this was the scene today on weld county road en county roads 128 an130. deputies and fire crews are stilon scene working to contain the flames. no word tonight on how muc grass burn---of if t are any inriesa high wind-watch remains effector weld county througho the eve. now to kansas---where firerews are battling this massive grass re itrked on e kans, miouri border earlr today.the fire h destroy at least two bas---and several acres are scorched. most of kansas is alsonder a red flag warning tonig. we spo with the colorado springs fire chief today about the potentiafire danger. he says there e things we can all do to prent grs fires from starting up. first---don't throw cigarettes outside of your car ndow or onto theround and d y type of outdoor rn temperatesndh winds-- e reanger leve high. sie a d flag warning is in effect, the fi department has more cren nd andhere's an iree in rpoe level. our team gavu the first eroday's redg warnings. we'll keep updated on tonight's condns both on-air and online at koaa-dotom jesus is off the lt. when students at holm

a suspect is dead following a police shooting in evans, which is in weld county. just a couple of minutes ago we learned the suspect was shot after he showed a gun. another suspect on the scene was arrested. this is a live look at the scene on highway 85, the highway is closed between 37th and 42nd streets in evans. it is expected to be closed most of the morning as they continue this investigation. the officer, by the way, we believe is okay.

. >> also ahead the damage so far caused by a large grassfire in weld county burning near the wyoming state line. >> and hundreds of school children invited to attend a sold out performance by the >>> high winds today fueled a large grassfire that has burned several acres near the weld county state line. at least one structure has burned, no injuries reported. the fire began late this morning. high wind watch has been in effect for weld county much of the day. >>> more than 1/3 of americans are tossing and turning when they should be getting a good night's rest. experts recommend adults sleep at least seven hours a night. getting less than that is linked to a variety of health problems including diabetes and heart disease. the cdc reports one in three adults does not get enough sleep, especially true among african americans and people living in the southeast. >>> the colorado ballet isn't usually a place where people get rowdy. today it was different. 1,800 colorado school kids were invited to see a sold out performance. 9news photojournalist anne field trip to the ellie caulkins oper

anyone that recognizes the car or the vehicle is urged to call the weld county sheriff's office. there hadn't been any weapons and can this hadn't turned violent, but they're hoping that somebody recognizes the car or these suspects. live, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> tonight, two unlikely heroes rescue a mailman from vicious dogs. how they fought them sxauf what's next for the dogs own. >> plus, giving teen sexting the green light, why new mexico might make it legal for kids to exchange new photos. >> beating the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. the app that's saving people >> the video of the driver who couldn't come close to passing the sobriety test. >> clear skies, the whole western half of the united states, so the next several days, sunny, and very mild around here. in fact, your weekend could start with a near record high. >> in sports, spring training, the rocky pitchers are optimistic and john elway is like the rest of us. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for

we have several police and weld county sheriff's office to find out lets go to amelia around the the small mountain comunity in park county is hurting we are learning the small mountain county is hurting this morning... they're mourning the small mountain comunity in park county is hurting this morning... they're mourning county is hurting this morning... they're mourning the loss of a man who wasn't just a deputy... he was a coach... and a friend. corporal nate carrigan was among three deputies shot while serving an eviction notice at a home near bailey. corporal carrigan died... his two partners survived. 9news reporter noel brennan is in park county this morning.. noel - it seems as though deputies knew... the homeowner was a potential threat. about 9:48 yesterday morning, martin wirth. police say wirth came out onto the deck and then went back inside. officers followed wirth into the home and that's when he started shooting. corporal nate carrigan was shot and died at the scene. master patrol deputy kolby martin was hit multiple times and is in critical condition. a bullet grazed

anyone that recognizes the car or the vehicle is urged to call the weld county sheriff's office. there hadn't been any weapons and can this hadn't turned violent, but they're hoping that somebody recognizes the car or these suspects. live, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> tonight, two unlikely heroes dogs. how they fought them sxauf what's next for the dogs own. >> plus, giving teen sexting the green light, why new mexico might make it legal for kids to exchange new photos. >> beating the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. the app that's saving people hundreds of dollars. >> the video of the driver who couldn't come close to passing the sobriety test. >> clear skies, the whole western half of the united states, so the next several days, sunny, and very mild around here. in fact, your weekend could start with a near record high. >> in sports, spring training, the rocky pitchers are optimistic and john elway is that's,, ,, ,, ,, bernie sanders -- the courage to stand up to big oil because he won't take their money. that's why sanders said no to the keystone pipeline and never waffle

