of yellow, definitely some heavier rain. We pu
Continue. Icy roads especially closer to elevations. 21 at 11. Well have snow in our forecast, too. Not nearly as much, though. Ill show you how much to expect. We go down the road and how windy its going to get. Stick around. Tammy its providing a boost for local businesses. Darcel rex hodge is live. Rex, tell us about the pros and cons. Rex well you know the roads can still be tricky out here. But the dot doing a good job on the main roads. Like the Smoky Mountain expressway. Some businesses up here and towns like maggie valley, they revenue. Another snow day for kids to enjoy. Snow on the slopes of cataloochee means attracting skiers and snow boarders. I saw it was snowing up here and said lets go take a day trip. Going to make a profit by the end of the season . Well be all right. Anytime we get snow it energizes the guest. Its great to see the scenery out there. If cataloochee doesnt have them, we dont have them. We were absolutely devastated during the school break, during christ
Based upon everything we were able to determine, he had traded a vehicle in lanore and the last couple of weeks or months. He had used that vehicle to come to madison county. We have that surveillance going leaving. Warrants show reams got away with more than 6,000 from the First Citizens bank in marshal, clear surveillance images aided down. The sheriff says this effort was a joint operation with the Marshal Police department and also involved the fbi. Now, the sheriff says that reams was possibly headed for the canadian border. He is now in custody and deputies themselves planned to make the 22 hour trip to get reams and bring him back to face charges. Bell says this has worked out 75 of the time because people need to receive second chances. He says people cannot contribute to Society Without a job. He wants more employers to do the same. What i asked people to do is not to be sympathetic and every thetic for people who have been disenfranchised. We investigate why the housinging au
Dropping to the 30s by 9. Snow beginning to mix in here in asheville. Darcel downed trees and power lines left thousands in Mcdowell County without power. Tammy news 13s karen wynne. Karen it has and for many people cleaning up the damage and getting through the day without power. Around midmorning, repair crews leaving this neighborhood cut off and powerless since 2 30 a. M. Its hard without power. Karen you all have been without it for a long time. Since 2 30 and no way to get out. Boring without tv. Karen michelle bailey, Public Information officer for the mcdowell Public Management team says 1,000 homes were without power. Things like the southern part of the county, probably been hit the hardest. Weve been everywhere across the county. Karen repair crews have cleaned up much of the damage. But once the sun goes down, folks need to be careful. Of course the temperatures will drop again. And there might still be icey spots on the road. People need to be careful and watch out for tho
That is the issue this morning. These secondary roads, the roads that are not getting a lot of heavy traffic this morning, are covered in very slick snow. I was talking to ken, he came in on hendersonville road this morning and he said he was slipping around a little. I was, too, coming from buncombe county. And on the interstates you will definitely see some Clear Conditions on the roads, but the issue right now is that they are very wet. We anticipate that to freeze because the wind chill temperatures are freezing i. Is one of those days that you want to bundle up before heading out the door. Definitely, that wind is blowing hard enough to even rock our car around on the interstate. So, thats tough enough to deal with as you are driving around. Put on top of that the conditions with the slippery kids, that is going to be an issue as you head out the door, too. We will head around buncombe county today, give you a look at what you may be expecting if you head out the door. Take it slo