it's been ve busday for fire crews.. o other structive fires today in colorado springs.. these broke out within an hour of each other. thfirst started st after 10:30..at the tanglewood apartmen--- near austin bluffs and academ the send on 18th seet near old lorado city... where crews are still dousing hot spots. news 5's bill fols joins us live n in old colorado city. and bill---how didire ews "mane" "both" situations ? re forcepeopleo evuate momts. some outside in bathrobes at the nglewood apartments. "it go so hot it started melting

" i just saw the firefhters going pu the breaking th ows and the oke coming out fromhe rafters." "looked ke istarted on the second lev and moved to the 3rd." rst crews saw thic blk oke co from ows. then flames. the coplex so large they calle for he with a secondlarm. " theyust kept showi up, and showing up and sng up." sce. only look clring this interview....a fire truck leavg with sirens blaring. the destiation acroos town to flames shooting into the air at 18th st just wes colora avenue. " i looked beten the building and i saw a lot of smoke." smoke billowhe air...from a decades old structur old rracks type buidling moved here yea ago from fort carson...andonnectednta row of apartments. old stctures the fire department can only dump water on from thtside because of safety concerns. " nd of los like the whole buildings going to be destroyed from what i uld see." two major fire cl-outs happeni acrossown...wiin aut 30 minutes. " it dsn'tappen th often, buit does happ." fi crews have plans in place

this time flames quickly knocked do athe first fi aowed for reposiong of crews t the second fire. "the chief priorites the task that nd to be done at the first fire that we're at and releases anybody ee that he ca t togeth to geto the other side of town." athis firehereas one m jured who had toe trsferred to a denver hospital becausef burns. from both cations ere are 10 2 units where people can no longestay. thcross his helping anyone th no place to tempory housing. in colorado springbill folsom news 5 let'take a le look outside in pueblgh-lots sunshine tod leadorecaster mike daniels--tracking a warm ufor the week.. outside now, clear skies and chilly temperatures.

sunny tomorrow with a cold stt. tempatures warnilyy afternoon. xteather maker. gh pressure ll bring dry skie anmuch warmer air tomorrow and ursday. we'vleard the name of a ma killed in a hit ann cident in colado springs er the weekend. investigators say 53-year-old franz is man fatally hit by a car saturday night near circle and platte. and tonight.. tharch continuesorhe spect who left the scene. policeays e suspect was driving a suv that looks le this one. it's described as mid--late 2000's ford plorer with da, mellicolor. it most likely has dage to the frt the vehicle.

new foation tonight: multipleederal agents, including the f-b-i and e r-s raided t "lazy lion" on east bijou street in coloradoprings today.. 's a marijuana smoke club that news five was the fit to tell you abt after we uncovered their unique business model..,that many call a loophole in e law. the zy lion calls themselves a smoke club.. but the sa of recreational mariana is iegn lorado spring. hienameras were e only ones to show you how this business opeted.. under a unique membership d imrsement business model.. therefore, they sano buying or seing is involved.. many members stoedy today shocked tointhe lazy lion shut down.. "i've never seen athing bad in there. they don't like any terms like buying or selling sohey'll make sure imburse, but it a great place to come and just hang out." ths.attorney's office no arrests ve been ma.we'll contin digging into why th

but r now.. the la llosed indefinite.. supe o 17-year-olds have been arrested in nnecti wh a string of quor store robberies... d colorado springs pice say th are sllooki for sevel more suspes. all the robberiehappened thin two weeks of eachther. several stolen guns ve been recovered... and poli say they think e teens are usg nsaken during bglies d using them inhe robberies. seargent dale fox says they are likely gro of fries commtingheserimes... and th they are denitely daerous. they're very aggresive, they foe peopleo the fl put guns ttheir hes, threaten to ll them.if they counter a custer ile inhetore, if customer walks in, they rob the customer as well. then they run off and get in a car and driv away. at least three or four other suspects are under investigation righnow. seargent fox asks that if yo see somethg... say something. good news focolodo sprin utlities customers--rates are going down.