eastern colorado because of hot temperatures and low humidity. warnings it sounds unreal, a woman in weld county was burning trash. >> unbelievable, the wind spread the flames entered into wild fire. firefighters are battling it. >>> lance hernandes is on the scene. >>reporter: the fire has been extinguished but not before consuming this corral and adjacent line that was fiiled with pay as well as an estimated 4000 acres of grass into the northeast. you can see firefighters working on what's left of the barn and you can see tte smoldering hay and they moved the black and heyy3 off to the side of the embers. the same thing with this fence and they ended up having to knock it down. the wind driven fire back iito stretch of the fire from county road 75 to 77 and othee offenses were destroyed that no other structures, thh chief told me it was difficult to fight the blaze initially. >> water was a big issue and it was no longer an issue. >>reporter: the property owner said she started putting the trash before the winddpicked up and she feels bad that the wind started before that. the good news is it'

in weld county. the sheriff office issuing a warning about a police impwers nateer scam in the area. multiple people say they have gotten a call from a lieutenant ross or captain davenport. who claim to be with the grand jury of weld county. the callers are asking people to go and wire them money. authorities say if you or anyone you know gets this call. report it immediately. >> our lives are online. and our lives are vulnerable. just ask the security team at level 3 communication. in broom field. >> this is the level 3. security operation center. it's a 24 by 7. staff organization. and they monitor global threats against the internet. and against our customers. >> . their job and this highly secure room. is to stop the bad guys in their tracks. if you think this is over kill. think again. >> the threat is real. in fact a lot more prevalent that we raelsz realize. i want to show you a map here. called a threat map. every pwru line on this map is an active threat happening right now. a bad guy pullin

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 th

the weld county sheriff's office took nicholas lahey into custody. they say they discovered him -- he had put an ad on craigslist acting for help in moving the scrap. the the the man who responded was not aware that it was illegal. they say he told him that he had permission. >>> the hunt is on for in weld county for two men accused of stealing from charity stores. >> the gentleman was in the store a few times prior. he had stolen the hunger jar change that beats a hungry people. there were dollar bills in there as well. i would say maybe $50-$75. >> they stole a charity jar for a charity in the poll. they ran out to a mercury sable.>>> we now know apple is are going against helping the government see into the phone of a dead terrorist. a claims that investigators cannot deputize it as an arm of the government, to write code to bypass its lockout function on the iphone. the justice department is saying that apple is objecting to something that they have not had a problem with before. the whole thing could end up before the supreme court. >>> a trump

i guess he was hitting other places too. >> the weld county sheriff's office thinks there are three other robberies by these two men. they're similar happening in the early morning hours. at this conico in immediate, a charity jar like this one taken. a spare change meant for >> very sick and upset. >> two different conico, they have taken away two -- >> it happened once, it can happen again. >> her employee was shaken up. >> she was violated because that's how children get fed. >> jeff todd reporting. this is the car police are looking for. an early 2000 ford taurus. >>> new information on the hated company. abercombie is at the top. turn around sells are not working. walmart second on the list. the most loved company was the new york state supermarket chain wegman's. >> how do you like that one. lauren is here with your weather as we get you started. big >> big weekend and nice temperatures. today, gusty winds expected on the eastern plains and windy in the foothills and high country. during the day today, not too bad. tomorrow, the winds are going to be nasty in the foothills. 27 in ra

still, in the 60s front range numbers, coldest to the northup in weld county. lower to middle 40s, 53 in denver, 58 down at highlands ranch and a mix of 40s and a few upper 30s in the mountains, tonight, expect highhclouds, cool temperatures, 28 for a low. winds the air quality will be not so great. high of 53. under partly cloudy skies, looking into the weekend, gradually climbing back up again into the upper 50s on saturday. then, check it out. back to the low 60s even middle 60s by the middle of next week. no big storms coming our way for awhile. -`for right now. enjoy the mild and pleasant. >> yes. thank you, mike. >>> after the break, what >>> normally what happens in vegas stays in vegas. not this story. people on the strip got a show and one they did not want to see. %- you see they thought it would be fun to ride the ferris wheel while having sex. as soon as they noticed the couple naked. they stopped the ride and both taken into custody and later on, his fiancee bail period him out of jail and check it out for why he did it? >> they thought i was pregn

under weld county. >> same thing in denver. >> . people get a little afraid. when they get a call like this. >> they are telling people to go to king supers to pay. wire money to pay a fine or ticket. they're asked to use a prepaid credit card. all of those things we don't do. >> . if you get a call like this. and you're not sure if it's real. or fake. the best and simplest thing to do is just call back that police department yourself. >> . i have seen hem play over in the tennis court. and you just seem like i just can't understand why someone would do something like just breaks my heart. it hurts. it hits home. >> the boys identity is not being released. grief counselors were on hand for students earlier today. >> . jury selection is now under way. in the trial of a woman accuse of attacking a pregnant woman. cutting her unborn child from her womb. >> . testimony is expected to start next week. if convicted. she could be sentenced up to 140 finds they wraoefped the issued two misleading reports. and used taxpayers dollars to fund a third deceptive report. to

