of nevada. my guest today is miss jill lagan, the president and ceo of the boulder city chamber of commerce. thank you for being here today. >> thank you. it is my pleasure. solar job growth didn't happen by accident. that's what nevada u.s. senator harry reid told the press in 2015. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you what is happening in solar strong boulder city. we will look at where the congressional delegation members stand on solar and we will learn my guest's thoughts on what the solar industry needs most from capitol hill. well, that statement from senator reid followed news that capita growth of solar industry jobs in the whole nation. the nonprofit solar foundation says nevada has added 3500 solar jobs since 2013. that's an increase of 146% from last year. in fact, nearly 6,000 nevadans work in the solar industry. according to solar nation, nevada leads the country in most solar panels and grids installed per capita. the organization says nevada is on track to meet its renewable portfolio standard which calls for 25% of nevada's energy to be produced via r

>>> it is 6:00 a.m. we're following breaking news in boulder. foothills parkway and baseline have been shut down since 10:00 last night. >> police closed the roads while they were searching for this man, russell daniels and lease considered arm -- he's considered armed and dangerous. >> this has a lot of twists and turns. >> reporter: guys, we have the pio at boulder police department. >> yesterday evening officers contacted a motor home that was parked in an area that it was not supposed to be. when they got to that location, they ran the license plate and quickly determined that this was a wanted felon. when they made contact with the individual, he was not at all cooperative, ran back into the fired, and there was a female inside the motor home who was able to get to safety. we're now looking for this individual that we believe is armed and dangerous. we've shut down multiple roads within the city of boulder due to safety reasons. so from the u.s. 36 offramp up foothills or colorado 157 all the way to arapahoe, those roads are completely closed, as is baseline road from 55th to

)) >> this all happened on the east side of the valley near boulder station. 8 news now reporter michael michael? ((michael stevens)) >> brian, kirsten... as you can see... there's still a heavy police presence out here on boulder highway... after a trooper was shot early this morning. it happened just after midnight. the nevada highway patrol says they pulling over a car going south on boulder highway. 3 three people were inside the car, when someone in the back seat got out and ran. troopers say the man started shooting... and hit an officer in the torso area. the trooper did shoot back... ((trooper chelsea stuenkel // nevada highway patrol: always when we hear about these incidents it's always very scary in this line of work. we hear about it all the time throughout the country but when it's one of your own involved in an incident like this it's shocking -- but we really come together as a family and we're just so thankful that the trooper is doing okay. )) >> right now... it's not clear if the other people in the car are facing any charges? metro police are taking over the in

with the very latest. michael? ((michael stevens)) >> was struck and killed, near boulder highway and nellis boulevard. a witness tells 8 news now a vehicle was traveling on westbound boulder highway. he struck a pedestrian. boulder highway is closed between harmon and nellis. southbound boulder highway is restricted to one lane. let's get a check on the roads with demetria. ((demetria obilor)) things are wrapping up at the us 95/boulder highway wrapping up at the us 95/boulder no delays on i-15 and tropicana. <<< >>> weather today? ((sherry swensk)) dry and quiet this morning... and cooling off to the 80s. .............. we wound up making it above 100 all the way to 103 again with the help of the winds. but because the air is so dry, it didn't feel all that hot. ............. we're down to low 80s with humidity just above 10 percent right now and some light south winds. ............... we'll stay dry... while thunderstorms fire off over arizona and new mexico again. .............. temps should stay below 100 today... at least we'll try with 90s through noon and upper 90s this back t

the scene... on boulder highway near u.s. 95 alyssa..what do we know so far. an nhp trooper pu light colored cadillac around midnight near boulder and lamb for a traffic violation. the driver pulled over. he had two passengers in his car-- a man and a woman. when the trooper was running the drivers info--the man in the back of the car took off on foot. trooper chased him into a business parking lot. preliminary the officer- it's unclear how many rounds-- and struck the officer right in his badge. the trooper was not injured and returned fire-- hitting and killing the suspect on scene. so again-- the male suspect was declared dead on scene. and the nhp trooper was given the all clear here and declined being taken to the hospital. for more about the actual shootings details... let's send it over to mike doria who's also on scene with team coverage. mike? police this morning saying the bulletproof vest is def a troopers best friend. the trooper was struck in the badge there is pretty big dent in that according to police. however even if struck in the bulletproof best that can stil

ticking for a colony of prayer' dogs in boulderment they're losing they this issue took up about 80 percent of the time. at boulder city couns. tonight. because it's now up to them to decide if these prayer' dogs will get somewhere new to leave. >> a colony has been living on close to ten acres. pwr where the old national guard armory is in north boulder. developers bought the property. and plan to break ground on some condos this fall. meaning the prairie dogs will have to go. there are very few options. they have to say in the same county. and can only go to a grassland habitat. not the mountains. >> . boulder has the land available. it's up to city counsel to decide if this is how they want to use the open space. >> dozens of residents and groups have been lobbying for weeks. tuesday's meeting was no different. not one person who stood up to speak, disagrees. >> . city council has until september 8 to make a decision. if they decide not to move the prairie dogs. the developers have applied for a permit to exterminate. neighbors who want the open space preserved formed a group to

