the other major problem in northern a eastern el pa county is the drifti. sof ose priority o routes need be re-ploweov anover again before theyan eventa othpriority two and ree routes. live in rthern el paso countztnews 5. weontinue to see accidents and slide-offs. this morning... as the snow was still falling... our crs capted this sce, as a large truck lost control and crashed into the center median along i-25, near gard of the gods. e force of the crash was so stng it broke through the barrr separating theorthnd sohbnd lanes. no word tonight on any injures---but traffic was baed up, acrewrked to reir the dag xxx a livok at e inrstate right n. plow crews have do a great job of clearning the main arteals, likthe intetate,.and trafc is movi much beerhan 24 hrs ago,.but certainly at mu lor an posteeeds.

side strts,...where snowas piled up more than a footn a t of places,...with owyet toeto ose ti you hto be ivg togh-pastake it slow--and be careful. snow totals were very impressive. up to 7 inches for pueblo and canon ci. to 17" inolado springs. the big winnner wolf creek with 40' a look and current win speeds rad, a few ow furries in parts of southern colorado. at stuff will end so. partlyo mostly cloudy tonight and cold. rtly cloudy tomorrow with a few flurries possiduring the afternoon mainly ovethe pikes

now, he's a live look at the interstate in pueblo...a huge dierence from 24 hours ago. but that morni commute was disaster....with ice the mn issue for drivs across the steel city. let'check in live th lena howlan...how's it looking now?? well most of us here in pueblo haa slk commute going into wo thirning but by noon da the shini a mo of at ice had turto slush. but now atheun hason down -crews are coned about this slush freezing right back to ice. ts coulnot stop, if the w a police, wod gota ticketor rng a stop sign while colorado springs got mmeredith snow -- pueblo got ice.

en i got off onto huon o highway they were still bad and driving down 18th street i kinda slid all the way down onto erie so they were pretty bad which mes this storm unfortaty kept our local emergency rooms busy... we he seen here the emergency departmenta few falls, a aew minor traffic accidents fortunately significant injuries patrick stanifer -- director of st. mary-corwin's erncy dertment -- id it was maly folks taking things just a little too quily on ice. we recommend good rubberoled shoes good acti on them. for the eldey especial, use canes, hdrails, dot go ywhere where it's not shovel or ice has bn removed with salt he sayshoveling and saltinare key to preventg these falls. clear yo steps, steps, rps, sidewalks, anywhere where you' gointo be walking, we

na wolf took thasuggtion to a who new level. nats she spent her rning digging out nojust her own drivey, but almost her entbloc the's people down the block th has cancer, another one at has amputation of the leg and i'd rather do it bore they do it helpg out her nehbors -- who aren't able to help thselves. oh you never know when y'r gonna need it, we' needed it he past, a peoplhave came to ourescue numers time it just methg we can give back, so you just neveknow when you're gonna need the keep those doctors orders in mind today as things sta to frze up again onds and siwalks across our area. ad-lib contions at we're sengight now ve in pulole hland ne five. highway 24 from lhan to lin is "back open".... it shut do last night cause of theonditions.

snow and white out conditions"... they wid someone might slide off e road... and nobeound for hours close the road. we'lta with some truck drivers... who were waiting out the storm... ahead at 6:30 xxx 've l been digging out day.... d as conditions improve... letter carriers are asking that we help clear a path for them.. news 5's andy koenpent se timeoday walki those mail routes an joins us li outside our colorado springs stios with more. ing outhth yr el or ow blowen't on polite, also helps prt ries. asou're gog hr ... hpe tleer carriers more often than yomighthink. nat sound: opening mail truc door lucyernardo likes her job as letter carrier. nat sound: rtling of letters, closing mailbox she gets to beutside and work witheople. "days like this,ou have to lovehat you do in order to b out he." although, se days e rtainly moenging. "it's ac worse today cause of the wind and all the acmulaon overnight." the stal service tries to ma things saf.

th wear their yak-tracks, they chain their tires. so, we're ready for this kind of weather." nat sound: ly walking opens and osesailbox but nts can pp. "earlier today i kd of sd. that why we ask cuoms to el theidewal as mu as poible." the postmast tls us at lea 17 letr rriersn lorado have been hurt othe job ... stin octob. all slips andls, and mo dg bad weher. "obvioly there's a lot of snow and ice on the roadways on the walkways, so it is so helpful wh cusmers canlear an apo eir mailx for r mail carrier" lucy ss the carrrs kw it's hard wk. "thank y so much because, u can tell, walkg through this very dangerous. very sck. so, thank you for tangt exti to enreurafet elas yrs." becae while in, ansnow and

mail ... t sound: closingail uck door a broken wrist can certain slow it wn;. e reful." unlike theenr oncos ... if a letr carrier lees their ute because of an jury ... there's not a beh of players waitg toome in. thxtra work ts picked up by their corkers. so, ddition to b a common courtesy, clearing the walks also helps tensure that service isn't disrupted. an koene 5 the snow... "keeps" some loc companies, in business!! while for others... it a struggle to get ctomers in t door, when it snows ts hard. our kelsey kennedy is live tonight with how this weatheis helping. anhurting area binse kelsey snow removal comnies simy slmed with this stm.. they've been working to dig their stomers oufoclose to 40 hours w.ile hers.. kefeshop boiques and restrants having a hard time getting anyone through the doors.. plow nats