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that issbecause you can see the weld county sheriffs command unit is here, the mobile command and they're here still gathering evidence. this comes one day after the tragedy in park county. >> i heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, like that. just like that. at least 10 or 12. >> reporter: witnesses react to what they saw this morning off highway 85 in evans. >> it sounds like the craziest, scariest thing i've ever heard. >> reporter: police fired on a suspect, killing him. >> i don't know what's going >> reporter: it started as a trespassing call. police saying officers chased down two men, one of them turning and firing. after police set up a perimeter they confronted the men a second time when ooe of the suspects showed a gun. it's when investigators say police shot him. >> we hope no one is injured, that is primary. on the other hand, there are times when we don't have a choice. >> reporter: a team of investigators from agencies across weld county will gather the evidence to determine if this shooting was justified. that is typical for an officer- involved shooting. in evans,

. >>> right now, deputies in weld county say two thieves are zeroing in on easy targets and stealing from people two need the money the most. one theft happened between windsor and loveland. she said someone took money from the donation jar meant to feed the hungry. >> there was dollar bills in there as well. i would say maybe 50 to $75. i guess he was hitting other places too. >> the weld county sheriff's office thinks there's three this includes a convenient -- the thefts happened in the early morning hours and investigators thinks the crooks stolen a few hundred dollars. >>> police are looking for an early 2000 ford taurus or mercury. they say the car the crooks used looks like this one on your screen. >>> super tuesday looms a few days away. colorado are holding caucuses or primary and it's a turning point in election because -- republicans in our state will gather, but they won't take a poll on their preference for the presidential nominee. state's party executive committee decided to cancel the presidential preference poll this year. colorado republican party steve house says t

a suspect is dead following a police shooting in evans, which is in weld county. just a couple of minutes ago we learned the suspect was shot after he showed a gun. another suspect on the scene was arrested. this is a live look at the scene on highway 85, the highway is closed between 37th and 42nd streets in evans. it is expected to be closed most of the morning as they continue this investigation. the officer, by the way, we believe is okay. traffic impact because of this activity here along highway 85. 85 is closed both directions from 37th street to 42nd street south of 34 in evans, which is directly south of greeley. a local detour is in place and a 5 to 10 minute delay is anticipated. highway 85 is of course the main artery leaving greeley to head anywhere south. so as this continues to evolve, we'll keep you updated on the details. but for right now 85 is closed both directions during this roadway here because of the local detour. 5 to 10 extra minutes needed to get around this closure. >>> good morning everyone, welcome to 9news i'm corey rose alongside ga

you'll notice the difference just in the 40s across weld county, morgan county into parts of arapahoe and adams county, milder as you get to higher elevations to the south and west. for tonight 28, high clouds, kind of cool. tomorrow we'll have only around 53, which is still well above normal this time of year, and looking ahead we bounce right back, 50s on the way for the weekend and then getting up into the 60s again early next week as more of this mild weather conninues. we will not see any wild weather around here for a while, still another week or so before the pattern is going to change. all this month denver7 and u.s. bank are honoring volunteers who keep area nonprofits working. >>> the first thing many people notice when they walk into children's hospital in colorado on her vest all given to her by patients and their families to thank her for helping them the past 10 years. >> the opportunities here are unbelievable. so go home with a full heart every day when i'm here. >> for her hard work denver7 and u.s. bank gave donna a $100 gift card to. learn more about donna and inclu

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. `>> a weld county man has been sentenced for 20 years for strangling his girlfriend and disfiguring her face. he was convicted of first and second degree aasault. >>> state troopers arrested a man accused of abducting his two-year-old daughter in new mexico and leaving them on adjacent to colorado. this is from the world journal, troopers put down stressed to -`stop his suv-- strips to stop his suv so it would roll over-- oliver. his daughter denise, she was airlifttd to children's hospital with minor injuries. >>> trying to keep his wife by keeping her in a running car in her garage. he thought his wife leaving him and put her in a running suv. police found the door closed and a towel at the base of the main door. they were transported to inglewood-- englewood to be >>> a state lawmaker is working with a film school to prevent a sex scandal from happening again. >> to educate your friends about sexting. >>> how the flight of smaller -`birds can help researchers keep larger ooes safe. >>> how eaaing chocolate and >>> we are back with breakingg political news. donald trump and bernie

