the loss of a park this is a 9news. >> -- this is 9news. >> the loss of the park county deputy sending ripples through a community. how they are coming together to ask coach. a man with colorado dies -- ties using code words to save people in a factory in kansas. itude a fan festival ahead of the stadium series. i am suiting up. >> he's good! [laughter] >> good morning everyone,

marty, it will be a nice, warm weekend. >> tremendous. people watching hockey in t- shirts, especially tomorrow. clear skies here, no word -- no wood burning restrictions, next storm system off the coast of oregon in washington, a couple inches of snow. saturday night and sunday for the mountains nothing around here. wind still plugging along, the wind will decrease later in the day. a tremendous amount of sun here. calm conditions for the most part. temperatures in the low 60s for this afternoon. really good-looking day today. tomorrow closer to 70. i think we're coming up short of

piece coming up short of that. i look at a forecast like this, billing, and i think maybe we should just not going up -- does not go to work today. >> once you go out and have lunch -- maybe walk around, then get right back to work because we've got to make the money right? good morning. i-25 in washington, very few cars out there. not a whole lot happening, thank goodness. no traffic accidents to pass along. we do have stronger winds right now currently along i-70. that's fair weather contrary speaking up on.

up on. spee03 now in the 20s, a 20 minute drive from i-25 to boulder and coming from the south, castle rock to 225 speeds in the 60s, that will take you 21 minutes. back to you guys. all right, belen, thank you so much . new developments last night in the development -- in the story of a factory in kansas. a man was helping people get outside safely when he came face-to-face with the gunman. the gunman, an employee there, went on a shooting spree at the factory, in the parking lot and two other locations. 14 are hurt, three are dead. the little boy in lakewood said three words when he found out his dad was hurt. >> reporter: he certainly did. when he was told his father had been shot at the plant in

that was meeting. -- that was mean. we're told he's going to be okay. the gunman was eventually killed by police after shooting and killing three people and injuring more than a dozen others. debbie cisneros says her husband was yelling the code word for people to evacuate when he came face-to-face with the shooter. when miller contacted her last night he asked her to be gentle when telling their son what happened. >> i told him his daddy had been hurt and that he was in the hospital, but that he was okay. i thought maybe that was all i would say to him, but he immediately asked what happened. so i told him that somebody had come in and handgun and shot his daddy. -- come in and had a gun and

he said that was mean. gunman was a felon who previously lived in miami. we will continue to monitor the story all morning long. >> all right, thank you so much. a schoolteacher smelled alcohol on a bus driver and now that driver has been arrested, accused of driving drunk. he was arrested on wednesday after he dropped off 30 school. he took a blood test but the results aren't back yet. obsesses he was on medication for the flu and had not been drinking. they need help finding a robber that they say hit a convenience store in weld county. it happened at highway 66 and i- 25 a meeting yesterday.

then walked out the front door. witnesses say he wore a construction mask, white hoodie and white acid washed jeans. if you know anything about the crime, a call there was county sheriff's office -- call the weld county sheriff's office. the park county sheriff says he went along with seven deputies to serve an eviction notice because he knew it was a high risk situation. colleen ferreira joins us and even though they knew the risks, they said there was no indication that there would be any violence. >> deputies followed him into his home and that's when the man started shooting. colorado, the community of bailey -- everyone is great -- grieving right now. we go to bailey to see how they are honoring a friend and coworker.

the fact that he's gone. to me this is a slap in the face, not only to my office, but to the community. all like -- i can stand up here and shake my head but if that individual had a problem then come to me unless figure out a peaceful resolution. >> we are simply there to do our job, which is have the folks move out of a residence. peaceably. that's all it was. that's all it should have been. because the previous law enforcement contact -- left a higher level of concern for the deputies. we did not force the violent confrontation yesterday. we simply responded to the situation that was presented to us.

happened is just beyond comprehension at this time. i would like to talk a little nate carrigan. he was a caring individual, he works tirelessly, he was an excellent law enforcement professional. his death will be hard on our agency, and the loss will be felt for a long time. this is one of those things that should not have happened. >> just a beautiful tribute. in lieu of flowers they are asking for donations to a scholarship

coming up at 6:00, i have folks from the community of bailey -- they are grieving just as much is the officers are. they described him as jolly. >> and in those towns everyone knows each other. not just those of each other but really knows each other. >> he was the baseball coach, a football coach. >> all right, thank you. republic airways which flies shorter flights for elk -- delta and united -- has now filed for bankruptcy. they had to ground planes due to a pilot shortage. republic offers about 1000 daily flights and will continue operating while in bankruptcy. halliburton cuts another 5000 positions. that's about 8% of its worldwide presence in the oil services industry.

cut about 10,000 jobs in december. oil peaked at about $100 in 2014 and has fallen significantly since then. oil and gas workers in colorado are getting hit hard, but the overall jobs picture is still looking pretty good. the overall average unemployment rate drops below 4% last year. colorado have the 10th lowest unemployment rate in the country just behind it -- north dakota, nebraska, iowa -- hawaii and minnesota. good morning, we are live from coors field. we're getting ready for the nhl stadium series game. the alumni game tonight in than the current plays, avalanche versus red wings tomorrow night. getting you excited and pumped up for the game. we will head out quickly to spectator plaza where fans can go before the game and that's

having a blast this morning. >> hey, good morning yes i am all decked out this morning. up, a helmet, shoulder pads -- i've got my helmet, shoulder pads, and you can come out to meet matt duchene, nathan mackinnon -- the cool thing is, you can actually take slap shots. what can folks do here starting today? >> right now we are standing in our shooting lane, so fans can come down and test their accuracy skills here. they will get 25 seconds on the board, you've got five targets. hit all five targets in 25 seconds and you win the prize. we've got options for you here, we've got the ccm alter stick, the speed burner and the ripcord as well. >> let's trade the microphone

