e locafamily- of a msing marine continues to ho on to hope nearly a weekfter tir ved onsappd in a military helicopter crash off island of oahu... last night dozs gathered in founin for a candlelightil r sergeant "jeffrey sempler".... st 2years oland lostt sea. the sech for him and 11 comres is now called off.. so the community is coming together to support his family.

th is what it's all about. this is what the legfamily is all about." "is greato know that youll care so much and i just can't ank yoenough saturday... a sphetti dinner fundraiser will be held aamerican legion post 38 in fountain at 7 p-m. proceeds wl go directly to the family to help cover any costs they incur today... an organization is showing support for our servicemen and women... by giving back to cal military families. employees from400 boston scientific" willive ay 80 bicycles that they built.. to dens families! t bes wille presented this afternoon at 2-30 at the broadmoor in hall- thorganization says this is how theye showinappreciation fothe sacrifice military famies make everyday. aders... at uccs... arworking to raise mon

slc-s police officer swasey". he was onef 3 ople, killed, he shootings at plannned parenthood. just days after officer swasey was killed, the fundraising topped 2thousand dolrs, it's now o56-thousand. fundraers have set a goal of tting thendowment to 100-thousand dlars, by the end of the yea they wanthe larship to b coided roband ift. " toncourage people ever forget what garrets sacrifice was and who garettas as a person really is important to univerty. the university is still meetg with officer swasey family... to determine if the schorship would go to just onerea of study, or re. an invtigation is underway. after two grass fires arked within hours of each other,... less than a mile apart in colorado springs... arou this time yesterday... the first happened near 19th street nr uintah.. wher lease acre burned. then...

another fi spread undea e and daged one home... crs got both under ctrol qukl.. an hurt in either re. inigorbelieve arson maybe volved... but have not said whether the two grass fires are rela unit five of drake powerpnt in downtown color spris... wie decommsioned by th end oft year.... and a utilty rate cut is in the rks for customers. yesterdae colorado springs utilities bod vod on i it's part of tir ongoing plan toave 20-percent rewable energy by 2020,and fully decommsion by . cityounc will nsider propal, approvedthe utilits board,.. to cut electrirates by nearly fi percent f the averagcustomer, and natural gas by more than 14- percent. utilities says the vote decommissi unit fivet dre, alssa rateperne ov the long ha. "the decomissioning of drake

prest value over theext years over converting it to natural gas." ity council signs on the ra cuts, they would take ct fst theyl vo aeir nuary meeng. city officials in are defeding the cits water supply.. after concerns from redents that chemicals were dected in it. last night -- the war and sanitation distrt met with the community iscuss concern over a rect sty fr the -p--howi tt war secuty widefld -an fountain contains industrial chemicals, known as "p-a's" even tug-- tho cities pehae the highest levels in the country... city officia s is stil ar below" the danger level the -p-a" sa it ca "removed" from water at "treatme an" or with "activated carb filters all three water disctricts stss -that customers should "not" worried about the

sayi it is still "fe t drk." at this time the's absolutely noanger to the hea to ou water, drinking water,'ve been ng herfor 49 years and i'm kinger e day twwar wells, connected to the contaminates in security, have been shut dow.. "but", residents ithe ar willtill have war. because most of itomes from the pueblo reservoir. next week.... the e-p-a will meet with security water officials to discuss ways to x the issu w at noon -- a stent from air academy high school has bn named -- the gatorade national girls cross country runnerthe ar.. atie rainsrger" raced to the national titlet "katie rainsrger" raced to the naonal title at the nike cross naonals fil this past ason... ong many oer accompshments... in the srts world aninhe clsroom... e gatode player of the year progm s come one of th

a big congtso katie from all of us re at ws five. ti :12 outq:"...new">- time : outq:"...new"> the new year means is time to once a, honor tehers who ha gone above and beyond in helping r children grow and learn... and we are pleased to name "kassi rebitski"second e acheat "odyssey ementary school" in district 49 as the januarnews five "teacherrst" award winner. heudents were joyed to learn that their speal teacher, haseen singled out for "excellence!" so from all of ust news-5... congratulatis! if you would like to nominate your favorite teacher, just head to our website, koaa-dot-m,... unr th"teacher's first"

still ahead on news five at noon -- a look at weather across the country --s some on the east coast are bracing for a winter stor.. but first your forast here at

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, blue sky a bright suha en the story of the daso fa we canhankigprsure builng southward from wyoming for this beautifulay. low presre is moving out of new mexico andnto northern texas. inetween the higpressure to our noh anlopresreo our uth, theind has en a bit brisk. e wi will ntinue a15-25 h wi higher gusts throh about 2-3 beforit very quicy nds down. teeratures were the 3 a 40atoo thwind makes us fe 62 degrees colder when it picks up. nearly everyone in southern colorado will manage 40s under suhine this afternoo high spots includi mument and woodlandark will bthe ceion wi 30s. cooling brings our 40s back into e 30s 5 pm with0s through isveng. thslkening wind with a clear sky tonight will allow our temperatures to chilin the teens foour frid morning lows. friday will be sunny and warmer with highs in the 50s. sarday comes wh sun, increasing clouds, a temperates that are warmer still - highs will be in the per s and lor 60 sundayools back intohe 40s withloudincrsingnd snow