the next couple hours as temperatures fall and snow all throughout the metro area extending into weld county and the eastern plains. this snow will continue to be moderate to heavy. some of the reports towards byers, a couple of inches. and this storm is swinging a lot of moisture into eastern colorado and lighter snow in the mountains and rain in southwestern kansas and strong thunderstorms in the panhandle of oklahoma into the panhandle of texas. this system has a slew of warnings, blizzard warnings have slick conditions indeed. >>> and the roads, very slick. the state patrol is warning that i-25 is very slick near castle pines. earlier, we rode with one of 86 cdot plows spreading chloride they said they were lucky to get ahead of the storm. >> this isn't bad. we have been able to keep up with it pretty well. we a jump on it, and we were able to make another round and scrape off what was there, drop the material, and it's wet again. >> russell, what problems are you seeing out there? >> reporter: well, eric, i must say we have seen road conditions deteriorate tremendously in the past hour,

front range numbers for saturday are very nice, 50s and weld county, fort collins as well, 0s in the metro area. it will feel like springtime. below will drop to 27 tomorrow and 62 will be the high. it will be a little windy sunday and monday and back into the 50s. we will be back in the 60s on monday. wednesday as the bright spot with 65 and sunshine. we may have wind and some snow flurries in colder weather on friday. it is still february. >> snow? [ laughter ] >> we will need some before too long. >>> every day more than 160,000 students skip school for fear of being bullied. we have had the honor of >> reporter: brad never knew rachel j stop -- rachel j scott work he introduces people to her challenge. >> [ indiscernible - intermittent audio ] fully integrating rachel's challenge into our culture. >> reporter: rachel was the first person killed in the columbine shootings. her father began rachel's challenge to help people to treat people the right way with compassion. thanks to region's challenge and dedication to the program, rachels story -- rachel's story lives on. >> we got t

fire in northern weld county this morning burned one stricture northeast of greeley. firefighters were not able to >>> the trial for a woman removing an unborn baby from a second day today. they say wilkins had a large cut on her abdamen, wounds-- abdomen, wounds on her neck. not. they argue the doctor who performed an autopsy on the baby should not be allowed in court. attorney beck called it irrelevant because lane is not charged with murder. >> there is no charge against aurora. she is not a victim in this case. the people have not charged any crimes of, um, murder in the first degree against her, attempted murder, she simply is not an issue in the legal sense in this case. >> the judge agreed and the autopsy will not be discussed in court. the prosecution said it showed several items from the house, including 2 knives, lane lowered her eyes when the evidence was >>> a suspect is facing dui charge for a crash that killed a 40-year-old mother on valentine's day at 80th and sheridan. jose cruz was the driver, monica zapata died, cruz is charged with vehicular homicid

part of the i-25 into weld county, southern home. we have a warning -- wyoming. we have a warning, gusts around 70 miles per hour and above timber line. around here 75 miles per hour. as we go throughout the evening, the winds not too bad. tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. firing up 50 miles per hour speeds from idaho springs, that peak to peak highway, highway 93, it will be a mess. it down to the metro area. we will be talking about gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. and by tomorrow evening, winds foothills. we are also dealing with snowfall in the mountains. i-70. vail pass, snowfall as the jet stream dips down. snowfall to the west of the continental divide. we had a few rain showers passing throughout the eastern plains. light snowfall through limon as well. the bands push out after midnight. snowfall continues in the mountains, along i-75. all you folks enjoying the winter months and the snowfall, i-70 tomorrow evening might be tricky with the snow and the wind too. midnight tomorrow evening. 510 inches possible around rocky mountain national park. winter

up, what are >>,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >>> we have these images to show you this morning of thieves in weld county who are stealing from the most needy. it's a crime that will make you mad. here's our jeff todd. >> do you remember that jar we had here to feed the hunger? >> i don't. >> vaguely. we had somebody come and steal it >>reporter: it's all brenda has been telling customers. >> a gentleman was in the store a few times prior stealing the hunger jar. it changed that feed's hunger -- i would say maybe 50 to $75. i guess he was hitting other places to. county think -- at c-- a conico in immediate -- >> very sxik upset. >> two come and go locations, the men have taken change dispenser. investigators think the suspects gotten away with only a few hundred dollars. >> it happened once, it can happen again. >> brenda says her employee was shaken up. >> he was very violated as far as to how -- >> jeff todd reporting. you can see the images of the people believed to be involved. this for. this is an early 2000 ford taurus or mercury sable. >>> new information on the most it's the retail industry stud

