news in colorado springs d el paso coun--now totals hit double digi! news 5 bill folsoms live in colodo springs-- with a look throughoutolorado spris... c-dot and city street ews are tryingo ep up with all the snow... orng. pls ntue t hitting primary roes. even though ere are 40 plows ing 24 hours... the ci k people are frustrated. theye asking drivers tbe patient stay o roads if at all possible. also... a remier twon't geto the side streets until thew secondary routesre clear. sayslow ews wi be sy at the next 2 urs. is intertiap shows y whe many ste plows areight w. in our area: 35 snoplows will worto clear ghwan the colodo spris area. pueblo- plows are working. 22 in trinidad and 1 l junta.25 plows are oduty in lamar. weather and traffic on the 5s. ief morning meteorologist ephen bowers is here now with first alert 5. while heavy snow is exitg to our ea, some spoy tches of are lingering this morning. road conditions are mess not only is snow on the roads slowing things down, a layer of ice beath now is making adespecilyasthis morng. as the hea snow winds down, the weaknow slabo

'll hearrostepn agn a moment-- but right now... we'lstart with news 5's bi folsom, liven couing with r live team coverage.. coinuing witouli team coverage.. les get u a check what's happening wn in pueblo.. emergency offica want us to take wea like this seously. crews e already in place a on snd-by to see how this storm will p o. "there's a vy goodossibity thisoulda lifehrtening m for people, for animals, folistock. people need to be prepared ther to be stuck in thei houses or to be stuck on the road. i'd eferhat people didn't go out on the road, but if you ha to go out on the road, you need to be read for that too." officials stress to no'tve get behind the wheel uess you've thoug about what you will do if you get stuck. thateans having ou gaso stay warm, tire chains, a towing rope, even a shovel to try andig you rway out. also.. sandr other material for tractionblankets, a flashlight.. and someood and water, also... 's imptant to reew your emergency plan wityour family rsening condions durg the day. day... most schoodistricts in epaso anteller counties are closed including d-1

. coloradrings bill folsom news 5 a live look now om cado springs. oud flag warnings in effect for a f me ho... lead forecaster mike danie gave us the first alert ons fire wch. he joins us now inhe weather center. reflag warng ciu until 8pm for most of southe colodo. gh wind, low humdty and dry fuelcrea vy high fire danger. a high wd warntil om el pasoounty south to w mexico gusts from 55 to 75 mp possible currt wind speeds all over the viewing ar. windwith blowing dust tonight, sunshine witmuch lighter win we are seeg record breaking teerates tonight. meteolt carlee hoffman joins us now with a lookt the conditions..arle gusty windof coursa huge player in todays weather story but we have so had record eaki heat ched nhighs early on durinthe day afternoonothe downsloping warming winds not completely uncoonhis time of year but some years prove to bearmer than other today we hit hhs in the 70's and 80's aco t rion.. anin the springst was back in 2004 that the record was set at 66 degrs pueblo though hasn'seen tperatures this warm onhis day since the 's --1986 to be act where the reco was set

way so students can return. bill folsom went out to district 49 where the job's been as tgh ny. how is it bill? some of the deepest snow tots happened outast. and it w made worse wind pushing the snow into drifts to get rid of th snow....district9 rented a front loader.....and it's been going all da it started at falcon high school....and will move tother schools to help move piles of snowut of the way. it's been workg along side a fleet of trucks with ploblades onront. e district has tclear parking lots, walk..and access utes.....but at schools like falconlementary....they had to first cut tunnel-like acss uteso ev get to trans. " it was probably about three to snow and build a little path. d then i sta blding a tunn eyave been dealingit iftsetweenour d five feet high. it is so much snow, justushing it o othe way is inadequate. it so the front lder is needed to lift...and move o les. now i'm told the filitie ewll be working until 7:00 8:00 to get evething cleared at d49 schools.. that said...district leaders havelso been ossessing roads and safety concerns coinue...minut eo they ca

. bibi folsom asasd the elelasas county sheriff'f'office out the risks involved. bill? state law gives thty of rving civiilapers sheriff's ofce that can b brestraining orde.....also eviction nos. it hpensnsore than most ople know. . in el pa cououy,y,he shefffice dealsitouou0-0- ousand civil notices a year. within that there are about 20 evictions nonocea day.typipilly it is regugur du with minimal problems....other tuation. but they're also on n ard d r the e es that escala. ifify know in advance e extrtre ri..y may go w w swat..but t rmalt's somefferent.t. it could just mean a couple more putiti, a w ore uninorms there so to o eak to tryryo hehe withthn incread officer presence to gethrough the situatn fely." el paso paso c cnty one of the e rgt eriff's offices in theheta still,@ty say resources are limited... so that also factors in to respsonse. law enrcment is sworn sve protect....t(ty knkn t tre's's sk...they also do thbebe to minimize it. . rob and lisa the death h corporal carrigan mas a sad milestone ini lorado. for r e h timeme in l%ss than a year, the "u honor f fg" will com

