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
Continues our Live Team Coverage. Zack, what have you seen . 3 news 13s Lauren Brigman continues our Lauren Brigman news 13s news 13s Lauren Brigman continues our Live Team Coverage of live Team Continues our Lauren Brigman news 13s Lauren Brigman 3 continues our Live Team Coverage of the Winter Weather with the latest on the roads. Lauren . 3 this just in. Mitchell county schools are now closed. Power lines are down at an 3 intersection in the leicester community. Dispatchers tell me this incident is at the intersection of noland hills drive and icenhower road. This is in the turkey creek area. So avoid that intersection. No accidents are reported right now in wester North Carolina. But you should be prepared for icy spots on the road. With windy conditions, dispatchers say trees have been coming down. But right now there are no issues reported. Use caution especially on bridges and overpasses this morning, as those freeze first. Im Lauren Brigman with this ontime traffic report. Brou
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 wonderful family man who loved the outdoors and was committed to faith. They hope an arrest will bring closure. Just want to have justice brought to our family and for tim, because its what he deserves. He was my brotherinlaw by marriage, but to me he was a brother. Holly Jackson County deputies have been tracking all leads and have not named any suspects. Jay a hendersonville man after deputies say he got into a shootout with a homeowner. According to the sheriff offense office, the homeowner fou
This route because thats one of the main routes here in marshal. I want to show you how much the snow is agent up in parking lots here though. I have gotten my tape measure out, just 2, right here, in this parking lot. And as you can see, its piling up on surfaces. These cars that have been sitting here, covered with snow. But, the good news is, this kind of snow is a very powdery snowfall, so you can easily wipe it away from your cars. But, underneath that, you see that layer of ice there . Thats also what you are going to see on those roads. So, have the windshield scraper ready to go this morning as you make your way out to your cars. This is a look at the surfaces and other things here in parking lots but many secondary roads, we have encountered from mars hill over to marshal this morning, are snow cover. So, highway 25 70, highway 213, we are seeing dot crews out treating those roads because, again, those are some of the main routes here. But a lot of the secondary roads, still c
Take it easy. All right. Thank you. And dave jordan is still out there braving the cold and to check on the conditions, lets go back to dave. Reporter hey, gordon. As christy mentioned, people are on the way home right now and the temperatures are a little more bearable but the mist she alluded to, thats clearing up a bit. Take a look behind me. Traffic here is at a standstill because of the light but for the most part, people are navigating and getting where they need to be cleanly. We had word of 14 collision accidents in the upstate but none of them thankfully involved serious injuries. Back to you. No trouble for you . Amy had a picture of a car that are slid on the bridge but how about you for the road . Reporter for me, it was okay, and that picture on the bridge, i believe that was in speeding and related to weather conditions, similar to the 14 accidents that they are working in the upstate right now but right here thus far in pleasantburg and north, everything is smooth sailin