this weld county man has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars. he was convicted of first and second degree assault last year. police say he strangleed his lid. >>> this man is accused of hitting a deputy in the face. when they tried to put him in handcuffs they say he ran and punched a deputy. deputies tracked him down. he now faces several felony charges. >>> in aurora police investigating the homicide for early tuesday morning. they say found a woman dead on east first drive in an apartment. officers found a man in the apartment. police are not releasing his name, but they tell us he is considered a person of interest. >>> 4:45 now. registered nurse is accused of swindlinggmore than $140,000 in elderly patient. sheila wagner is accused of allowing a meth lab o operate in the patient's house. that house in longmont has been condemned. police say the nurse is related to the 89-year-old patient and moved in about 10 months ago. >> this resulted in high levels of methamphetamine concentrations in the home that mitigate the meth use in the home. >>

you can see that snow extending into boulder, parts of weld county. this is really light it will produce minor accumulationn while the high country will see perhaps a few inches of snow. the temperatures are chilly generally holding into the 20s across the metro area, statewide it is still 17 at aspen, as far as conditions for tonight light snow developing. it will get a few flurries early on friday but check that out, we have 60s coming up in the seven day planner.>>> it is and in three days one team will come out on top. we all know who it will be, right? the broncos are preparing to take on the panthers. my co-anchor is live and thunder finally joined the bunch out there.>> reporter: thunder arrived today, the sun is out not going to brag but it's pretty nice. take a look at this deal, the bay bridge to oakland. we are counting down, lesson a few -- 22 hours. nursing more fans arrive here. that includes, thunder, the broncos mascot arrived. hopefully, we will be seeing a lot offender on sunday, a story have been keeping a close eye uber they are re

. >>> in weld county this fire burned about 4,000 acres. >> a homeowner said it started when she burned trashed, fennes. >> like having to fight a fire in this kind of wind? >> terrible. it was firing back up on us and scene we got it put out. >> the property owner says she feels bad. the chief says this is why you want to check that forecast before you burn any trash. >>> i-25 had to be closed two hours last night because officials were afraid that might come down. video there. but strong winds, there you see the crews working on it, the winds knocked a couple panels off that sign, not the sign itself. if one of the panels fell onto the light rail or a car below that could be very serious. >> is there something structurally wrong with your sign? >> no. strong winds, which has happened in a lot of places today, has jostleed loose some braces. now it's looking like two panels. we have it fixed and working and it will be taken care of. fine, it's the panels. a team will be out ttday to make another look at it. >>> the wind caused a lot of problems for drivers. state troopers say the wind

weld county deputies say someone is going around claiming to be one of them, but is not. if you get a call from someone named lieutenant ross or captain davenport, be suspicious. they ask the caller to go to king soopers and wire them money. >>> people in denver are they believe is dangerous. he's mauled three people in the past six months, including a 3 toddler that required surgery. we talked to a neighbor too afraid to show her face. >> he chased me down the street. he chased me down and i triped over the porch o get in the house away from him. >> denver animal control has the dog, but thus far officials haven't answered our questions dog. the og has attacked four people and hannful of pets since 2011. in two cases the dog broke the other animal's legs. the dog's owner is charged with a feeony. >>> democratic presidential candidates coming off another hillary clinton winning in hampphire. a lot on the line here. they're heading in south carolina now. things got heated when clinton called sanders' health care plan unrealistic. >> that's a promise that cannot be kept. no

. >>> this fire in weld county proof of how dangerous today's weather is. what started as a trash fire grew into this near the wyoming border. -`several fire ddpartments were out there, driving through the field and spraying water on the fire line. lance, you're right where the fire started. >> reporter: and there were tense moments. this is where the fire began this afternoon before the winds picked up. once the winds started, the flames spread quicklyyto the northeast. 8 fire departments as far as laramie county and pine bluff, you can see what's left of the property owner's barn, filled with they and is a total loss. it spread northeast consuming an estimated 4,000 acres. there were no other tructures lost but fences destroyed. the fire chief said they didn't have enough water to fight the blaze until crews from neighboring districts arrived oo scene. what's it like having to fight a firr in this kind of wind? >> terrible. it was flaring back up on us. we had enough departments on scene that we got it put out. >> reporter: now, the propertyy `wner told m

. >>> a homeowner in weld county started burning trash and the winds kicked up. >> wind and fire don't mix. it's caused a firenado in missouri. and got out of control. it burned 1300 acres and gobbleed up a couple of baans. >>> to the mountains, i-70 and glenwood canyoo closed after the rock slide. this happened monday. cdot says this interstate probably won't open until at least sunday. >> but there is detour and jayson is joining us with a good idea how to get around this mmss. >> a couple of ways to get around it. couple of ways not to get around it as well. i-70, this is the section from gypsum to glenwood springs, the area closed down. this is the way to get closed down. highway 131 to steamboat and over to on 40 and back on 13, to meeker vice versa. it's snowy and slick. chain laws up that way. now the traffic looks okay, at least will be slowest around steamboat springs, very slick conditions. don't use highway 82 through aspen, independence pass remains closed down. to be about 10 degrees cooler. mostly sunny, not as windy. this orning still gusty in boulder. in the foothills l

