Darcel another snow day for buncombe county schools leads to calendar. Tammy karen wynne joins us live. Karen, when were the changes announced . Karen confusing morning for some families. The first notification went out just before 6 00 a. M. Buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. And the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. We decided that dr. Baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. Second notification. Widespread icy roads, black ice and things. As we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. I was out in barnardsville i cant believe they waited until the morning to let you know it was out. Karen problem areas were widespread. From the usual snowy areas in north buncombe to parts of the owow district. Once the sun came out, it didnt take long for the snow and ice to melt off many of those roads. But nikki bishop mother of two, said the schools made the right call. Updates in the School Calendar with the last day
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3 3 3 as the rain 3 as the rain continues this morning, it will likely impact your morning commute. News 13s Lauren Brigman has been driving around asheville to see what the roads are like and joins us live from amboy road. Lauren, what have you seen so far . 3 3 3 we are following new developments this morning regarding charlottes controversial new law that allows transgender people to use the public restroom of their choice. North Carolina House leaders now say they plan to take up the issue when the Legislature Reconvenes in april. State House Speaker pro tem paul stam says he and other state lawmakers will use their constitutional power to reverse the law. 3 the new law is called the nondiscrimination ordinance. Bathrooms, but in how businesses treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers. Supporters say the change recognizes the importance of genderidentity. But opponents, including governor pat mccrory, say it flies in the face of tradition and decency. 3 2113 if you have the ana
Its all of those numbers combined in to one and that brings us down to maybe even Single Digits as we make our way in to saturday morning. Now the wind chill value, it has to register winds above three Miles Per Hour. Saturday theyre going to be sustained up to 20 miles an hour with gusts at 25. Wind chill values going to be very, very cold to say the least. Up in the Black Mountains were going to see it in the Single Digits. We could see that in many areas in buncombe county as well. Wind chill is something were going to track as we head to the upcoming weekend. Darcel we have an update surrounding a missing man from haywood county. Nearly 80 searchers are looking for scott turner in the upstate. Place in canton monday morning. A command post is set up in the cherry hill Recreation Area where crews from north and South Carolina, as well as georgia, are searching by foot and by air. Family and friends are on location helping to search for him. Something has changed. Its not like him. H
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