approvthe dr for "both" electric a gas rates- starting february first. on average, homeowners wilsee a decrease of 4 and-a-half rcent... or about 9 dlars a month. indurial customers, d a half percent,.and commericial customs, nearly percent. as we first told you last night-the utility has collted mo than -million dos from eric and natural gas customers since l ices started dropping. since it's a not-for-pfit ility---"eesrevenue" must be "returned" customers. xxxx also hapning at city council today-- mbers voted approve a proposed chae to the city's traffic ordinance. the change will make it mandatory for drivers to give all city trait buses the "right of way." and we're told police will start enforcing the laby the end of xx business igood... pa.. landmark tourist attion ew in nearly 350- thousand visitors last year ... and the park magement compan ma record lee payment to dollars.

you've been looking over the numbers... for more on what thimeans for movingorward. thrk sawt ernt incrse ithnumber o visitorsast year . when comd to 2012 ... 2013. word is out .. the royal gorge a must see attraction in colo. "i said, i'vbeen really wanting go to thiplace in canon ci oby canon cy, it's callethe royal gorge, showed thea picture and they're like yea" jessa erre liv in the springs. she brght some friends who were visiting from texas tcome see the park. "i though it was beaul, was amazing it was spectacular surprise. wen't know wt to eect." "i bght e season pass today." :1i'm totally coming back to do the zipe and i want to do the sky swi thing." at curiosity and is what sal and marketing officialte us one of the biesdraws. ju aboutverything is new here from the gondolas to the ziplines and the visitors nter and last year nearly50- thousand peoe came to se

we thoh, i see that tren increasing." mayor eston troutm wants to work with high school and llege students in the community to take survs of guests and generate some better market research. "i think maybe aood one would be like in the summer time, who's coming here, why are they re and are thereat customers, things ke that." anthe extra revenue will hel expanddvertising bgets this year ... which could brg in even re sitors "i think what we need to dis lo at promotion our area, and hothat comes abo i'm n sure." the park is ning a numr of special events -- the popular holy smo barbecue and boat the brge will bk. they're adding a special valentines day dinner next month ... and a special 8 day adventure fest in september. andy koen news 5 happening right no- the ty of colorado springs is iling it's "preferred

be b on top of pikes peak. we've been tracking this pct for mohs---and shown y t different designs that he en put forward. the cityrking with a mber of partners to replace the 50-year-old summit complex atop america's mouain. e public meeting start at 30 tonight at the penrose house... the city is listeng to feedback about the design. wel da yous learn mo. 'valso beetrkinghe mmit house plans at koaa co u caheadhereo read about it and see ae potential designs. the super bowl less th two ekay--how manyroncos fans will be in the stands 'll take look icket sales, coming up. the big dig continues. later in thehow--we'll update blzard clean-up on the east i'm mi daniels.

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ghs today in the 30's and 40's. current temperatures all over southern colorado... satelle pictures, clear over colorado. our east. the maintorm tck will be north ofolorado for the ,, rest of the week. hour by hourclear d cold tomoow morning, temperures warm nicely during the late morning into the afternoohours. skies will be sunny to mostly sunny all day.

20's. highs torrow in the 40's and 50's mo areas. 7 day foca f the springs, high tomorrow 54, sunny and 50;'s ursday windy andm friday. saturd will be the wmest day of the weekend. snow possible late sunday in monday. eblo high tomorrow 60. dry and warm thursday into turday. lder nweek wh a chance of moiurte sunday into tuesday. canon city and woodland park, days. windy on friy. snow possible sunday into

our tuesy's child segments, are all out fostering and adopting in colorado. and tonight, news 5 anchor shelleneockrell explains what it takes to become certifed. pause for en the first step in thprocess is to decide if foster parenting or adopti is for yo it's a person decision d reques yoto tnk aut a lot of aspects of your life... including youriving situatn, your personality and your comiment to being a pant. kevin-1 "you gta dedicate a lot of your te for this. you really gotta dedicate your fe, your sou- everything - to help out." next making sure you meet the sic qualications: yore at least 21 years old are single, marrd, divced or widod own or rt your home have adequate financial resourceto maintian the me