it's lighter up to the north now at weld county and larimer county and this is drifting to the sootheast so that snow ban will diminish from north to south. out in the eastern plains you get to washington county, yuma county, and kansas it's just dumping along with strong winds. blizzard conditions there. the mountains are still getting snow showers. sometimes the snow doesn't show up as well there because of the radar. but there is still snow up in the high country. one thing that is not high is the temperatures. 6 below in bertha pass. and across the state we not only have the cold temperatures but the strong winds on the eastern plains making the windchills feel like readings closer to zero. moving off to the northeast it will carry the main band of snow with thunderstorms on the warm side of this storm system out away from us for the rest of the day. we're going to continue to have the winds, the cold, and at least the lighter snow through the morning. by afternoon and into the evening, it's more flurry activity. still a few more inches of snow possible in the mountain. the temperatu

earlier today another fire in northern weld county burned one structure 40 miles northeast of greeley. help was called in from communities in wyoming, no word yet how that fire started. >>> before the winds kicked up this afternoon and evening the big weather story was the heat. denver broke a record going back 86 years, the high reaching 73. for perspective it was just 2 degrees cooler than miami. we still have about 10 days to go in the month. if this pattern holds, denver could very well break the record for the warmest february. it was just a year ago denver broke the record for the snowiest february. in a few minutes kathy is back with a forecast that includes cooler weather and a chance for snow. >>> it could be weeks before i- 70 is fully reopened after a rockslide in glenwood canyon. a pilot car would lead vehicles one direction at a time through 6 miles alternating east and west. delays will be at least an hour while that's going on. cdot said weather slowed its progress forcing crews to hand carry tools when a helicopter could not fly. the closure is already affecting touris

this one probably the biggest at 4,000 acres in tphogtern weld county. a homeowner told us that she started burning trash before the winds kicked up. the fire destroyed her barn and damaged several fences. look at this.. %- this gas fire whipped up fire- nados. it was sparked boy a lawn mower. acres. >> the prosecution in the lane trial could ref up tomorrow. we watchee two days of emotional testimony. wilkins retelling through tears how she was attacked and cut. all she wanted was to buy now, we are monitoring the details, they are almost too hard to stphaobl and it is when you listen to the testimony in court you will likely be stunned and the second day it is no exception. ` don't know why you are doing this. i love you. she said if you love me you will let me do this and stab today in my neck. >> reporter: one day after this emotional testimony, michelle was not in the courtroom. but the horror was felt once again today. a detective showed the jury -`what the weapon prosecutors say was used in the attack. 3 they also saw this lava lamp, investigators

the weld county sheriff's residents claiming to be lieutenant ross orra captain davenpprt with the grand jury of the county. they were asking people to go to king soopers and wire them money. the denver sheriff's department also says it has an impersonator telling people they owe money for missing jury duty. these scammers are claiming to be a lieutenant mark sprinker. >>> the leadville police department is under handling evidence. both the lake county da and the bureau of investigation are looking into how the department handles and stores some of its evidence and financial improprieties. in december the leadville police ccief resigned over a personnel matter. it's unclear if that was connected to this investigation. >>> massive protests turning into riots, now the city of ferguson, missouri, is being sued by the justice department for how it handled these scenes. the lawsuit comes after city counselors voted this week to push back the settlement the city reached with the justice department. city leaders said the city agreement, but attorneyygeneral loretta lynch isn't buying that argum

you can see the weld county mobile command unit is here. this is what we know, mitch call when officers came upon two gentlemen, the suspects ran away. police say one of them looked back and fired at officers with a gun. during a second encounter with the suspects one of the suspects showed a gun and police say they shot and killed him. the other man has been taken into custody. eric lupheday. clear skies. western half of our country very quiet. a lot of sunshine today. now chilly. close to freezing. upper 20s greeley, 30 at city park. and 14 in evergreen. by this afternoon, 30s turn to 50s. a nice day. upper 40s to around 50 in denver. 30s and 40s for the mountains. sunshine state-wide today, tomorrow and looks like into saturday. saturday the warmest day on our seven-day forecast. jayson, a high near 70. >> we have a situation to the east side of town along smith and tower road in aurora, where union pacific has to do railroad repairs. some kind of maintenance they have to do now. so they have this section of smith road, or tower closed a