. >> wow. >>> first the boulder s.w.a.t. team and an armored bear cat vehicle are in search for a man who fired shots late tuesday night. foothills parkway is closed from u.s. 36 to arapahoe avenue. this is a live look at the scene right now at this closure. here is what happened. at about 10:30, police checked out a suspicious motor home and they say this man, russ schedule daniels was inside -- russell daniels was inside and with the woman who had a protection order against him. the woman managed to get safely. at one point, daniels fired off four shots according to police. no officers were hit. but police believe daniels may have shot himself. longmont police and boulder county deputies and state police are looking for him right now. people in the neighborhood are told to stay inside their homes. so if you live there, stay inside. let's talk to amelia earhart right now, for more on this situation, and how it is impacting the morning drive. it is a huge closure, amelia. it is a major closure, tarhonda and affecting essentially areas between north and south boulder as well as areas a

boulder highway .. but didnt make it to the other side in time. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. fox 5s cyndi lundeberg went to the site of the crash today... and recreated the walk... cyndi what did you find out... in december the nevada department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason... those changes are behind schedule. its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley... nats last year on boulder highway... 12 pedestrians... 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. wednesday night... a similiar story. a man walking across the road just after 11... was hit and killed. ... i spoke to the nevada highway patrol in december about for a number of years that's tony illia with n-dot .. and he went on to tell me n-dot wwould be making changes... including .. installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. n-dot said the project would take six to eight months to complete ... and eight months later it's not completed. nats metro police say the man killed wednesday was walking in a crosswalk .. b

former navy midshipman on probation in boulder back behind bars, accused of trying photos of themselves. send 25-year-old brett butler admitted to doing this in the media to receive nd send sexually explicit pictures. >>> a man purchased a house through an auction in fountain, colorado and found a body in the master bedroom. >>> this man will spend a year and a half in federal prison for threatening to burn down college and shoot a security guard. 30-year-old david moscow shared the plan with a psychologist and was then arrested. >>> breaking news just in, a death investigation going on right now in denver. denver7's daryl orr on scene with the latest for us. daryl. >> reporter: yeah, mitch, we're here at the 180 flats at 848 south dexter street here in denver. behind us is the 180 flat apartments and police have this we don't know if it's a male or female. we know there's a body with a tent covering it now in the parking lot of the apartment complex here. weeve been listening to poli chatter all night long about this. not getting much details about this. we're waiting for pi

the wounded suspect. >>> plus, some cu boulder students are told they can't move into their apartments. school starts monday. they're wondering where they'll >>> live look outside. younger students back to school todaa in several of the big range, including jeffco and boulder. >>> lisa is tracking the bus stop conditions. >> looks ptty good for today. tomorrow quite a bit cooler. this morning upper 60s to low 70s. that's between about 8:00 and 9:00 at the bus stop. tomorrow highs in the low 70s. so a big change. today one more day of 80s. nice temperatures. mid-80s. about 85 for those kids in jefferson county that are closer to the metro area. conifer or evergreen this afternoon. denver 85. closer to 90 across northeastern colorado. with a slightly better chance for a few storms. that's what it looks like at about 4:00. the threat for severe weather today, it is going to be lower. we're expecting potentially rain, lightning and thunder through the evening. but by tomorrow that's the change. we're going to see more storms popping up and that threat for severe weather on frida

report from boulder highway and 95 on the ground. we wanted to give you the scene from the air right now where it's been closed for hours. you can see it's a heavy police presence. not affecting traffic on the 95 other than people can't make an exit to boulder highway. not affecting lamb boulevard and desert inn where they intersect. it's just the area between the two here i station with the complete closure. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up. >> jeff: your at mat route fur headed that direction florida , thisclosure expected to last r some time as that shooting investigation continues on this friday. we have slowing from 215 to the bowl. now that we've reached the end of the week, let's get a check of the forecast. >> kelly: dry right now. you are not going to need the umbrella but bring it with you. 94 by noon. slight chance of showers by noon. by 4:00 more widespread chances there. '9" is our forecast high for the day. what about the weekend. what is the weather going to be like. i'll have your forecast in 10 minutes. >> dana: about six hours ago a trooper was shot

