especially south, the southern front range area west of % pueblo, and also across parts of southwestern colorado. otherwise, clearing skies across the plains. beautiful afternoon. our temperatures now starting to slowly warm with more we'll be in the mid- to upper 30s within the next 30 to 45 minutes. high of about 40 in denver by 3:00. low to mid-40s. and a cold night tonight. clear skies, colder early tomorrow. fort colllns 41 this afternoon. aurora about 41. highlands ranch 42. teens and 20s for the central mountains. good fresh snow for the high country. especially east of the divide. a foot in some spots. warm air returns, and again from spring to winter back to spring. we'll show you all that coming uu. bring? when we have weather like this, it's a great idea to download that snowcast app. you can onitor live radar, see snow totals and set up alerts to go to your phone for your area. >>> police in boulder are looking for a driver who took off after hitting a woman as she was changing her tire. post" say the woman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries but will be okay. police are

the more we learn about a rock slide in southwestern colorado -- the more amazed we are that no one was hurt. the rocks were so big and did so much damamge part of the highway near durango will be closed most of the week. the rocks came down on sunday... but it could take crews through friday to completely clear u-s 550. c-dot posted these photos on their some of the rocks are bigger than cars. they damaged both sides of the highway workers were able to clear some of the mess -- an estimated 700 tons of rock needs to be hauled away. marty- today is your pick day of the week.... warm and lacking those crazy winds.... right now all of the gop candidates are gearing up for various south carolina town halls. m-s-n-b-c will host back to back prime time specials with donald trump and governor john kasich. and president obama is weighing in on the gop race. is washington with more. "i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president." president obama, on the republican frontrunner: "it's not hosting a talk show or a reality show." "it's hard." trump's response: presidential candidate :14-:1

new infoiotonight: the e-a says this ssive mine ill in southwestern colorado may have dumped nearly 900- thousand pounds ofoxicetals into the animas river. most othe mels csied of small particles ancame from a tributary that carried water from t minintohenimas. the e-p-a accidentally triered the spl that st millions of llons of wte into the rive lastugust. that waste flowed inhree states. governorohn hickenlooper was in coloro springs today... for his state the ste speech in southern colado today. he spoke about the creation of a national cybersecuty a inteence cter colorado springs.he saythe sps has beco a "nional ronghold" r i"ntellectual leadership" arou the wing cybsecurity industry." the large presence of milita and nse educion pelinerom u-c-s, center. ===== "what we're trying to say is the state is with you and we'r going to build this center for cyr intelligence and i going to be a national model, we're gog to trainayors and goveors on cyber surity and what they need to know." the governor also spoke about the need to invest in transporation xxxxx a colora coue will be a rt of fo

highs again 20s northwest part of the state. 30s in the central part and southwestern colorado will be in the 40s. milder here than it will be over the northeastern corner of our state. today, sunshine, 56 degrees. we'll be in the mid-20s. still looks like the warmest day of the week. we have clouds roll in thursday afternoon. no rain and no snow. cooler on friday, a brief rebound on saturday. still, a decent looking saturday, yesterday, amelia, it was like nothing happened during the morning commute. don't you wish we could do that again. >> i think we might, actually, until we hit the 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 mark. entertainment kicks off at 10:00 and the city officials are saying get downtown about head down to find that coveted parking spot. we expect delays on 25, spear, colorado, university. all of your streets in and around the city are going to be jam packed. for now, we're in the city and we're accident free. that's what we like to see at the 5:00 hour. we have excellent speeds across your commute. out further to the west side, we have high winds. kenosha pass has a high wind warning