earlier today another fire in northern weld county burned one greeley. help was called in from yet how that fire started. >>> before the winds kicked up this afternoon and evening the big weather story was the heat. denver broke a record going back 86 years, the high reaching 73. for perspective it was just 2 degrees cooler than miami. we still have about 10 days to go in the month. if this pattern holds, denver could very well break the record for the warmest february. it was just a year ago denver broke the record for the snowiest february. in a few minutes kathy is back with a forecast that includes cooler weather and a chance for snow. >>> it could be weeks before i- 70 is fully reopened after a rockslide in glenwood canyon. one lane may be open by saturday. a pilot car would lead vehicles one direction at a time through 6 miles alternating east and west. delays will be at least an hour while that's going on. cdot said weather slowed its progress forcing crews to hand carry tools when a helicopter could not fly. the closure is already >> we do have s

it is encompassing the denver metro area pushing into the finally reaching weld county. it is spreading across the eastern plains. i-70 light snowfall coming down towards burlington, it is coming for you. the timing is here, it is starting. the heaviest snowfall will be tomorrow afternoon. 3:00-4:00, it continues until tomorrow evening. late. then everything moves out by tuesday afternoon. again, overall totals about 2 feet in the mountains, some isolated spots, potentially up to 3 feet. there is a ton of moisture with the pacific storm system and around the plains i am looking at the 8-16 number with the higher figures, a little closer to the foothills and the southwestern suburbsism traveling will be treacherous, especially tomorrow night. that is when i think we have the worst of the wind gusts along the eastern plains up to 35 miles an hour and possible blizzard-like conditions out there. ranchers, take precautions because i think you are going to have the worst of the winds from basically sterling south towards burlington into lamar. snow continues to fill in. i hav

the biggesin weld county northeast of denver, whicbued several ndreacre one structe burnedn a fairly rural area crews fromll over the region were cald into hp. the flames being fanned by today's wind. and fire crews in pueblo west afternn several smaller fires. onburned four acres--and ce daerously close to a couple of homes, butire crews were able to get it out before any dame was caused. another fi burned 20cr outside canon city--no major ge tre today's ing winds using more problems than just the rising fire nger check out the hugeree toppled by a gust near academy and austin bluffs. it's also made for hazardous driving conditons with some high-profile vehicles being blown over,.... this truckan into trouble near walsenburg. news five's bill folsom---picks up our team coverage. bil-- you found quite a bit of damage up highway 24 this afternoon? inome ars it was hd to hat a deawith messeup hair.... then there's stretches like highway 24 from nitou springs up to woodlandarwhere the ndnock out power and caed some r damage. this s is what's left eelown ove...andt e point was blocking o

. >>> this fire in weld county proof of how dangerous today's weather is. what started as a trash fire grew into this near the wyoming border. -`several fire ddpartments were out there, driving through the field and spraying water on the fire line. lance, you're right where the fire started. >> reporter: and there were tense moments. this is where the fire began this afternoon before the winds picked up. once the winds started, the flames spread quicklyyto the northeast. 8 fire departments as far as laramie county and pine bluff,

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larimer, weld county not included anymore. this should expire in the next 45 minutes ut it does include the eastern plain where we see the snow. but we had some good snow move through over night. looking at the satellite and radar a little bit of it right now. it's definitely starting to break apart. that will continue throughout the day. we will see that clearing from the north and the south. let's show you what ww will be doling been crop you can see the snow is just breaking we will still be spotty at timessen but we are going going to a lot bit -- but there is going to be little times when sun. we saw it trying to peee through the clouds. later this evening, look at the clearing we will have across i- 25. it is going to be much clearer and that sunshine will return for us tomorrow. we are just jumping all aaound. i don't know what is taking place. can you guess those numbers? look at them. one, two, one, two. let's see if we can move to another graphic. i don't know what is going on. temperatures 21 degrees. it is cold. th

the same couldn't be said for fire in rtheaste colorado.one structure-anhundredsf acres rned in weld county. muiplegencies responded as the wind quicklthrougthe drass. no iures-- andword on cause. the high winds a also slowing repair wk in glenwood canyon , where crews are working toix the road after if was heavily damaged by a rk slide earlie thiseek. c-dot officials y i-70 wl lily remaiclosed at least until tomoow.. mitigation work continues the scene. but the high winds yesterday delayecrews for several hours. c-dot sayshe wind is also causing more rocks to shift.. ancrews are address we're also learning the state may dee an emergency to help payor the cost of repairs.. which arestimated up to million dollars! time now forth andraffic on the 5s. meteorologist stephen bowers is here now with first alert 5. reco hh erates were shattered yesterday. colorado sgs warmed to 73, breaking the previs record of 66. pulo warmed to 81, breaking thprevious record of 73. pueblo also broke the record for the altime warme dn the month of february. thosrecord highs came on a d when the wind was hoing. wi