online. for the latest updates on the breaking story. >> a boulder judge today rejected prosecutors request for prison time. in the case of a former cu student athlete. conducted of raping a fellow student. >> the this highlights the need for community conversation. about how the justy system handles cases like this. >> . we have the story from the some say this is similar to the case of a california judge. handing down a 6 month sentence to a stanford university swimmer. convicted of raping an unconscious woman. here the boulder judge had the option of sending convicted rapest to prison for up to life. instead handed down a much more lenient jail sentence. >> . jurors in a district courtroom convicted 22 year-old austin of felony sexual assault. prosecutors say in march of 2014, he said he was going to take care of woman friend. but instead raped her. while she was physically helpless. >> . this was a victim that was targeted. because of the state she was in. >> . prosecutors asked the judge to send him to prison. noting there is a public out cry to hold college student athletes li

to the victims - but don't know why they attacked. things are back to normal along boulder canyon road this morning-- after "a-t-v sized" boulders fell and shut down a section of the road the boulders fell around mile markers 32 and 33 around ten o'clock... the road stayed closed for about two hours. state patrol says one car hit a boulder. the person inside had minor injuries. a little boy is recovering today -- after surviving a violent car crash. his dad was driving - and later told police - he did it all on purpose. two-year-old isaiah is in a half body cast -- and has stitches in his head. his father - 29 year old nathan weitzel - is in jail - after he isaiah unbuckled when he crashed sunday- because he wasn't quote "man enough" to raise a child. police say - weitzel took isaiah to the park -- and on the way home - left him unbuckled and drove into several cars - while going about 75 miles per hour. he also said he'd used cocaine that day. many of the people who live in the centennial neighborhood heard the crash -- and went running into their front yards. sam schulte rushed

morning people in boulder are asked to stay in their homes while police search for a man they say is armed and dangerous. the swat team has been coming the area of foothills parkway and baseline road this morning. you may have seen them out there. jamie leary is live in the area with a good description of the streets. good morning, jamie leary. >> good morning. just want to give you guys a heads up. the school district deciding how to go about their day this morning. they they had they would be notifying parents and police officers. we want to get right to the picture. this is 34-year old russell daniels described as six feet tall and 155 pounds. criminal history. he's likely armed and still in the area travelling on foot. he was last seen wearing a red shirt and tan pants chls. this all started around 10:30 last night. the swat team has been utilizing a number of resources looking for him. they have an area of focus and haven't moved resources too far from our location near baseline and foothills parkway. right now near the meadows focus. police first ran into daniels when they were

, denver7. >>> new tonight are the streets of boulder safe to hold triathlons? tonight athletes talk about their close calls. this is following the death of a man in boulder. jacqueline has been hearing from the athletes. they say something needs to >> reporter close to beyonci. we told you about her death a week ago. tubers say she crossed into traffic. since then other athletes have come forward to shed light about the dangers in boulder. she has done one half dozen triathlons. her first in boulder was last year. during the cycling portion of a swerved back. >> she took out my front tire. i had a concussion. >> reporter: her helmet saved her life. the crash to her body onto the road. >> i do look at that and say i was lucky. michelle was not lucky. that is why i felt the need to talk about this. >> reporter: many athletes are questioning if boulder is safe. >> there are stretches of 36 you have about 12 inches of space. >> reporter: this man raced this year and pastor the accident with michelle. >> i get shaken up just thinking about it. >> reporter: while it may not be feasible to

school. jeffco goes back, along with boulder valley and poudre school district, some of them. >> lisa has your forecast. >> upper 50s, low 60s. same spot we've been pretty much every morning this week. by saturday, sunday, temperatures a lot cooler in the morning. kiddos heading out the door to low 60s. winds out of the southwest at beautiful start. a lot of sunshine this morning. as you're planning out your afternoon, though, starting to cool down a bit. we're tracking this next cold front. it will bring with it a cooldown this weekend. today a chance for more storms this afternoon. mid-80s by 3:00. and dropping to about 80 by 6:00. here's your first alert that we're a little cooler today. not by much. a few degrees. it's going to get a lot cooler this weekend. details on tomorrow's cold >>> a happyfifth day of school for isla today. nine days for jalyn and first day for a lot of other kids. paving on the northbound side of i-25 from hampden, yale to evans. one lane open to the left and traffic is getting by okay for now. take a look at the overall map, a lot of green, not only here

naming rights. >> thanks, rick. boulder, now how the university is helping the city to clean up the mess. >>> right now boulder wants living off campus to clean up their yards. beer pong tables left outside year round have become quite an eyesore. joining us live in boulder where the city in. >> you see them everywhere in the university hill of boulder. front yashd beer pong tables usually surrounded by red solo cups and bottles. considering an ordinance to bring the tables inside after a night of revelry. katie is not sure the tables should be a priority. >> there is definitely other should be more worried about than couches and beer pong tables. >> council member lives on the hill. >> i think for a lot of people it is a big issue. >> she says it is a small part of a bigger issue. >> we have noise issues, price issues and residents are concerned about all of those because they care about their homes and they want the students to cure as well. >> boulder has a so-called couch ordinance in p, yards. rather than changing the law, they believe they should do a better job informing thei

