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And thank you Linda Gregory for the closing stock market report. Good afternoon, Dave Kendall with your W KBC local news. This edition brought to you by Holly Mountain IG. A current temperature of 57. Your forecast tonight, calling for clear skies lows in the upper twenties tomorrow. It's Monday, sunny, not as cool highs around 60 Monday night, clear skies becoming cloudy lows in the mid thirties. Take a look at your local and state news. Police in Monroe are searching for Vandals who they believe spray painted about two dozen buildings and a police cruiser predominantly with racist graffiti. They caused thousands of dollars in damage with spray painted tags of swastikas, white power and swp, which stands for Supreme White Power and other news. A Henderson County man is losing his exotic reptile collection worth nearly $50,000 after law officers found dozens of venomous lizards and snakes. Walter Kidd pleaded guilty to 30 misdemeanor charges of possessing endangered animals and failing to properly label containers of poisonous snakes. Well, the North Carolina Forest Service is advising residents to avoid burning yard debris because of weather conditions and increased fire danger. A fire danger watch was in effect for western parts of the state. Saturday forecasts call for sustained winds of 20 MPH with gusts of up to 50 MPH. And North Carolina and civic leaders fighting for control of the state's second largest watershed are looking to public power agencies and other states. As examples, Alcoa Inc has held a hydropower license for decades and wants to continue holding it. But some leaders say a public agency could provide the energy more cheaply and help create jobs. We'll have a look at more news right after this for Molly G A.