news five's bill folsom is keeping an eye on the conditions thanks bill. toda.. the mar school districts in el paso, pueband ller untiill be closed including d-11, d-20, d-60, d-70, lcon, lewis- palmer, cheyenne mountn, manitou, widefield, rris, fountain-fort caon, woodland park, and cripe creek. major private and charr schools are al close and so are class u-c-c-s. closure infoation ntues to scroll across bottom oyour screen-- on koaa dot com. your ptus always help us te thether story on snow elva senin this cture a snow bunny she tk yesterday near woodmen and tutt. and weweot this one fromdave saldo" photography heosted is to our facebook pa... ying he loves the fresh snow at the broadmoor.... and 's easy toee why.. great shot, dave weher d traffi the 5s. chief morning meteorologist stephebowers is here now wit first alert 5. a wint storm warning iin effect unt 11 am tuesday for nearly all of southern colorado, including colodo springs, eblo, on city, trinadla nt lar, the wet mountains, the sangre de mountain valley. periodic snow. it can fall heavily at times bringing reduce

complete mess. news five's bill folsom--picksup o team vegen ra sprgs. a lot of stuff knocked down an broken.... otr things lifted ......like this..arbageow clingg to trees

in corado spris and el po county-- snow totals hit doubleigits! ws 5'sill folsom is live in coloradoprgs-- wita ok at conditions therehis throughout colorado springs... c-dot d city street crews are tryi to ke up th a the sn... is mning... pls coin twork hitting primary routes. running 24 hours.. the cityws peoe are frustrated. theye ng dvers tbe if so... a minder they won't get to the de seets unt snow stops and primary and secondary routes are clear. mounin met trait announced this morni thabue is suspended in colorado springs r the day. this... after last night's decision shut down routes 4-and-a-half hour early! conditions at the downtown bus termin were treacherous all day long. although the buses areipped with chains, at least sen got stuck in a 90-minute span in the afrnoon. weather and traffic onhe 5s. meteorologist stephen wers is here n witfirst alert 5. while heavy snow is itinto oust, some spotty batches ro conditions are messy. not ly is snow on the roads slowing thingsown, a layer o ice beneath that snow is making roads pecially uasy this morning. the heavy sno

cheyenneouain zoo. it's some ry expeditedat- making for an important reason. news 5's bill folsom is here with a cselook at anothe efforty the cheyne mntain zoo.. to hela critally endgerd ecies. bill? ientists determined these two wolves are genetically valuable to ensuringhe future ofhe crically endangerd animals. the challenge ishey're both elev yearsld...whichs getting up there for wolves. in addition this species has a once a yeabreeding seon....and it's right n. a neolf no more... " tycally we do a slowerinoducon the new female helpsill void foleopold...thmale wolf at cheyenneountaizoo. his prious companion dd from cancer a few weeks back. it's also a scientific match- up in the speciies survivallan of the critically endange mexican grey wolf. very valuable genes..so we waed to gi it a go. the are hers debing reintred a whet's beeved they once roamed. the zoo aves tt deba to others, instead working prevent extition of the specs. " that if lislations ss treintroduce wolves back in the wild we do have a sustainable popution. . ju a day a theemale waat wolf conservation center in a

today---some areas look like a complete mess. news five's bill folsom--picksup o team vegen ra sprgs. a lot of stuff knocked down an broken.... otr things lifted ......like this..arbageow clingg to trees bws over a tr. and on the way down damages a fence. onmoreitioto tind sualty lt of tpled trees...and br windows. itoes blow in colora aevence by erday and the fallout of it today." and th fatrash that was flying in the wind. it's ad issue impactg everyone. e have a lot of work to ." trash everywhere. more trash than mo people real keepoloro springs beauful..went tolatte avenue to see what's ahead for a vounteer clean-up this weekend. " i'm suming that we're going to get over 150 bags from platte and chelton to platte and mark scheffel. that's just one ro. yes." a wind storm just in time for for the launch of a new campaign by the non-profit. it's cd "wind blows". the goal is ttinpeople to bag antie eir garbage before the trash it. when it's just dumped and the wind kcks over a garba can..it's a ci widmess in thmaking yoveot to ntain it. that's how we can rely cut onto the rds, the ghway