've got seven other drivers out ght noand the crews doing the hand work thsnow blowg and snow shoveli. some of usave been out for abou36 hours now." more nats "there are few guys and myself, sometimes we're pushing some serious hours, 20 ps, b mantory that guys like us get home and sleep and eat because its a safety issue." local snow removalontracto.. grateful for the work.. but admit.. it's taking a toll.. on bodies and equipment.. "at this pnt we do have four ucks down of our 17, but you adapt and make it work." "it is o enough, most of us like the plowing, whher it b the solitude anight or the sense of accomplishment, i think most othe plowrivers e it, but ts point in timi think e all ready for a break now." other businesses with the opposite pem not enough customers. nats

keeping busy anyway. natscinaon in the milko it's steamed ithergiveit od tture and flabaristas eating new drinkfor en omers turn.. tsthat's the cnamon toas latte downtown businses also ggling with manyeople staying home a off the roads... "you know it's bn a little snow but wre stilllugging away and we've sti hadome folks me in and enjoy some tacos today." it's h s wn so the cled businesses llopen.. most of thr sis y they willhenever the weher premits.. live in cos, kelsekenned news5. sty bar the rst alert fi weather team----has been keeping y ahd of this stm, since last ek we'll continue to track the snowas it pacts everythingrom roads, to schools to businesses, he and on-line, at koa xxxxx weather suspen bus servis through the day colorado springs---ahead at 6:30, we're findinfor you whetheot things wille

and the cime ibuil from spodirect gnt meech. i'm mike daniels

ewerhotos of the big storm.a ok from ras across colorado hightoday cold againn the 20's and 30's current temperatur all over southern colodo... currt wind chills... sallite pictures,,, the storm that bught snow is pushing out to the northeast. ne weatheraker, gh pressure will control our weathe a nohwest flow cldring a few flurriesomorroafteoon. ur by hour, clouds thicken tomorrow afternoon with a weak disturbce, d a fe flurries possible during the ternoon. lows tonight in the sings to below zero. hightomorrow in the teens, 20 a 30's. 7 y forecast for theprings, thursday nightnto friday morning. saturday wl be nice wi a high of 46. dry on supunda pueblo high rrow 32. warmer and dry thursday. saturday will be the warst day of theet 7, a little coooler

canon city and woodlanpark, continued cold tomorrow with flurries possible over teller coty, warmer thursday with urri possible late or te cnty, flurries could linger into early iday morning.

thdenver broncos hard atork inorthern california today---getting ready to take on the panthersext sunday in super bowl 50! but the teams aren't the only ones pparing--a lot of work

news five's sports director grant meech live outside san francisco tonight--with a look at what's ing on. stadiums a all the ragin the nfl right now d the bigger and the brighter you makth t more people want to see them same gooes r levis stadium sundight it takes plenty practice to be rea fhe superowl, but the bronand parsren't the only ones getting ready for the big game crews at levi's stadium have been working double ti to make sure the host city iready for football bigstge. the homee 49ers is levis stium d on sunday this will be the home of super bowl 50. 77-thousand will cram themselves into the nfls nest stadi on sunday night. when the 49ers decided to build this in nta clar.. of the main goals was to have thrld watch on sunday night this is alhe most tenology friendly sdi in the league - a sign of thmes for maxim

sunday sunday now 77--thousands the ojected numb f attendance... but close to 80 thousa was the highest endance lastsprings at the same stadium... for wrestlemania 31... bet it will just as exciting

, one colora family'special ibute to peyton manning--nex at six. and the biest storm of the season closes schools and roads..

coveringolorado tonight: this week'sinter storm impacting fligs all day at denver international airpo. they posted is vid on their twitter page earlier toda-showing just how much hard work goes into trying t keep their runways clear. the airport tells us they never d to close, but ncelled dozens of flights--and there welso dela up to about an ur throughout today. it takes 500 well-trained workers and 250 different types of hea equipmt to g allf the snow removal ne. at the springs apo tay--no nceltis, but a handful of de. e d weather isn't stpi a valentine's day tradition from continuing in lovend. dozens braved the cold and snow to kick off the th anniversar the lovelan remailg prram. youralentines cards, are hand stamped with the loveld strk. ahd of valentines day.

