The North Carolina Department of Transportation is expected to give an update Thursday morning on their plans to protect people from this weekend’s winter storm.

Central North Carolina hasn’t had measurable snow in about three years, but that’s expected to change Friday into Saturday. At Town & Country Hardware in Raleigh, sleds, ice m

North Carolina’s public inauguration ceremony scheduled for Saturday for new Gov. Josh Stein and other statewide elected officials has been canceled because of approaching winter weather

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is preparing for any winter weather that comes into the state.

Preparations are underway across the region for the possibility of snow and ice on Friday. ALSO READ: Icy conditions impact roads in North Carolina mountain communities The North Carolina Department of Transportation told Channel 9′s Dave Faherty it was too cold in Burke County to put down the saltwater mixture Wednesday afternoon – they’re concerned it could freeze.

A report from the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Wednesday at 8:42 a.m. warns of snow showers until noon. The alert is for Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain and Haywood counties.

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