physical, meal and character development cg: kevin and christina juengst / foster parents "i think every child deserves a loving family. you know, they get put positis it's normally not eir fault, so we're just trying to do our part." then comes the ctification press, which is pretty straight forward. cg: crystal erickson / decto of fosr care plus "the whole goal of foster care is tbe 100 percent chd focuseand being there for what they need. anso we want to make se the parents are healy and rey to do that." you can contact the foster care coordinator in your county departmentf man or sociaservicesor contact private child placement agency. the ocess then generally includes: attending a ster care orientation completi an in-dth alication process attendin27-hours of foster rent training classes and participatg in comprehensive family home study. crystal "the goal behind that again, is to realljust look at health and stability in a variety of areas." "all thenterviews take pla in the home and then there's afality checkomnent of the home study where they wi actually walk through the home and verify evethg is stored apprriately and safe and is ready for ildren."

"ch-pan from i think it's because ey want to make sure thathehildren are going to homes that areoing to fit their needs." y're ki aut i.. mo foster parentsayou shld look into it. go and visit onef the placement agcies and see what your hea tel you.. christina oue doing it for a reason. not for yourself... you're doing it for the kids." if you'd like more informati, goo fostoloro kids d foesday's il i'm shellene cockrell, new5. whdozens of convicd murderers in our state could have their sentences reduced--next at six. and broncos or panthers---we'll tell you which team s e most

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, covering colorado tonight--new information on a "tragictory" out of parke send teen passed away...aft being plefrom an icy pond in parker jaary th. this means two boyhave n ed..a d vered. all of the teet toegend xxx dozens of inmates in o state serving life sentencor crimhey committed as fo"rea." ruling.. the gh court ruled this week th it's constionalo sentence minors who've been

automatic life ter without the posslity of parole. is means 48 inmates in colorado sentenced between 19-91 an2006 c have eir sentenceviewed---and could have thereduced be considered for parole. across the nation this affects more than one-thousand inmes. 10 peoe inudg a substutute teher... haveeen arrested--accuse trying to have x with underage rls. the arres arin adams county. an ucover operion was rried out last wk... ading to the arrests... but inveigorsay they can't release specific f inveigative reasons. e men arrested... face charg of attempted trafficking of minor f sexual servitu and attpted solicitation of a ild r prostition. 3 of the suscts are illegal immigrants from mexico and face deportation. xxxxx onon now under arrest after stealing a house key from a running car and later using it to break into a home in denver. the keys wertaken last week fromehicle in the ea of yalend sheridan boulevard--the owner says he started it early

back inside the house. the thiefs then cameack tohe house this morning to try to bularize the home. one of theuspects was able to run away and hasn't been caught. wel like be seeing a whole loof orae in the stands at the super bowl. as of early this morning. there are way more "brcos fans"... makinglans tget the big ga, than panthers fa the online travel company "orbitz" says denver has "146-percent more fans"... than carolina, who've booked flight the bay area for super bowl weekend. but,s not cheap!! air fares from d-i-a to san francisco have reportedly shot xxxx wee eculated for mon.. but could this really beeyton manning's last re wihe oncos?? grant has the answers coming up at 630 and ngp next at 6:30 -- fedeagen raid a rijuana club in thsprings this morning, but it y not be about

l break it a down for yo,,,,,,,,,,,,,, r top story nit at 60... federal agents swarmg the "lazy on" east bijou street in colorado springday.. it's a mijuana smoke club that news five was the first to tell you about after we uncovered their unique business model.. that expits a loophole in th law. our kelsey kennedy is juk from the scene tight, kelsey what have you lear toda raid will come as no surprise to news5 viers. we took yoside this controversial businessvea year a and

which may be why the feds were called in. ght now we know the fbi and irs haveeen executing a sear warrant since is morng. thu.s. attorney's offe says it' part of an ongoing investigation.. but with the i in the mix, you know ty're focused on the money d taxes. the lazy lion calls themselves a smoke club.. but as you know the sale of retial marijua is l in colorado ris.. we wt in wh hidd cer to show you how they set up a system of prive membersh contracts and reimbursemt toclaim one wuying or selling pot. the city let icontue and members are loyal.... "so basically, what at mns is is your marijuana," an employeeold r hien camera. "is your extracts.ust grow it and ke it for yo sie itlready bongs to you, weusow it,he term we use rmburse. you are givingour money ck fogring yo b whi kes it a reimbsent. does that makeense?" i ha spokewithhe laz lions attorney since airg our original investigation..