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 one lane of c-docrews madeuickork of getting it out of the way...still it was work where they had to hold o their hard hats. because the wind knoedut por....stoplightre out a ltiple intersections on the highway. at t turn to pikeseak...a state trooper to dict traff. owner of t wines colorado shop.....says th've been icascade 18 years and heoesn't ever rember gust like today. they lost powe.and serve cme.b suddnely still had a major clean- job. a gust sttered all threeet of slidinglass doorsn the front of the sho "well it just happened squic we just didn't know what happened. i me it wajust boom, all of a suen. st of wind. i dn't see any rocks or anyt that went rouge winds or anything because the power was out.there were sev oth small s in

cenr of eellence" off 8tstreet on thwest se of colodo springs... only news 5's bi folsom went inde the facility today get a tter idea of how it ll help e community. bill-? you recall jay cino the headf phil long audealerships bought the old mt carmel chch in trinidad a few years ba andurned into a wellssenter for that commity. now, hs taken a building in coloraodprgs and turneit into aisnce nter, also der the titlof mount rm....lyhis one'for vetera.. ter near 2arin ar as flight medic...christina mainez is now leavg the mitary "wi decid toake that ansion iidn't think would be this difficult. "trying to match tt occupation with civiilian occupatio an aveten....he w mas the "veteran integtion program" service helpintranne skills for getng a civilian job. trning forhings rs d have to consider....like realzing the armhas itwn language that does not tralate well to civili life. "we're ud tocronymand weused tmilita jarn. th's wt we know and hwe ve tget e to ung civilian jargon." the teation, programno inteatg itselfo knew locati sti uernstruc on e new mount carmel center cent of exllence. ide

folsom if an adult beverage will be a part of your superowl celebratio--be sure to get a designated driver! law enforcement across t state are beefing up patrols this weeke looking for drunk drivers. super bounday will be treated similato new year's eve or hn. we checked -- and pueblo polic the pueblo county sheriff's of and state patr have alcalled in extra officers to for d-i enforcen ey wbroncos to know -- iyou're going to celebrate -- be sponsible. we jusnt to make surat people, ifhey'reng to pay, do it safe. it'such eaear to call cab, a friend20 dlars worth of 10 thousand, it a big dference. so we just want to put the word t that ware going to be out in full enforcement this ekend. e incrsed paols will last through monday morng--- throug ste contuing ourroncos tm coverage -- govern hickenlooper is betting on a big weekend,...with the famous ueblo chiln the line. it's all a part of his sup bowl bet wh the governor of noh carolina. news fe'lena howland spoke th one of e farmers inlved... she joins us live in pueblo with more on this bet... na? 50 cases of pueblo salsa made with t

ofhe proposal. news five's bill folsom following up this initial ory on the land swap proposal,...to tell us why so say theshould noto through. bill? th is just a few of the e-mails receed....they also fer to an on-line petition that's grong. wealked one of the groups in opposition.... al parks leaders who welcome mmen but also havconcerns that a lot of information on-line is speculation....en inacrate. e volueer group,riends of eyenne canon typically partners with colorado springs park but, they're taking an opping stance on a proposal to exchange part of the canowith the broadmr. we have difference of inion on t use of th 189 acres, our feeng is very strong in the direction of keep itn open space. ep it acssle." the land in qutions t mouth of the canyon. its south of the entrance...an in queio so say few even know it's part ofhe pothers sayt is importt open space "is very cplicat a there's a lot of mg part d so thereas been some misinformaon out there."he proposal putether by pas... a two for oneand swap wi theittting ttg the larger amount. it includes portions of the inclinstill o

. bill folsom sat .. and joins us now with an update.. bill this swap involives ltle locations. at the incline. d paelat the t and bottom ocheyen can. 's 189 acres rig here betwseven falls and the broadmoor ating up the discsion a swl peolwating to give input on the 189 acrcheyenne canon poion of the land swapprosal " i think 's aetr,est deal for t broadmoor thait is for the city and r citizens." the commentors mtllive near chenne can. thbroadmoopresident talked about shared public acce..antrying to be upfro explained the tel has intrest in picnic areas.and ibley a all e riding stable... but one of the main interests is preventing others on the proper like a once sugge down hill mountainike course. 'a downhill bike park is not cessarily what we thought would be in keeping with our investment in seven falls and investntn the canyon." many already have minds ma up. " m a natu lover and i would lo tseth ppey stay others question the poteial ddle of march timeline for a final decision. "wld youait untithe mmer, until you could real e..envn you'rtradin few suort thidea. like a neighbowho th