driver of the car was a woman who died on scene. >>> new classes at cu boulder teaching how to deal with sexual assault. >>> we know not to park at handicapped spots if we don't have a tag. >>> what tim kaine will do the weather today. potential for storms. >> a few storms possible today. we're tracking a cold front and that front will bring with it a nice cooldown. 80s today, 70s tomorrow. we're close to normal. the front will bring with it a better chance of scattered showers starting early tomorrow morning. 3 today you're going to find sunshine for the first half of the day and then by this afternoon, by about 4:00, we will see scattered storms and showers. most of today's storms will be in the mountains, but we'll get a few in the springs today 83. 70s in the mountains. here's your first alert that with the storms, the threat for severe weather is low today. we'll take a look at the threat tomorrow. >>> had storms rolling by the pool yesterday. >> did you get out of the pool? >> yes. i had to cook the dinner. brought the portable grill to have a cookout. noothbound side of i-25

goods are being accepted at sudden impact on boulder highway or findlay acura in the valley auto mall. that's where we find our katie boer who joins us live with how the collection is going. ((katie boer)) ((dave courvoisier)) >>> a daredevil pastor is message of hope. ((christianne klein)) what this high flying new yorker says his stunts represent to him... next on 8 news now, the valley's news leader./// announcer: you're ((katie boer)) >>> drivers get the green signal avenue intersection, but no one's stopping... it's a problem that's happening in a busy area, and it's driving you crazy, so demetria obilor looked into it and got you some answers. (( )) demetria obilor: >>> tammy says heading home, i travel north on teddy drive to sahara avenue. opposite traffic comes barreling through cutting us off, nearly hitting pedestrians. i reached out to the city of las vegas to see if there were any issues with the signal head. city staff went out and discovered no problems with the light or its programming. they determined the light was acting as it should, only allowing the northbound rig

will climb as the day goes on. >>> news breaking right now out of boulder this morning. there's a swat situation going on around foothills parkway and there you see officers arriving in a vehicle. jamie leary live in that area to tell us what's happening. >>> good morning, these guys have been here several hours and i want to show you what we're looking at now. you're seeing foothills parkway and baseline road where a portion of that intersection is closed off diverting traffic east of the intersection now. excuse me, west of the intersection. this is a huge scene. more urgency at swat team members continue to search for a suspect. the search began following reports of shots fired in a neighborhood near this intersection. we know boulder pd along with the swat team out here and boulder county sheriff office utilizing a number of resources including an incident command center. they are bringing out the bear cat and utilizing they can. he's of this intersection is where this incident command center is located and looks like that's where they're settling down. this entire intersection is

reward for information leading to an arrest. boulder county prosecutors want this 22 -year-old man, austin wilkerson, to spend time in student. earlier this year he was convicted of sexually assaultinn a drunk woman at a st. patrick's day party in 2014. the daily camera reports that the defense is pushing for probation. is a responsibility for his actions. prosecutor said because of recent high profile cases it is more important to make sure rapist spend time behind bars. >>> a warning from denver health. % a t tienth tuberculosis may have been contagious between may until late july when they were put in isolation. it appears thbiggesern . the hospital says no one else should be at risk. >>> a second health alert, a denver sprout company linked to salmonella that has made 30 people sick. according to our partners at the denver post, people in nine states, including colorado and kansas, got sick after eating alfalfa sprouts from sprouts stored near. by people have been hospitalized. the company is recalling sprouts sent to restaurants. >>> this popular taco shop in breckenridge is a

offering a large reward for information. >> this is flagstaff wrote in southwest boulder county. his father believed here after work to watch the sunset. but since then, he is not been seen. no one has been able to say what happened to him. >> he was wonderful care. a caring and compassionate and humble kind kid. >> reporter: he talks about his missing son, the boulder man does not believe he had any desire to leave his job at eldora mountain resort. his girlfriend or colorado. efforts to find him have been it has been a cutting edge search effort. the search and rescue -- rescue have been fantastic. for mike he has searched himself nearly every weekend since. an old-fashioned method is being applied. money. family and friends are offering $100,000 for clues to help them find him. >> we keep his face out there in so he's not forgotten. somewhere up in the mountains west of boulder there is an answer. >> reporter: the reward money will expire generate 17th on the one-year anniversary of his disappearance. if you have any information you are urged to call the boulder county sheriff's o

rough start for ssudents moving in for the fall semester at boulder. they don't have a live. why this apartment complex is deemed uninhabitable. that's coming up. >> reporter: i'm jason gruenauer on the 16th street mall. there's a new private security presencen the mall, but are they really present and how much of a difference will they make? details coming up. >>> we start with breaking international news. more than 200 people hurt and at least six killed after multiple car bomb attacks on police stations in turkey. >> here's some video. attack on kurdish workers party there. last week the commander of that party promised increased attacks against police. at least 14 of those injured are in serious condition now. >>> back here at home, denver 7 is still on the fire watch this morning. firefighters were able to keep a fire from destroying homes near carter lake. take a look at how close the flames got. you can see the house right there. the threat isn't over yet. at last check larimer county now, and 55% contained. >>> there are some steps you can take to make sure flames don't get th

