no structures were d daged. let's rn to the weather... chief morning meteologist stephen bowersas our first look at our first alert 5 recast... stephen?? weather has our attention, no doubt. it plays a role in fighting the pueblo county fire near avondale. it also can dictate where smoke is may become an issue awafrom the fire. we're warming through the 50s now. the wind is picking upnd blowing from the south to southeast. that southeast-to- northwe wind around puebloery wellay blow some smoke from the fire toward pue don't be surprised if you smell some of that smo this afternoon. most smoke will rise a disperse with the winds above the ground. the upslope component of the wind near the ground will increase the humidity, which willid in fighting the fire. overhead, high clouds are blowing in from the west. precipitation from those clouds is unlikely. expect less wind this afternoon than we saw yesterday. that doesn mean there will not be any wind at all. we can still have gusts upward of around 20 mph. temperatures also willot be warm, though wwill stille unseasonably mild. highs this afternoon will be in

i will look ahead to what appears to be a change in the weather pattern soon coming up. two people are dead after a plane crash in northern el paso county. e single eine -plane went wn yesterday morning on the sohse of plamer ke and sparked a small grass fire. firefighte were abo keep it to out a quarter of an acre. one witness says they were driving when they saw the plane nearing the ground.... then idisappred and eyaw black smoke. the victims have not yet been identified... right now... instigators are still trying to figure out wh caused the ple to go down. as many 70 peoplwill be impacted because of downsizing at the evraz steemill in pueblo the company isndefinitely shutting down it's seamless pipe unit at the mill because of surge

in gas and oil drilling. evraz tells news 5 they will consider reopening the line, if market conditions improve. nationwide, peowners have facecases of people... trying to poison ds with tained treats. but in colorado... we've learned there's e potential for w dangers, with pot edibles and pets. as news five'saddie garrett explains -- many of those paents end up in emergency vet clinics -- with symptoms similar stroke or seizures. and one pet owner we talked with... who doesn'consume marijuana... says this problem made its way to her own backyard. nats of barking at 13 years old... nats "good girl soph" sophie is a member of the family. sot courtney olson, pet owne "iwas like the most stressful puy paing nighof ves." olson h hnd had just finished dinner... sot courtney "at 30 wnoticed she starte acting all crazy, like it looked

she was having a seizure." and things only got worse. sot courtn "she kept shaking uncontrollably and ery time we uld pet her she wowhince and she couldn't stand up and it was just horrible to see her that distraught." not knowing what was wrong, th took sophie the emergency vet. sot courtn "we walked in and they we like do you have recreational drugs in the house, and we're like no, and the only thing she had done is s was out in the rd, we let her run around at night." they did blood work and found sophie traces of marijuana in her system... sot dr. john suddeth, vet "we are eing aot more cases of marijuana toxicity in our area." veterarian dr. john suddeth says most of the time it's an accident... either aarijuana edible is in the home.

jo suddeth "most of the time it doe't result in deatbut there can be in the oon case... there's not much they could have done. they say they'll try and check the yard more often. veterinarians say if you know yo pet consumed marijuana.... or shows signs like seizure, depression, loss ocona.. brin ta vet ay. the fbsa it's the number one scam in the country right now. crinals posing as i-r-s agents make threating cal or sending emailsemanding money... usually in the form a prepaid debit card. the i-r-s does not call about tax debts withoufirst mailinan official noti. local accountants tell us ... these scammers wanyour personalnformation. "ty're trying to get your socialecity number oth informatn that they could use file a fraudulent tax return." thlodo attorney gene sent an alt tohe mia

meone demas a prepd card for any ason, st hang up you can also reporthose scam calls and phishing emails . we've posted contactnfmati at koaa.com. topping ur eleion watch this afternoo-- tonight republican presidential candidates will face off in another debate... but... they will be one candidate short tonight... dr. ben carson says he will not attend the f newdebate in detroit... signaling he may soon end his campgn... after a poorinish super tuesday. althgh he has not plicitly said- he's leaving the race... rson says he sees "no path foard" to the nomination. he ss he'll further clarify things tomorrow... during a speech at a conferee in maryld. donald trump was the big winner on super tuesday - and he's poised to take another big leap in delegates nt week. and his poti - ny e

gone into fullack mode to stop h campan juggernaut. ted cruz znd marco r io are baling to catch up ... and won't be easy, with sixteen coests over the coming weeks... brian mor "moore" has the story from whington. -------pkg ------- war of wordsetween the multimillionaire who won the gop nonation in 2012 - and the billionaire who's hopingo win it in 2016. mi romney: s/ mitroey / r former preredential candidate :10 - :16 "donald trump is a phony, a fra. his promises a as worthless degree from trump university. applause " and donald trump. s/ donond trump / r pridential candidate "mitt romney is a stf." it's nothing less than a fight for thheart and ul of the repuican party - with the viable field now down four caidat taking the stage r tonight's debate in d troit. roey is giving voice to party insiders whoelieve the brand is being hijacked by someone who talks like aepublican ... but has a history of plang th sides of the political field. s/ mitt romney / r former presidential candidate :41 - :49 "mr. trump has changed his positions not just over the years, but er the course of the campan,

daily for three da in a row." butrp's strong sup tuesday showing demonstrates he's got plenty of supporwhere it counts at the polls. donald trump / r ppesidential candidate : - 1:07 "y"y look at what's happening g you seveon a lot of diffstates but maybmomportantly, llions and millions ofeople are joining the republican party d going out to vote." the publan party - fighting to win, with without donald trump. --- rerter livi tata--- d if the republican inders are going to stop trump - - based on thels and the iuary calendar they have about two weekektoit. m brian momoinhiton, now back t)ou. republics are lding out hope th eveif trump takes an insurmountable lea- he might not grabugh delegates s clin the nomination. mocrs ananrepuicicicmay not agree on much of anything, but they do agree on thihi that colorado should go back to a presidential primary rather than on have a caucusus e huge cros tside demoat

appear tpat participation was , , t threcord number 122-thound demomrats actually esd only a 14-percrct turnrnt. ucuses are honly once -- at 7:00 a tuesday nht - - meaning ifou canan makit, , y0u cat participate. with ariry, ballototar iled out threeeekc bef the election aan be mailil back or dropped f.leaders s parties say that would dramacally ineasesesetecitatg. e had a significananan of voters who were angry & that they dndn get to exexeses their vo for presidede "i would sasaitit notal. i ieie, it wworks to some extent, buink k e signit biarchaic.">reststing a primy d reire apapov by ththstate gislatate.e. both partihey're pressing lawmakers to make it happpp for the 2020 presidential ecean.n.n.nnpn ter the break --- ( we'vepgot t closer look at where coloradodoprings rankshen n

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bring sosooticeably coldereriranpepeaps evev slme moistutu to s sthehstern n lodo. aufufuweweher wiwiwiinis# f f e week and carry oveveinto thehweekend. ghs will be in t 60s 70s througthe weekend. significant cooling g ginsn momoayayay bececorer notiablen tuesy. thth cooler air will comomwithth some precicitaon late moay and tuesesy. now itit t t%4%4r this week's sku#report with news fiv meologt.... caee hoffman overall a pretty dry week inhe

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