electcityn the city. and that shift in source... is alreadyappening. bi folsom's here to explain. ll yocan't misshera power plant rit downtown. there arthrecoalir generators inside...one go off-li next year. as it away.he 13 year old,ront range power plant, located doy the ppirace track....will aot more. t 20 miles south of colorado springs...rit ne tolder co fired nixon power plant...sit e newer, larger pacity natural gas "front range power plant. "if you were to combine the current capacitydre and n they're equatohe generating capacity of front nge." noeed for ains loaded with coal...this supersed regulator kes tural gas from a pipeline and sends it to t plants two gas turbines. the mode plant the the the heat and ste fm gas generators tturn a third generator for more electricity. " that's one of the advantagesof this power plt. ith more eff. allows ttake waste heat, provide really cle alternative." til retly naral gas prices were much higher a this plts been as an adtionalource when the other power plants in the colorado springs utities syst needed help. "we'n a partf the portfolio for th

presenti 3 organizations with the "spit of the sprgs award". bill folsom is here thetailsonhe hons.ll? ll th wasajor cme getng attentn oundhe globe. it is tragedy. the yor says it's portt we response. applse so today standing ovations happened three mes city council as e mar ve the spit of the ris award. oe te aderof "mtgage solutions ex center"... for immediaty offering up their space as a week lo isis center. e "red cross"... for providing days of fo, shelter and support to emeency reonders andnvestigators. anto "american medal response". a-m-r put a dozen ambulences at the scene and then brought in other resours from up and down the fronrange, to ver the rest of the city. === mayor, tbe appciated for wh we especially the crews, day in anday o they' out there in theront lines, for them bbe recognized is vy important fothem." " we are able to say quite vehely that 's t response tt defines lorado springs. all the groups recognized today... thewere j doing their jo....and tryingo dowhatgood aight. you recall a uple of eks ago thr recogned fstresprs...a indiv who lavinacon dg e shoo. li

lalasthihiafternrnn....n.r th of fafaon i ithe e ral latigo lls neiborhood. with continuinincovege bi folsom's s eangn the risk and warnings. bill our fire dangmr isurrently high..it's'sot just warning....we' seen the fires add in red flag coitions tomo[row....and it's'seasofor ncn. fi in eastern elelaso county....blowinihtoward homes. " first t y were o anims..... have seveval do a neigor called lesleyelel at work. ruing home she could tellllheire e s close to her home. and en she reached the proper.i$ waevenenenlolor than s reaeazed. " there were some fififighters parked at the end of our dreway when i was s llg in. they said we were lucky. and when i gotn i didn't reale it had actually come the property." " the cause ofhe fire s accidental from a vehicle tpush the fire t of control. falc firquickly got assist from six other agencies. a large reonse because fire dangef is s gh. they a ao got help fm m m m m homeowowhoadone wo to lower fifi risk arndndneir ho "sny people mowed their pasturur, d theilawn, anan thr grasses, around the house. wo when the fire camthrough it basically st d dpped dow

sloppy commute in eblo-- but roads in theprings-- faring much wse. news 5's bill folsom is live in chiemoing meteologt sthen bo j us now with a look at our cafoca... stepn... cloudsnd lht snow will car us through the morningith occasional heavier snopassing south to north up the i-25 corridor. temperatures will struggle to warm through into the 30s. with mosy 20s r mperatures, wind chills can be in the tns. sn will increase this afteoon. it will come both re widespad and her. it will continue, thghhere can be occasional roth evening and overninight. light snow can contie throh y tuday afternoofo eang late tuesy and tuesday >>>e' >>> wre back a 7:30. it'sonday morning, the 1st of bruary, 2016. it's caucus d here i iow voters areting set t take part in ir contestf th presential ra.tutkey.u h that sennce over and overagai es attat he ithe west endrchialalvage a marketace ines in. y toave tseks with us gettingearly. a lot will be caucungtonight. 1600recincts acrosshe. wel tao marcoub i a co >>ai youran if y go toaucus lationtonight. pretty anims. etty good. >>>t, other stoes mg headnes

still falling in colorado springs. ne 5's bill folsom is live with look at conditions the chief morng meorologist -- stepn bowers joinss now with a lo at our local cast... stepn... ow ts morning will become more spotty with temperatures stggling to warm through the 20s. at noon, wwill still have me spots ofight snow around, and temperatures a not any better than 2. e snowy spots will begin to become fewer after pm with aside om a lingeringlurry is evening, owill comeo >>> up, t the games beginning. decision2016 has an upset on one side. >> tonightiowa has proclaimed to the world theld the morning has come morning iscoming. >> and forhe other, the clost caucus in history. >> as i sta here tonight breathing a bigh of lief. >> h the resul izins in iowa willimpact the pact the race going forward. >>> and an likely supeel. everything ion he legendary laurenutton opens up aboutow she changed the face of fashion and what it like stepping bac intohe spotlight at the age of 72 >>> and behd the musi from michael jackson to whitney uston, surprising stori about some of the bgest pop from legenda