will pass through here. and so many want to take part stamping those cards... there's actually a xxxxx a northern colado city---has been named one of the 10 most affordable places to live inhe countrthe researchers at "livability-dot- comnked cities based on housing proc, transportation, food and utlity costs...and low income equity----and found greeley is the 7thost affordable place tlive in the entire country. hunstville, abama in number one. there's a lot of love fopeyton manng in colorado-ny peop wear the number 1jersey as a show of support but one family has taken it a step further. the casey's built a "1fo yton manning snowman." took them family more than 6-hours to create their snow masterpiec.. it's complete with manning's number 18 jersey.

and just five days to go broncos fans. later in sports,e hearrom ant meech abhow the broncoare eparg. and the storm moves ou-but clean ups just binng! next at 30 your complete

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falling---t the clean up is far from over. here's a live lookt i-25 in colorado springs. parts of the interstate have been extmely dangerous through the night d into today--with snowpack and icy spots. plows are out, but you can still pect winter driving itions tonighas those tperatures op and athing that h turned to slu will be freezing. pueblo didn't asuch snow as colorado springs---but today's sun, helpemelt off what they did have... creating some icy conditions. e morning commute was a mess. here's a looat downtown pueblo earlier this morning. both the city and the county h full call-out of their crews t clear the ads all day long. their hard work thou, paid off, with a little help from some sunshine... most of thice on major roads had turned io slusby noon. hower this didn't stop ou local emergency rooms from keeping busyecsef e stm. we have seen here in the emergency dertment, a few falls, and a few minor tffic accidents rtately no significant injues

mary-corwin recommends wearing good bber soled oes for traction in these conditionsanhe ss try not to walk with your hands full and avoid walng on patchethat haven't been oveled or salted. new inrmation toniat six... public bus in corado springs. as we first reported--- mountain metro transit had to suspend rvice early last night beuse the roads re too hazards r thbuse and they couldn'n alloday we cckedk wi the city toda...and thetell us they willmoring rd conditions thrgh the nightnd decide at 4:30 tomorrow morning whetheorot it'safe to again resume servi. we'lfollow up r you on news five tod---starting at 4 a-m. plow crews a still wor around t clock...full ca out,..or both cdot and the city of colodo springs. right now---crews are concerrating on primard seconday routes. theyay they an in nce fothis kind of storm that sts for days. crews operate on a rotating schedule so everyone has time to rest.

behd thwhl th n sleep. we do 12 hour shifts. shift started at 8 this morning anwill go till tonigh th has let u...butre remain major issues onrimary, coary and de roads and street it's gonna taksome time,.and a t of work....to get them all pasble once agai contuing our team coverage: out east... ere the snow.. coupled with high winds... made for blizzard and white out conditns at times. itot so d, highway 24... from calhan to limon... closed last ght... and remained tway most o the morning. it back open now... but as news 5's greg dgran shows us..it caud problems fodriver ====== okq kyler/trucdriver sot:7:05ood at a roade really bad and to make matterwoe.... ery u just can't see ythinguthere. larrskves in limon t: 33:05 allhe snow just goorizontal and thls up theisibility. c-dot says the combinaon makes thin extreme dangerous. kenneth quintana/cdot sot: 29:54 people either get stuck in a driftr end up going

uck. and becae it's a rur area with n auge amou o trafc..y could bthe awhile. especiallyin i so hard to see. kenneth quinta/cdot sot: 29:29 if you t caught upn onofhese bliards likehis it cld definitely be dely. which ishy c-dotust cide to shut thad down. a big rpri to a of drers. sot: 27:27 nope i just found out by the sn back there. i didn't hanywhereo stop so he i am some dveere abo ke side roads.....but for tru iv... at rn when e roadarcovere sw. and for every seco wait....th're losingoney. t:t will be big one if i can get going. anup: having the road shut downs major inconvience for some....but for others...its just pt of livon theeasterplai larry skinr/livein lonsot: 32:25 if u ve in colorado you know itgoing to haen. st dri coffee or wtever and wait it out. ckily th dn'haveo it too long. dot opened the road back u around noon good ns for both truckers.....and the skier familyho hadomfurry ies waiting for them at home larry skinnelives in limon

that we have tget home and feed. in calha gd, n5. enhough highy ba open....cdayyou still need to take low....aos drifnd white oditions can pop at any time. many of you lucky be able to stay he and safe during thes severe winter storms, but me lkhave to be o and about. at includepoal worker--d theye askings l to do whate catoelp them get their js do. th ask thayou helplear the snow andce away from your mailboand walkways. the wint season brings its fair share of safety rks--but wi our heavy snowfall er the last two days... it onlmakes their job that charde. and they a thankful for the help. ======= "t y so ch, because yo n tell wking throughhis no fun. ve danrous, very slick so thank you f takin extimesure our safety well as you some 1letter carriers in colorado have en injuredn e ..just scectober. a big storm like we've seen th