now here's ns 's carlehoman with thiweek's ski rert. more snow for thslopes before the weend but in the las7 days there has alady en quite a bit 18 inches at keystone... 21 inches at both copper love land.. and the most snow this packene with 26 inches of fresh powder... looking ead love lanand keystone will see highs in the 30's with mostly clear skies friday and saturday but snostarting in satuay night into sunday droppi sundays ghs into the 20's similar conditions at bo breckenridge and copper mountainwith hig in the 30's friday and satday-- plenty o sunshine...b clouds increase saturday night with the chance for snow..lingering into sunday with highs only in the 20's .remember you can always cck latest s condis on o weite koaa dot com back to

the nter wther -- that is expected to cause issues in e northeastern u-s -- is aeady causing problems for commuters in washington, dc. jim cantore has this report on the problems there... and what could hpen in the coming day --- as-live pkg --- well if last nig was a precursor to what is to come than we are in big trouble in washington dc. one seven tenths of an inch but look at the headaches it caed iand ndhe strict. we had accidentsverywher150 reported by the poli department. with traffic lockeup erywhere, en major interste , wh le tn an ch of sn. there are so many aspects of this storm it just boggleshe mind. weave mar e possib f chtte,orth colina. places like birmingh, atlanta, memphi they l ve a chance snow evenally as e ld pa othe stormos overad d th tre is thpling ow which we ve h sh

over virginia, west virgin, severadays and now it looks like these twenty tthirty inch snow fall amounts should actually happen. this will be a blockbuster and willmpact ny andhould have the pontial shut wn shingt dc starng friy nigh ck to u. north caroliovernor pat ory declared atate of emergencthis morninghead of this winter storm -- that will pact the ate friday io saturday. anmuch of the ste ofew jers is now der blizzard wains a sse winter stm bes wn othe stat the rsey shore should recee mixed precipitation. but the real cce alonghe coast is high winds anth storm surge.

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we're breaking down the latest today you in today's yr health family. over 40-thousandrican servicemen aomen have turned home from war wed.. onnization is working to help these veterans as they face the difficult challenge ofre. "janet zappala" reports... - pkg --- t: maggickridge,rebuildingmerica's warriors "is to prevent theounds ofhe iraq and afghanistanars fromernently disfiguring young ve former airforce nurse corps veteran maggie lockris mader mission help r wounded warriors. sot:aggie lockridge, rebuilding ameca's warriors 'm not talking scrnd bruitag major ma es."

background was in plastic surgery, which she fee can help tnsrm the lives of rently wounded and disfired active service and veteran status warriors. t: maggilockridge, rebuildingmerica's warriors "i feel so strongly that it will help them de with ptsd iyou fe better about yourself emotionally, m you'll deal with your oblems little more efivel" when she fst stted w 2007...lockridge h thirty doors lping her...that number now has grown to arly ur hdredoa ctified physic acrs e untry l helping change ves. sot: mgie lockridge, rebuilng america waiors "plastic, cosmetic orthpoec, every pe of surgyou can e and " loe found y vetsweoming ba peng t and decay...th kind of changing les sot:giloridge, building america's warrio "this aer he has his ne teet.. obviouslhe had total extractions" last yeaalone, raw proded four hured ten procedures.and some fort mouth restorations. but this charitablfodation s ongoing support... ants, and donations help. but furaisers can reallyake e difference. reilding america's warrrs

ocedures next year" also lending his suppo is fairly.. sot: ron fairly, sporter "raw picks up where the va and the military leave off, i don't think we canver do enough for our waiorsever" the amnt odebtou he... may affect your child's havi! resechers und th ki whose parents had credi card oother unsecured debt- were more kely to ha vior proble -- than the peers! however... me and student loans debt- re td to fewer behavior su. experty at the stress of carryihort-ter high- interest debt may affect parenting and child developmt. th m be new world... but they jusust become broncos fans!!! and babies have plenty of team spirit aheasunday's big me newborns aint mary cwin's

sporting orange and blue hats and e-sies to sh their support focolorado team. the hats were handmade oveight by mother ofne of the emature bies. all the falieset to ke the outfits, as a gift from the hoital... cehey take their new babies..ome. thbuffalo bills ha hired at they are calling thnfl's first full-te female assistant coach. in a statentelead on twitter, bills head acrex ryan says kathryn smith has done anutstanding job in an ministrative role during t seven years e has rked wit his stafin new york with the jets and i buffalo wi the bills. also says smiill a great b of servin the ro of quali control-special tes. lastummer... the ona cardinme t first teemploy a female coach.. when they hired "jenelter" to intern as a linebacker coach aining camp. don'goy..

ter the ea we have to show you thes orab by ottershawe reued from a he in florida! the three tiny and hpless otte were discovered nr a dre-way by cre doing construction. their motheras no whe to be found... sohey were taken to a wilife hoital where they're being treated. the stafsa these fst few months otheir lives are very high

thanks for speing part oyour afternoon with us. for continuous news updates all day when you're not watcng t- stay with koaaot-com i'm ira crin- for the news fiveea--- we'll see you

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