housekeeper at boulder station -- beat and sexually assaulted while on the job. fox five has new information about what happened... the suspect. " i need ambulance in front of paris immediately..." 9-1-1 dispachers answer nearly seven-thousand calls a day... to help people in serious situations. now they need to hire more 9-1-1 operators. how you can apply. we start tonight breaking news. metro police have a section of eastern closed a pedestrian is hit by a vehicle. i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. so.. in the last 24 hours .. at least 2 people have been hit and killed while walking on our roads.. and now .. a third crash is under investigation. fox 5's cyndi lundeberg is live on eastern between sahara and st louis with new informaiton on tonight's crash. captioning will resume shortly in december the nevada department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason... those changes are behind schedule. captioning will in december the valley... nats boulder highway... 12 pedestrians... 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars d

80s include fort collins. 89. boulder at 87. and the city. a touch cooler on the palmer ridge. 84 castle pines. and castle rock. repeat forecast on thursday. before the front blows through. 77 friday. we'll call for 75 saturday. we'll keep an eye on the models. as we go through the next few afternoons. a good steady rain event could be in the works there. to wrap up the week. >> . we need it. >> . we sure do. >> . thanks. a motive in a gruesome double murder. >> . officers found the suspect mid attack. savagely biting one victims face. >> 19 year-old florida state university student is accuse of killing a couple in their 50s. who live not far from his parents home. they found the wife dead in the garage. and attacking the husband on the driveway. at first multiple officers, dogs tazers were not enough to stop him. >> they plan to test him for bath salts. >> . rescuers are not giving up hope. >> . saving life is the most important priority that we have. we're going to dedicate every available resource to that effort. until it's no longer required. >> . governor also announced a sta

warm and dry around the state, 85 in denver, 88 in fort collins, 86 in boulder. this is not going to and the drought conditions, but this will hold only help. a batch of much cooler air on the way behind that cold front charging through wyoming and underneath this colder air mass there are widespread showers in a few thunderstorms down here in colorado we have a few building. this is mainly due to daytime heating. we are anxiously awaiting the hope for some widespread showers as it comes in. clear skies over the city, a few clouds building to the west. in a minute, allen will look at future cast. >>> firefighters in california face another frustrating day against a big aggressive wildfire. that fire burning east of los angeles has now scorched more than 49 mi.2 of area. it is tearing through homes and their homes. many crews say they have never seen anything like the bluecut fire. >> we had to continually retreat against the advancing wall of fire. that was something i haven't witnessed in this section ever. we have strike teams. remember, our priorities are life, property, and infra

. >> dana: the reason the boulder highway is shut down, a nevada highway patrol trooper was shot on the scene. craig joins us from the 95 and boulder highway. this just happened several hours ago. the good news to report is the trooper is alive. >> he is and this is really an incredible chain of events. closer look. you are looking toward 2 area where there was a traffic stop shortly after midnight. a bull let did hit a trooper's badge. the trooper pulled over a car. there were three people inside and we're told one of them was a man. as soon as the car stopped, he bolts out of the vehicle and starts running. the trooper chases him and they the trooper shot at a bullet hitting him in the chest area in the badge but he is not injured, he is ok. bowler highway 95 and lamb closed at this investigation moves forward. >> dana: that was an incredible story. >> kim: we'll be checking in with live looks throughout the location. tom is all over the traffic implications. right now to what is over my shoulder. after shocks adding to the anxiety in italy following the deadly earthquake earlier this

3-d? it is the second death in 2 years during the boulder ironman triathlon.. this morning .. investigators are looking into why one of the athletes was hit and killed by a car during e race. breaking news right now -- a worldwide travel mess... is unfolding this morning... delta airlines' computer systems are down "everywhere." thousands of delta passengers around the world are grounded. and delta is n the problem will be fixed. 9news reporter colleen ferreira is on her way to dia to check out how things are impacted there. we'll check in with her in just a bit. good morning. happy monday. meteorologist marty coniglio joins us. marty- today we really start to heat back up and feel more like back to breaking news a worldwide computer outage has delta passengers everywhere grounded... triggering delays at airports all over the globe. 9news reporter colleen ferreira is at dia... colleen- how is this impacting passengers there. in the 400 meter freestyle final... katie ledecky smashed her own world record winning by more than five seconds to take the gold. and on the men's sid