. >>> the latest on the massive spill of mine waste in southwestern colorado, the environmental disaster at the gold king mine, turned the animas river orange last summer. and now, a vote has just been taken, on whether to ask for an epa super fund cleanup in those mountains around silverton. rick sallinger has continued to follow this story. rick. >>reporter: jim, the vote just town board and the san juan county commissioners have voted unanimously to ask governor hickenlooper to seek super fund designation from the epa. this comes after national attention on this bill and we went back to examine the impact. it was last august that millions of gallons of acid waste poured from the gold king mine. caused by an epa accident, it shined a new light on the dangers of abandoned mines. bill gardner is the town administrator for silverton. >> all of the gold king was clearly the harbinger of time for change, time to deal with our acid mine waste. >>reporter: a new water filtration plant has been built. it's not the sole answer to the plan. but resistance in and around silverton to categorizing

southwestern colorado where we had so much snow between two and three feet of snow with this storm. we have high avalanche danger. again, many areas slipping below zero and with a couple more hours of cooling, we'll stay below zero. single digits for us, we don't break into the teens consistently until well after 9:00 this morning. as far as warmth today, very little of it. a few high clouds here and there. for most of us, it's a dry day. you will get a couple of flurries near the foothills, but we'll be in the upper 20s and low 30s at best. which means, amelia, the side streets will not improve unless somebody goes out and uses a lot of elbow grease. >> i was feeling people's pain yesterday as they were working up a sweat. it was a heavy snow yesterday afternoon and into today. >>> 24 at logan. i love this black and white shot. it shows just how smooth the freeways are. we're zipping in both direction, but the sheen on the shoulders shows areas, these side streets are going to be very slick throughout the day. highway 36 looking great. 20 minutes upper 50s for your speeds. the driv

this one in southwestern colorado's back country was intentionally set off to prevent an accident later. san juan mountains are popular with skiers who sometimes trigger avalanches. a snowmobiler was buried in a slide 100 miles away. it's better to have a controlled avalanche like this. >> julian sa a sang inside ecuador's embassy in london appears to be near its end. he will himself up to authorities tomorrow if a u.n. panel rules against his claims in a case that he's brought against both britain and sweden. he took refuge in that embassy three years ago to avoid extradition to sweden where he faces sexual assault charges. >> we already did the serious political news. we started the half hour. now for a lighter moment from the campaign trail. >> this is hard to watch. jeb bush has a town hall today at a middle school cafeteria in derry, new hampshire. no matter what happens there, it cannot be any worse than this event in hanover, yesterday. >> i think the next president needs to be quieter but sends a signal we're prepared to act in the national security interests of this country to

. $2.6million have been givennto native americans in southwestern colorado from the federal federal governmentt it will be split and they are two of the tribes getting the grant money. >>> and this can affect your belts has toyota recalling 1.1 million suvs. the electric rav4s, the second row seats, the metal seat frame could cut the seat belt if the car is involved. it will take just a plastic cover to fix the probbem. >>> tis the season for potholes, from freezing to warmth, they're popping up everywhere. douglas county is asking for to you report pooholes in your neighborhood. check out thedeeverchannel.com. they said that they are out every day whhn the weather is nice filling the potholes. >>> sort of nice but the winds made it not very pleasant. % here is a current view of the camera out east of dia. this is a time lapse at copper mountain looking west over vail pass, and that camera is fixed nicely on one of the big lifts on top of copper. you cannsee the wind blowing in and they'll pick up 3-5" at copper tonight and in denver and across the state, look at the highs, wow. 88 at dodge cit

the avalanche in southwestern colorado's san juan mountains was intentionally set off to prevent an accident later. the area is popular with outdoorsmen who sometimes trigger avalanches. this controlled avalanche made sure a key road stays open. >>> other roads in the northern rockies and cascades are likely to be snow covered this morning. drivers can expect wet roads in the northwest and along the eastern seaboard, possibly even flooding in the south. a little slippery from know near the northern great lakes. >>> if you're flying, airport delays are likeliest in boston. >>> now to the latest on the zika virus outbreak. the governor of florida has declared a health emergency in four counties because of the virus. >> at least nine cases of the mosquito-borne illness detected in florida. the cases are from people who contracted the disease elsewhere. and the president of brazil says the virus has gone from a distant nightmare to a real threat against the brazilian people. >> some are saying that health threat in brazil should force the cancellation of the olympics. one medical ethicist says i