new this morning, two kids in weld county facing serious night. the boy and girl led authorities on a 100 miles per hour ccase down u.s. 85 before they were finally arrested. it began as an evans police officer tried to stop the vehicle and that's when the driver took off. the ages of the suspects >>> 6:56. first alert weather with such a pretty start to our day. gorgeous sunrise. into the istance. though a little cooler. weak cold front moving in not a lot of moisture associated with it. you're finding just a few 53 today. saturday. we have more 50s and 60s covering our entire seven-day forecast. it's spring in februury. >> reporter: if you're lloking for something new and interested this valentine's day, come to a haunted house. tomorrow. boyfriend, wife, even your ex if you want to get them scared. if you haven't seen the footagee,go on thedenverchannel.com. i got scared all morning long. i've had enough of these scary people and getting scared to death. it yourself. where is the camera going? no, no, stop it. [ sound of chainsaw ] [ screaming

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so red flag warning continues from larimer county to northern weld county until 7:00 tonight. also, from monument hill all the way down through trinidad into southern colorado. we had one brush fire pop up near strow road and parker in the parker area earlier today. one acre they got it contained and got it out rather quickly. we have a cold front coming through tonight. that is what is kicking up the wind tonight. behind it, it will be cooler tomorrow. more humidity. that will lessen the fire danger. but, i don't think it is going to bring us much moisture. so we get a little tiny bit of relief coming up for tomorrow. >> all right, we will take anything we can get. >> for sure. >> see you in a bit. >>> we have new details about a death of a skier in beaver creek. he is 39-year-old sam beal. he was the owner of blackberry farm, a luxury resort in tennessee. he was pronounced dead after an he is survived by his wife and five children. >>> a colorado man is dead after being swept into the ocean. happened wednesday in redondo beach, california. rescuers went into the dangerous su

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 chased me down the street, and i triped over the porch to get in the house away from him. >> denver animal control wouldn't answer our questions about why t's taken so long to take action. court documents show the dog %- has attacked several people and a handful of pets since 2011. in a couple cases, the dog broke the other dogs' leg. the owner is now charged with a felony. state meann changes are coming for e-470. the company managing the highway sa

a trash fire in weld county ignited brush and grass and the flames burned 4,000 acres. >> in the metro area, a record justin mcheffey shows us you can get all four season in colorado. >>reporter: the winds are over central colorado. on the high end yesterday, a wind gust of 97 miles-per-hour was recorded in lame near county. for a time, last night, loveland was closed because of the conditions. zero visibility, so if you head up to the high country with this wind, do take care on the roadways. in the mobile weather lab, justin mcheffey. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm britt moreno. >> and i'm alan gionet. glad to have you with us. let's get you started. happy friday. what's up, lauren. >> as we head into the day, the foothills will it take longer. late morning, we're doing okay. right now, winds gusting at 30 miles-an-hour in fort collins. as we zoom in more, estes park to golden, winds at 22 to 30 miles-an-hour. broomfield at 30 miles-an-hour and castle rock, 13 miles-an-hour. when you leave the house, winds are better but it's cooler out there. 31 degrees cooler in craig. 31 degrees c

. >>> authorities in weld county looking for thieves hitting convenience stores along the i- 25 corridor. they've hit four stores between sunday and tuesday. each time one man asks the clerk for a pack of cigarettes. when they're not looking, the other grabs the charity box or automated chaage dispenser. they've gotten away so far with about $200. you could earn about 10 times that if you have information to turn them in. >>> state marijuana regulators have another warning. the newest order affects pot grown sold through a dispepsry in golden and tests show it was treated with a pesticide. you can return it if you have it. >>> physicians say emergency room visits from out of towners doubled when pot sales began two years ago. it didn't change much among coloradians. >>> tonight the republican presidential hopefuls debate. the front-runner, donald trump, is in a battle with mitt romney now. romney suggests there is a bombshell hiding in trump's tax returns. >> when people decide they don't want to give you their taxes it's because there's >> romney has called on all candidates to disclose

. -- weld county . he claimed to be lieutenant ross or captain davenport. soopers. if you have any information about the person behind the calls, contact northern colorado crime stoppers, we have the number on your screen there and on our website, 9news.com. >>> medical care is expensive. that is not news but our 9 wants to know team found expensive may be a relative term. case and point, a simple bag of as we told you last night, hospitals sometimes bill patients more than $400 for a liter. it simply salt water. chris vanderveen is joining us, you are hearing from so many people who say, i have a story. >> how much would you expect to pay? we talked to somebody, $441 was billed, and we have seen from people who have written said and said they were billed $150 to $350. why the variability? can't say. we told you last night, our own dr. torres was able to buy a bag of hospital grade saline from a reputable medical supplier for $2.73. dave was billed 10 times for 10 bags of saline from swedish medical center, average cost per bag, $359. a 13,000% increase in price. we