, they hardened into a 17-mile long area of black assault boulders on which we've got 24,000 petroglyphs. the story of the national monument isn't just about a single petroglyph or concentrations. it also includes the volcanic cones and the mesa top that spreads out towards albuquerque. the pueblo people would come up to the mesa top. we have evidence of them carrying water and farming. sometimes they would send their children up here to keep the rabbits away from their crops. we see many ancient trails up here and this becomes part of a larger spiritual landscape that's important to most pueblo people. we're here at boca negra canyon and we're going to be walking on the macaw trail. what we see here is 113 feet tall. these black boulders once came from several sheet flows from if the volcano. most of our 150,000 visitors stop here first. this is one of the first petroglyph that people who come to the monument might see. it is a carving on to the rock. pueblo people would use stone chisels and hammered to peck, abrade, incise and carve out the rock. sometimes people ask us ho

every angle of this story... megan telles is near boulder station talking to witnesses-- but we're going to start with parker collins. parker... it's amazing this trooper wasn't seriously hurt. parker adlibs scene 23:00-23:04 "a white vehicle and one subject is down. unknown who's going to be shot at this time." chelsea stuenkel, nhp 2:55:41-2:55:50 "when it's one of your own involved in an incident like this it's together as a family and were just so thankful the trooper is doing okay." this is a massive scene-- near telles out there as well. megan what are you hearing? :38 "first i seen the lights, then i seen the... cal-nev- ari area begins to strengthen and starts pulling in moisture from the east today. into the overnight, chances for rain for the valley and mountains have sky rocketed for today and saturday. chances this afternoon will range between 30% and 50% for the valley with 60% to 70% to the higher elevations such as the spring mountain range. as it stands, rain chances between 1pm and 7pm and the same can be said for saturday. winds. power outages may occur today and

. for ex if you water your lawn. >> . incentive to use less. for sure. a boulder business offering an inusual service. news for your family tonight. a new study finds many parents are taking risks with how their babies sleep. videos of infants from one to 6 months. many sleeping on soft in loose bedding. on their sides or stomachs. and with parents. it's safest for babies to sleep on their backs. lot os of confusion about this. >> it's changed. >> . i just had two newborns. it's the one thing they stay in the hospital. >> . breast milk facial. >> . they are exactly what they sound like. in a boulder spa using breast milk to help ease skin woes. >> . at least one suspected vandal made their opinion known. >> . i was shocked i had no words. i felt personally like victimized. >> . not only an expensive fix. level. >> it's a small business. we put everything into this business. >> . we're good people. we're not here to hurt anybody. we're here to help. >> . wondering where taeu it's from a woman on a strict organic diet. her milk is screened. certified and safe. to use. >> . that was the

boulder station -- beaten and sexually assaulted while on the job. fox five has new information about what happened... and who turned in the suspect. " i need ambulance in front of paris immediately..." 9-1-1 dispatchers answer nearly 7- thousand calls a day now they need to hire more 9-1-1 operators. how you can apply. good morning. i'm maria silva. welcome to fox5 news this morning. with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. another deadly another deadly temperatures will begin to soar the next few days as high pressure builds over las vegas. friday's high of 105 is the coolest temp in the stays there monday. next week, a trough slides south along the coast gradually helping to ease the hot temperatures and will try to push monsoonal moisture into our area. the uv index for friday is 10 or very high. another deadly day on valley roads. three pedestrians lost their lives in less than 24- hours. the latest happened inside a marked crosswalk on eastern near saint louis. "this specific crosswalk requires the pedestrian to push it to get to the cut out in the median, then push

people after a deadly earthquake in central italy. >>> and on your right, a swat situation in boulder now. investigators following a trail of blood to find an armed man. happened in foothills parkway and baseline. >> denver 7's daryl orr on the scene with the latest. this scene has all kinds of twists and turns. >> reporter: yeah, this story out here has been going on since about 9:30, 10:00 last night here in boulder, right at baseline and foothills parkway and a little bit south. police had a standoff situation, received a report a upon arrival police weren't able to locate this person. witnesses gave a description. they set up a perimeter and believed he was inside a couple -?of mobile homes down of i believe it's milwaukee and baseline here. they ended up firing tear gas into the mobile home, clearing it with robots. unsuccessful of finding the person. but they did find what they said a significant amount of blood on the bed inside one of the mobile homes. th towards us, towards the north on baseline, and then it took a northerly turn onto foothills parkway onto a bike path. they'

mild. 64 in denver. 63 in limon. 70 in boulder. high country 48, 63 in grand junction. showers on and off throughout the morning hours and we have a break this afternoon and we could get more rain coming back late afternoon and evening kly and much cooler. >>> good morning, we have been watching up at the eisenhower and johnson tunnels, wet roads along there. you may need your windshield wipers every once in a while. this is the mousetrap cam not affecting the drive. the one trouble spot this morning is the restrictions we have in place at arapahoe road. >>> let's go to breaking news this morning out of central trying to find survivors after a deadly earthquake. this is some of the or it. this was a 6.2 magnitude earth kwat that hit central italy at about 3:30 in the morn -- -- earthquake. as daylight hits, citizen in the rome search through the rubble. 37 people are reported dead and that number is likely increasing throughout the day. tina krauss reports this morning. >> reporter: hours after the earthquake hit, rescue teams led this man away from the did he have administration. cre