hold up in court. but again, wdont beleive its being chalnged with thisaid toda ltiple customers stopped by day.. shocked to find the zy lion sh dn.. right now it's csed indefinitely.. we'll keep you updateds soon as wlearn more. rob/lisa two teens unr arrestn coloradoprings tonight in connection to multiple liquor store robberies. seral stolen guns have also en recover.. d policeay they thinthe teens stole the guns from homes---to use them in the robberies. springs policel us the teens are likely a group of friends commting the crimes... and that theare definitely dangous. ateasthreer fo other suspectsre uernvesti ght now. youavandion infoatn atoup e li ithinstigio-- you'resko vehe call developing tonight---fire crews all over town today with three blazes sparking througho the day. the latest---produced a huge plume of thick black ske visible across town. it's from a fire that started in store unit near bijou and academy. it broke out just bere five,

an have everything under control. they say it was contained to one or two uts. it's believed to havbeen accintallytart, possibly by someone living inside one of e units. when we learn more we'll uate you. busy start to e day for firefighters in colorados prgs. ere were two major apartment fireacross the city within an ur of each other. tonight---seral people are displaced d at leastne person is in the hospital recovering from burn iurs. this is a better look at where the fires arked. e first stard just after 10-30 at the tanglewood apartments--near ausn bluffs paway and north acemy boevard. and within an hour--econd fireroke out on 18th seet nearld colci, on the westide. the first fire happened around 105 this morni at the nglewortnts. smoke and flames coming fr an apartment. because of the sof the complex,...21 trucks resed. and th jafter 11 this morng--the flames spotted on 18th str old barracks type structures from fort carson...moved to the westide decades back and

they also eded mor crews....so firefighters were moveagain. "the chief prioritizes the task that need to bdone at the first fire that we're at and releasesnybody else that he t togeer to get he other de otown." rit w, both ree still under investigation. one person w ten to the hospit with appare burns from the 18th street fire. no other injies reports. the ig outfrom the "massive" weekend blizzard continues acro theid-atlantic regi. cars remain buried under"mountains" of snoand many streets "aren't plow". and it could stath w for a ile. mark barger report ==== e blizza that dumped massive amounts of snow ross tid- atlaic andorthea over e weekend is still creating problems. in queens, new yorsnow pws have not been able to treat ma of the side roads.. leaving residents to fend for themselves. sot mike inglise -ueen new york :15 - :19 "rht nowust trying to dig out little by littget it

here." a tuation that could be dangerous. sot / t thomasian - queens, new york22 - :25 f yoed aambunce ho are theyoing to get through. d forbid you have a fi." re than two feet of snow fel in wngn, d.c whe the federal gornme is still down while publ trartion is geing ck uand nning. in nstown,ennsvania cars remaed burie anen if you can dig out there's where to go. sis fearhey won't be able to get out for days. nat the regions airports are sll struggling as we.. hundreds of canceled flights. weary travelers are being rced to make e most of it. . sot / colin brogan -line passger :53 - 7 "aporttake a while to gt backn track, so you just hav livwith it. two etf sn, it's a lot of snow." while officials in numerous east coast cities grple th wt to do with a the .....chiren, it ses, ve il red t. nats mark barger, nbc news. our election watch coverag just 6s to go unl the iowa caucus and polls show rain both parti close tcall.