local business! me see a big boost.. but many others forced to close early orust not open because people are sta hom we found one coffee sh off garden of e gods closing before regular closing time day-ause no customers were coming in. emy taes didn't mean the baristas here didn stay busy though.. some of them h tdig themselves outo get to work this morni. and ile they didn't have customers to serve that ve them time ient new coffee drinks for custo tenjoy once the weather cles up "brad just made a beautiful nnamon toast special. so we're worng on dierent drks and ideas. we're doing some work r the breakfast sandics, just preppior wnever the snow is gond we'll be bus again." businesses downtown also ruggli for eno customs to warrant stang open tod. ny boutie shops cled uil the weather clears.. first alert fiveeather team--has been keepi you ead ofhis orm, since last week. we'll continue to track the ow...

roads, to schools to binesses, here a oline, at koam xxxxx fewer ople are having their credit cards stolen---ahead at 6:30, we'll tell you what's bend the changing trend. fi let's check back in with ke in the weather ceer. i'm mikeaniels. i'llave your eended t

viewer photos of t big storm.a look fm cameras ss colorado high today cold n the 's and0's current temperatures all over southern colorado.. current wind chills... satellite pictures,,, the stor that broug sw is puing out to the northeast. next weather merhigh pressure will control our weather. a northwest flow could bng few flurriesomorrow afternoon. hour by ho, clouds thicken tomorrow afternoon with a weak disturbance, and a few flurries posble during the afternn. lows tonight in the singles to below zero. highs tomorrown thteens, 20'snd 30's. 7 day forecast for the springs, high tomorrow 26. a few flurri possible late thursdight intfriday morning. saturday wl be nice with a high of 46. dry up sunday.pueblo high tomorrow warmer and dry thursday. saturday will be the warmest d of t net 7a ttle coler sund with partly cudy skies. canon city and woodland park, contued cold tomorrow with flurries possible over teller county, warmer thursdawith flries possible late ove teller county, flurries uld linger into early fray morning. warm andry by saturday.

hard to beeve guys, t 're just five days away from super bowl. crractice time forhe broncos ashey prepare for the

th a so close, t so far....5 days left till colorado gets to watch the broncos e fochampionsh. luily thatsn't a probl for sports directogrant meech, o's the in the middle of theaction as we gr up f the b ga.

lot gog on between now a sunday, right? tt there is so much surrounding the super bowl tha you almost forget sometimes that the is a game to be played a the end of t week... the bronhave stayed cud on the tasat han but the are human -they know e is a l going o they sounds focused ason ng to at the panthers and witheir thirnfl chamonship but there are enough distractions to cause even t most focused to sty. a lot of the bronc weren't sure wn the moment would s in that they were playing in super bowl fifty... but it's gettinglor everyday. six ys off, you wa to blk out the dia t you want tdo it closer to when your practicing a i think a lot o guys after today they are going lock in. athe end of the day our escape is football. th week,oing to practice, th our eape from the mediaand the fans. so i

think you just take it in as it es. toidaye one ofhe four straight media days for the oncos and panthers... coming up tonit at 10 - gary kubi a how hhanavigated so troubled watershis seon the avalanche back from the alstar bre ton, they're hosting the chicago blackhawks at pepsi cente the have won five of their la heading ithe brea anll loo contie th winntrend ainsthe fendchamonight. head coachrickoy s it'll be a gd chlengfor his am, espeallyince the acawks are looki to make a statement in the second half a well. we're into he to refocus tonight. it's a good test fors because i think they have one win in their st four games, so i'm

looking for a strong game. theyet goi7:00ht dver, we'll have a full the game here on news-5 at 10. air force basketball in action tonight as well. they hoswying the acady, lking to snap their eight gameosing streak. it's been a rougyearor t falcons thus far, but they have a chance to finish the season strong. nineames left, we'llecap toght's mahup teon this evening. ape is no longer t most valuab company in e world--we'll tyou o took the top spot, next asix. and february the bt time

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we'll be rig back! partly to most cloudy tonight and cold wh lows in the singles anbelow zero. tomorrow wl be partly cloudy early then increasing clouds with few flurries possible over the higher elevations and

the has stopped fallin-somroads are clear, but many are still ere hazardous... some people still uck their neighborhos as we he into e 3rday of cancelled sool for a t of kids. a full wrap upwhat c expect four wey-- night ons fivet ten...d, the snow's not all it can be a lot of fo. from the s ss, to sledding lls d backyards acss soutrnolorado we'll show you somethe waern colora is manghe mofthis sto. anks joi us fonews at. we'lsee you back he at ten.

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