>>> a bizarre story overnight, with boulder police looking for a shooting suspect. the swat team coming out to help, following a trail of blood that still hasn't led them to denver7's daily -- daryl orr has been on scene all night. >> reporter: police got a report of shots fired in he area. upon arrival they were told by witnesses this a suspect went ?nto an rv and was hiding out in there. so overnight there was a standoff. police eventually were able to get robots and equipment to this rv. they got inside. they put in a couple of flash bang grenades with tear gas in was inside. once they did get inside to investigate to see maybe if he was hiding under a bed or something, they found significant amounts of blood on the bed and a trail leading back out of the rv. police have been scouring a 10- block area down from manhattan to baseline, and they are now behind me up here at morgan, where they have another concentrated area where they're sending a k-9 in. they have swat people surrounding this area. this is also the same area where police had pinged them in the last 40 minutes. no

boulder that left hundreds of college students without a place to stay. the city now says the property owners could be punished. last week the building was deemed uninhabitable because of changes made to the unities after the final inspection. this is happening at the sterling university peaks apartment complex, just east of the cu boulder campus. jennifer brice is on this story, checking in from boulder. what a tough way >> reporter: it is ironic because they are starting a new smefter and cool. they are not happy about the situation, and that is the reason they feel stuck, not having any time to search for a new place. in the meantime, the city is looking into what kind of punishments could be possible for the people who made these modifications. >> they said you could take this out if you want to, it doesn't matter. he shows code violations were made in his apartment. a curtain separates a bookshelf supposed to separate his room from another. >> they fixed the violations but it's not what they advertised, which is a private room. >> reporter: he doesn't understand how this half of t

- while crossing boulder highway. boulder highway is considered one of the most dangerous roads in southern nevada for pedestrians. fox five's cyndi lundeberg takes a closer look - at a high-risk stretch of road. its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley... nats last year on boulder highway... 12 pedestrians... 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. wednesday night... a similiar story. just after 11... was hit and killed. ... i spoke to the nevada highway patrol in december about these problems. weve had boulder hwy on our sights for a number of years that's tony illia with n-dot .. and he went on to tell me n-dot wwould be making changes... including .. installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. n-dot said the project would take six to eight months to complete ... and eight months later it's not completed. nats metro police say the man killed wednesday was walking in a crosswalk .. but against a don't walk sign. erin breen is the director of the vulnerable road users project at unlv... and thinks the 60 year old might of ran out of time get

employees from several government agencies. the dean of c-u boulder's business school -- david ikenberry -- is stepping down. the senior vice provost will take over. the daily camera reports ickenberry was accused of discrimination against a female staffer. that staff member says -- the dean discriminated over the age of 40. c-u paid 40 thousand dollars earlier this year to settle her lawsuit. it's one of three gender discrimination lawsuits against the school... ... the second is still pending and the third was dismissed in april. we have an update for you on monday's fatal dog attack in conifer... the two dogs that attacked a mother and son -- will be euthanized. police say - the dogs attacked their owner - 60-year-old susan shawl - in her home monday tried to get the dogs off of her... neighbors say - they rarely saw the dogs - but heard them barking almost every day. back in 2008 - one neighbor called the sheriff's office and complained about the dogs being loose and aggressive. five westminster police officers who shot and killed a suspected car thief... will not face char

news now good day.)) ((kirsten joyce)) dedly car crash near boulder and nellis thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader. i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> and i'm brian loftus. a witness tells us that the vehicle was going on west on boulder. and when the driver crossed he struck a pedestrian. boulder highway is closed between harmon and nellis. heading southbound boulder highway is restricted to one lane. let's get a check on the roads with demetria. ((demetria obilor))

cooler out there this morning. new overnight- several roads are closed in boulder... closed in boulder... while police hunt for a person with a gun. this is a live look at the scene. the boulder daily camera reports-- police are investigating a call of "shots fired." the swat team is there. ...so is the boulder police department's armored bearcat vehicle. they've closed foothills parkway from baseline road to arapahoe avenue. amelia earheart is tracking any day along with the rest of the morning drive. right now- denver police are still one person was shot in denver's montbello neighborhood. the shooting happened tuesday evening on maxwell place. the victim went to the hospital. we're working to find out how that person is doing or why someone shot the victim. the "international youth hostel" in denver-- won't be reopening its doors any time soon. the hotel task code violations." there was also an evacuation. the hostel is on 16th avenue near the fillmore auditorium. firefighters have decided the building is unsafe... and uninhabitable. the red cross and salvation army opened a

, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) ((kirsten joyce)) dedly car crash near boulder and nellis thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader. i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> and i'm brian loftus. a witness tells us that the vehicle was going on west on boulder. and when the driver crossed he struck a pedestrian. boulder highway is closed between harmon and nellis. heading southbound boulder highway is restricted to one lane. let's get a check on the roads with demetria. ((demetria obilor)) and there are lane closures on the southbound side after a deadly wreck. <<< >>> back to you!/// sherry how's the weather today? weather today? dry and quiet this morning ((brian loftus)) >>> at least 90 people have maryland ... after an explosion caused a three-alarm fire at an apartment building last night. a montgomery county fire department spokesman said two firefighters and at least 25 other people were injured officials believe natural gas contributed to the explosion and the fire. more than 150 firefighters responded to the scene./// ((kirsten joyce)) >

from a mining blast in boran, california, out near baker. but it was felt all the way in boulder city and it's our top story tonight at 6:00. let's get right to john treanor. he's been talking to the experts at unlv about this. >> the seismograph started to go off earlier today. they were wondering what it was. we had reports of magnitude. it's actually a 1.6. you likely didn't feel it. but if you did and up wondered where it was, victorville, california, a mining company in boran set off an explosion less than a quarter mile deep. it was felt all the way over here. surprisingly still if you don't know about this area of research. if you were in boulder city and may have felt something, henderson itself may have felt seismograph. about a 1 magnitude, maybe a 1.5. so rumblings in boulder city, the cause of which from a mining company in boran, came. >>> now to a home break-in. a mother's ashes were taken in the heist. >> it happened at a home near sahara and cimarron. denise rosch is live outside of the neighborhood. chances are the thieves had no idea what >> reporter: yeah, reed and

was shot near boulder station. 8 news now reporter michael stevens joins us live with the latest, michael? ((michael stevens)) >> as you can see... there's still a heavy police presence out here on boulder highway... after a trooper was shot early this morning. it happened just after midnight. they pulling over a car going south on boulder highway. 3 three people were inside the car, when someone in the back seat got out and ran. troopers say the man started shooting... and hit an officer in the torso area. the trooper did shoot back... killing the suspect: right now... it's not clear if the other people in the car are facing any charges? metro police are taking over the investigation. ((michael stevens)) the next several hours.. quick check on your commute southbound boulder highway is closed between us 95 and lamb. has just reopened. think about using alternates like us 95 to get to where you need to go. <<< >>> <<< ((sherry swensk)) skies are clearer this morning as we start off our friday. but you can still see a little haze from ff our friday. california wildfires. .........

. an nhp trooper was shot early this morning. the suspect, now dead. it happened on boulder highway near the 95.. we have team coverage for you.. we begin with fox five's alyssa deitsch live at the scene... alyssa..what do we know so far? cc to resume shortly hear about... trooper doing is ok cc to resume cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume good morning. here's a look at your fox5 traffic solutions let's begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk now let's check in for your fox5 24/7 forecast. after a day of drier air in las vegas moisture is moving back into our area friday delivering us rain and thunderstorm chances later in the day and saturday. a weak upper level low will move across nevada through the day and could create enough instability to trigger showers and thunderstorms. the rain and and saturday are 40%, sunday things start to improve and for monday the first day of school the

brought with it also high profile cases. in june of 2012 a cu boulder student was shot in the hip by a home owner after wandering into the wrong home when she was drunk. the homeowner was not charged. in 2015 charges were dismissed against two inmates at sterling correctional facility after they stab anot repeatedly. they argued they felt threatened when the other inmate entered their unlocked cell. they got off. last year the boulder district attorney decided a homeowner was justified shooting and killing a cu student who police say forced his way in and attacked the homeowner. the prison case attracted attention of lawmakers. 9wants to know brought it to their attention a year and a half ago, seems strange what prosecutors believed was a change in the law and it's law now. there have been a number of cases prosecutors have tried to use to use against homicide cases. another instance at sterling correctional facility one inmate was stabbed repeatedly and two other inmates were responsible and were successful in using make my day defense and because of that the prosecutor can't make ch

alcohol are not believed to be factors. death in two years-- during the boulder ironman. it's also the fourth cycling death in boulder county in the last three months. a young child is dead after an accident at a water park in kansas city. the 10-year-old boy's name is caleb schwab. he's the son of a kansas state representative. he was on the 'verruckt' - dubbed the world's tallest water slide on sunday. how he died is still in question. the entire water park - will stay closed until further notice a 12 year old child is being treated at a falling 75 feet near colorado springs. the child was hurt near helen hunt falls yesterday and then flown here to denver children's hospital. few other details about the child's injuries, or what led up to the fall have been released. it's been nine months since a drunk driver killed state trooper jaimie jursevics. and sunday, people gathered to remember the woman who lost her life in the line of duty. hundreds of people at the douglas county fair took a moment to reflect and remb fallen state trooper. more than 400 hand-written messages were atta