's gotten an ement that coultip things ihis favor. om chris conservative leader jerry falll. it a bloto tmp's bigst competitioted uz, o's aigning as a christian nservati on the democratic side, bernie sanders and llary cln are almost tied. that's even considering sanders cent admission his healthcare plan will be expensive... e willaise taxes yee will however... he ss if theiddle class comes out toaucu.. he'll cure theominatio clintois preparingor mony by runng an ad... where she says she's spent a lifetime fighting for famies. with all the atttion--vor tuout inowa is sti only expected to be around 16- percent. news five your srcfor all the issues that ll affecyou this election year---just head to koaa-dot-com forore of r compoverage. good news for colorado springs utlities custors--rates are going . council voted y to approve the drop foroth electric and feua first.

and garates will drop avage of four and a half percent,...or t nine dollars a month. indual custome, ana halfercent,...and commericial customers,ea11 percent it's on top of a rate cuthat kicked in at the begin of th year. as we first told youast ght---the utility has collected more than 28-milli dollars from electric and natural s customs since oil prices started dropping. sincit's aotor profit utility---excess renu ste turned to cuomer alsoapni aty council toy--memrs votedo appre prosedhae to theity's traffic ordinance. thange will ket ndatory for drivers toive l city trans buses the rig ofay. you should kno-police will starenrcinthe law by the end of february. business is od... at the royal gorge--just outside canon city. it's been a greayear... since re- opening after the 2013 wildfire... that "destroyed" much of the park. more than 350-thousand people came through last yeara 20 peent inea since before fire. justbo everything at t park is new ...

the visit cenr and mo. the marketg was heavily engaged in social medilast year and thinks th word of mouth helped stir up interest. visitors he views 360 degre are azing. like, ywhere you turn it's another azing view." "i think the gondolaas great, but walkg across the bridge was awesombecause you could stop and really take in the whole sites and stuff, it's been ally amazi. the extra revewill help the park expanit's marketing buet this ye. the mayor of canonity lls us that incl png the toist attraction. xxxx thieves may be going after yr x refund... stl ead at:30--how to avoid sing your hard earned moy. rst-et's checkack in with mike. i'mike daniels. i'll have your extendefirst

,,,,,,,,,, a ok frocameras across lorado. highs today the 30's and 40's. currentemperatures all over uthern colorado...satelle pictures, r er lorado wet weather our east. the main storm track wl be north colorado r threst the week.

e late morning into afternoon urs. skies will be sunny to mos sunny all day. lows tonight in the teens and 20. ghs tomoow in the 40's and 's most areas. 7 day focastorhe springs, hi tomorrow , sunny and 50;'s ursday windy and warm friday. satuay will be the wmest day of the weekend. snow possible late sundainto monday. pueblo high tomorrow 60.

sarday. colder next week with a chance of moisture late sunday into tuesy. canon city and woodlanpark, sunny and warm for tfew ys. windy on fday. snow possie sunday into tuesday with

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to retirement now. all inditions int to peyton manning tiring at the end of this season. but at no point during the as has he said - yes i will reitre.... simply pointinto considerions tughts... injuries. if im a tting man - do not expect to see him in aronco unifm next season. . but today - nffileased vio of manning's post game handake wi priots coach bill bichick and they had their mic rolling. the words they picked up may give some more concrete insight into what th39 year old quarterback is thinking. crowd noise hey man - th might be my last rodeo so it's been a pleasure going up against you... you're a great competitor - you know that

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xxxx it's tax time... but the govement isn't the on one who wants youmoney. this t season. people a fightinagainst thieves who are after their refunds. in many cases, all a thief n is your name, social security number a birth date... anthey can pretendo be y en filing foa refu. an identittheft expert says most tax payers ha no idea their refund has been stolen, until they file thr return. it's recommend youile your refund earlyefore the thieves can use your info. also.. if youse aax service... keure they are qualified andesonal. cybercriminals are producing maare at a "re pace." the internet security compan "pan surity" says more than 84-million newamples of malware were dcovered last year. that's up 9-million...ana new rerd! maare is anyype of software designed gain access to and damage or disable a couter. xxxx j-p moan chase irolling out new atm machines that don't

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sunny and warmer with highs th40's50's and 6s. crime has been aaj conce in pueblover rect months--wtihates spiking and gangiolence keeping the city on edge and poli officers recently speaking out about their concer a low male.. tonight on news ve at ten.. wee looking into the plans beinlaid forward by police chto addss both issues--how he sayhe'l

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