it till beats the current 200- mile detour that's taking >>> in southwestern colorado another slide shut down part of the so-called million dollar highway. early sunday morning about 700 tons of rock came down on highway 550. crews believe it will take about 70 trips by dump trucks to clear away all the rocks. it could be friday before all the lanes have reopened. >>> one stop shopping for car thieves, someone took 11 from a wheat ridge car lot overnight along with keeps to dozens of others. wheat ridge police told 9news reporter jonathan gonzalez they have no suspects. >> reporter: there's no clues. none of the neighbors have seen anything. one neighbor told the owner they heard loud noises coming from the dealership around 1 a.m. right around the time the owner may have been having a premonition about the whole thing. >> i had this crazy, crazy dream last night, man. >> reporter: while trevor mcmanus was sleeping. >> that i was breaking and entering into these buildings and i stole all this stuff. >> reporter: he says a thief were carrying out what evolved into a nightmare come true. >

especially in western and southwestern colorado, but make note, of the foothills, also included in the advisory, and portions of western douglas and jefferson county. so probably by tomorrow morning, significant accumulations, especially at elevations. so we're right off 285 here, and you can start to see some of of that snow filling in the the 10:00 p.m. news tonight r we'll start to see the news right in denver, coming up in a few minute, ed greene will let you know how long this lasts and specifics on how much we can expect in the city. >>> thank you. right now, an update for you in the trial of the woman who a k toed 27-year-old -- a k toed 27-year-old michelle wilkins. against dynel lane of longmont. lauren dispirito has been covering this trial and lauren, you found out that the jury is going home for the night, huh? >>reporter: they are, they were just sent home for the night, within the last five minutes. that means that today, jim, they spent about 6 hours deliberating, we know that they had two questions that those were answered during that time frame, but not shared with rep

to the south, down in through the sangre de cristos and across parts of southwestern colorado that snow will continue through the afternoon. we'll start to see clearing by tonight, state-wide, quieter conditions. it will be pretty chilly. not that warm today. upper 30s to low 40s. some of the coolest air that e have seen so far this couple of weeks. really since the first of the month when they had that first snowstorm. state-wide, teens and 20s up highs this afternoon in the 30s and 40s. most of the metrr area around 40 to even 45 degrees. akron today a high of 45. warmer there. closer in, boulder at about 39. fort collins at 41. little breezy across parts of northern colorado. winds will pick up between 20 to 25 miles per hour. now back to the seven-day. tomorrow mostly sunny. 51. 52 thursday. by the end of the week it's warmer, friday mid- to upper 50s. saturday one of the warmest days on our seven-day forecast, also the bright spot, polar plunge at the denver zoo. our entire morning team will be cedars. up to cold weather. we're going to send it out to her live in nedderland. that's

. >>> remember the mess in southwestern colorado. the epa is promising to involve local officials in decisions about possible superfund epa made the pledge in a letter that is sent to the sound of silver 10. last august the epa accidentally unleashed 3,000,000 gallons of waste from the goal king mine. rivers in utah were also polluted. >>> it's gorgeous now but major winter blast is hitting huge part of the country on this presidents' day. people are dealing with snow, ice from the midwest to the south and northeast. washington dc is under a winter storm warning. people are bracing for up to 6 inchee of snow. 7 inches fell in parts of kentucky and five in virginia. ddnver7 gus are blowinn snow over. >> it's like being on a rooler coaster. >> in north carolina, officials blame winter weather for more than 1000 crashes since midnight here in boston, sundays at some zero temperature shattered a 60-year- old record in new york, the coldest valentine's day in 100 years. >> any day. >> here at peace, windfarm near the wyoming may not -- wy

. >>> in southwestern colorado another slide shut down part of the so-called million dollar highway. early sunday morning about 700 tons of rock came down on highway 550. crews believe it will take about 70 trips by dump trucks to clear away all the rocks. it could be friday before all >>> one stop shopping for car thieves, someone took 11 from a wheat ridge car lot overnight along with keeps to dozens of others. wheat ridge police told 9news reporter jonathan gonzalez they have no suspects. >> reporter: there's no clues. none of the neighbors have seen anything. one neighbor told the owner they heard loud noises coming from the dealership around 1 a.m. right around the time the owner may have been having a premonition about the whole thing. >> i had this crazy, crazy dream last night, man. >> reporter: while trevor mcmanus was sleeping. >> that i was breaking and entering into these buildings and i stole all this stuff. >> reporter: he says a thief or more likely a group of them were carrying out what evolved into a nightmare come true. >> i can't believe that can you believe that?