i don't have 20 say -- 25 seconds so i'm going to take four shots here. >> pressure pressure. [laughter] i like that is number nine. nice going -- i like that he is number nine. nice going. >> valiant effort, noel. >> check out twitter. i made one. i promise. i had one. [laughter] >> i would do much better without a goal in myself as well. [laughter] awesome, noel, thank you. noel is pretty good. i'm really impressed. and you are right, just keep the red wings stuff off to the side. we don't need any of that. it all starts with the alumni

able -- at 5:00. and then tomorrow night just after 6:00 the current avalanche will host the current red wings. parking passes are available for purchases -- for purchase online. they range from $25-$35 per night depending on house -- on how close it is to the stadium want. you can also buy -- how close it is to the stadium lot. you can also buy tickets for

seaworld admitted at least one person posed as an activist

this came after being accused of doing so. the employee was placed on administrative leave, but later reinstated to a different department. seaworld of course has been trying to rebuild its family- friendly and -- image after the 2013 black it -- documentary blackfish raised questions about the animals in captivity and their treatment. the work week is getting longer. it now takes the average worker -- 26 minutes to get to work. the typical commute since it started being tracked was 22 minutes. it's an average of 26 minutes each day to work, five days a week, that works out to 1.8 trillion minutes americans spent commuting in 2014. that works out to a total of

back and forth. by contrast though, if you are in a really busy metro area, that works out to more than a full month a year of communing -- commuting. >> i am average. 26 minutes. [laughter] >> i think i am 37. 37 minutes. with zero traffic. >> we have very little traffic out there to deal with. [laughter] i wonder if it will be light today because of all the world conditions, we have current readings now 20s and 30s in the front range and it's warmed up a bit. singles, teens and 20s in the mountain valleys this morning. we pop up in the 60s today with sunshine around the area. up-and-down i-25, low-to-mid 60s.

and 50s for the daytime highs. nhl stadium series, avalanche and red wings tomorrow night, the record warmest puck drops temperature was in january 2014 in la. we will be right back, belen, at 63 degrees . >> keeping the ice solid will be the problem. easy, breezy beautiful out there right now. stronger winds closer to the foothills, that's what our weather contour map is picking up. from idaho springs to loveland pass but no watches or warnings issued. if you are headed to dia, speeds are in the 50s. that's an 11 minute drive and

good morning, we are live from coors field. all morning long we are talking about everything inside and outside the stadium. what you need to know ahead of the alumni game tonight and the big game tomorrow. noel brennan is out here showing us all the cool stuff. the avalanche need all the winds they can get right now if they want to stay in the playoff race. they are currently four points ahead of the minnesota wild in the second wild-card spot. they've got 19 games left on their schedule, including tomorrow night. this game is important for detroit as well, who are battling for a wild-card spot in the eastern conference. it's a huge rivalry between these two teams, it will be an awesome game, and marty -- if the weather tonight and tomorrow are going to feel more like baseball whether, then hockey weather -- baseball weather, then hockey weather check -- then hockey weather

will be a challenge. >> yes it will. today we are drying colorado, lake effect snow continues throughout the great lakes and yes that's the same storm the came through here earlier in the week. this is a saturday storm that brings snow to the mountains, but nothing going on right now. fairly mild. east and west, mostly in the 20s and low 30s at this early hour. that's pretty warm. decreasing wind in the foothills through the afternoon, 40s, 50s and the foothills melting some of the generous know we got the other day. 60s down low. statewide sunshine for everyone today with the decreasing wins and -- 40s in the higher mountain valleys, 40s and 50s from the arkansas valleys to the west.

colorado. i am looking ahead now to tomorrow. strong winds earlier in the day, stretching down through the foothills. tomorrow night into the evening -- that's going to make for a really windy night tomorrow night into sunday. today, low 60s with sunshine, not much of a breeze. today we stay at or above freezing a lot of locations and that helps us jump up close to 70 degrees for tomorrow. windy sunday morning, decreasing sunday afternoon. the next chance for snow is very light snow and much cooler temperatures on a tuesday. >> all right, the chance for some snow. dry roads out there right now and the drive onto 70, smooth spate -- smooth sailing. i-25 two us 70, -- to us 70 -- 928 minutes if you are getting on

-- 8 to 9 minutes if you are

isn't this a cute little unicorn. you might wonder why we're talking about this. it was a little feisty and took some

this is a pony named juliet that got loose and started running down the highway but police in town -- in hot pursuit until someone who also owns a horse brought her home. she's a little feisty, but she looks just fine. no one else was hurt. she looks good in her headband. >> she was probably thinking, what's this thing on my head? >> maybe that's why she went running. [laughter] what makes your neighborhood the best neighborhood? we're looking at denver top neighborhoods. it's an online poll we've been running. >> today we are looking at villa park, denver's least expensive neighborhood. it costs two times less to live than the most expensive, the golden triangle. join us on a tour of villa park on our instagram page and tell us why you love your

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this is 9news. >> from the small mountain community of bailey to the metro area in denver, people across colorado are mourning a deputy who gave his life in the line of duty. gunshots rang out a factor in kansas. four people were killed including the gunman. one who survived has a colorado connection. good morning everyone, we are live from coors field this morning previewing the stadium series game tonight and tomorrow. the alumni game tonight, avalanche versus red wings tomorrow. let's check the forecast with