8:30 skies will rapidly clear and still snow in the sangre de cristos and across parts of southwestern colorado. but sunshine by this afternoon, covering northeastern colorado. very fast moving storm. >> we still have icy spots, slick spots, slush to deal with. rory is driving in castle rock. you can see the slick conditions on the surface streets along front street getting to i-25. mostly slushy down there. there is an accident northbound i-25 exiting castle pines parkway. you're not seeing too many problems for the drive. been a few accidents here and most of of them cleaned up already. north side of town is heavy stop and go, typical for us. 25 minutes into downtown from that north side. we have more traffic on 270 and i-76 and also on 225. like i said to the south side there's that one accident on castle pines parkway. commute times not too badly. daryl orr has been driving around in some of the worst spots around town, including to the west side. looks wet and sloppy for you out to the west side now, daryl. >> reporter: it is very sloppy out here, jayson. we keep having to hit the buttons

. >>> a 20-year-old woman is okay after a stabbing in southwestern colorado, not far from durango. police are still looking for the person who stabbed her. she is the great-great- granddaughter of jackkhouse, the last fro additional ut -- traditional ute mountain chief. >>> a boy and girl led authorities on a hase down u.s. 85 before they were arrested. it began as a police officer tried to stop the vehicle. the driver took off. 3 >>> got a scam to warn you about. weld county deputies say someone is claiming to be one of them. but it's not true. new get a call from someone named lieutenant ross or captain davenport, be suspicious. the caller asks people to go to king soopers and wire them money. don't do that. started in american guns on the discovery channel is now behind bars with federal charges. he also runs gun smoke firearms in wheat ridge. >>> a dog accused of mauling three people in denver is in the hands of animal control. among the victims, a 20-month- old toddler had to have surgery. a neighbor who was too afraid to show her face says she's terrified of that dog. >> he c

meanwhile in southwestern colorado, another rock slide has shut down part of a highway near durango. about 700 tons of rock came down. it could be friday before all of the rocks are broken up, cleared out and all of the lanes are reopened. the death of a teenager dylan redline is now closed. the judge dismissed the wrongful death against his dad. according to the attorney for dylan's mom, she filed the lawsuit four days after the limitation had expired. the suit had been filed within two years of dylan's remains being found. the lawyer said they found the suit exactly after the family was told that the remains belonged to dylan. 13-year-old dylan disappeared from his dad's house in 2012. his death was ruled a homicide. investigators say dylan's father is a person of interest but no criminal charges have been filed. >>> seven minutes after 6:00 right now. politics and a new poll puts bernie sanders and hillary clinton neck-and-neck in nevada just days before the democratic caucus there. according to the cnn poll, secretary clinton is leading 48 to sanders 47%. holds a lead in south ca

. >>> southwestern colorado, crews are clearing the rocks that fell on to highway 550 sunday, ten miles south of durango. crews pushed the rocks on to the inside lane, they'll have to hall those 700 tons of rocks out of the way. expect delays the rest of the week prosecutors outline their case against three men, accused in a series of violent bank robberies, also accused of shooting two people. while trying to steal cars, after one of those robberies. tyrone richardson, myloh mason and milg sanders faces charges. prosecutors are trying to prof evidence to send them to trial. >>> a jefferson county sheriff's deputy testified this morning about the robbery on november 18th. ten people were forced into a vault, at this first bank in lakewood. the testimony continued all afternoon. and we'll have more from the witness stand coming up at 6:00 o'clock. >>> developing tonight, opening statements are set for tomorrow, in the trial of dynel lane. a injury was seated today -- injury was seated today. lane is the woman accused of cutting the unborn baby out of a pregnant woman in longmont. she los