Corado sprgs with closer look at thuphill fight the bi fes. Anna. Good morning. As you may remembe. We covered seral stories about the heat debover a proposed opening of a methadone ic in e downtownrea of moment. Since then, a local lawmak has decided take the issue to the state legislure. The bi was put fward b monument republicapaul een. He says it would ban methado dispensing whin onethousand feet of a scho park day center. Buheres wheret faces an uphill climb. The bill is assigned to the house sta. Milary and vetans affair committee. They call that tkill mmitte bause vy few billacally advce outf the. Im a littlconcerned that itseen sent tre b at the same time, ive been assure that were going to have a policy conversation, and a thoughne at that. D thats what im aski for, that this get a ir hest heing r the people of lorado. Lundees bi is cosponsor in the state sene byent lambert. The housundeen hopes the billl t second chanc th lst otop s sty and brinyothe test updates ashey come in on air and online at koaa dot com repoing live in Colorado Springs, joanna wise, news. This morni. The lazy lion majuana smoke club icolorado sprin i closed indefetly. After as raided yesterda by the fbi and the irs. More than a ar a,. Ne five iestites showedou how this busins opates under a uniq membership and reimbursemt siness model, since recreatial marijuansales are illegal in the ty. They cim nbuying or lling is iolved. Previously, attorneyfor e lazy lion say their business modehas held up in court. Hor. Taxes was e focus of yesteryarch wrant. As of right now. The u. S. Torneys office says no one is unr arrest. Foowing up for you. Good news for Colorado Springs utlities customers rates cityouncil voted yesterday to apove e drop for both electric and gas res starting february first. Arage, homeownersill see a savis of about 9 dollars a mont. Industrial customers will see a savings of a little over 8 percent. And for commercial coun. Nearly an 11percent drop as weve been portg. The utily is retning exss revenue to stomers after llecting more an8Million Dollars from electric and natural gas customers since l pr staed droing. If you have questions foel paso cnty official theres chanceo get me answers tonight. The paso coun zens outrearoup is hosting a wnhall style meeting. Featuring members of the board of El Paso County commissioners, the coloradopringsity council, a the mayors office. Its tonight from 6 to 8 00. At the pikes pearegional velopment ceer. The meeting is in the upairs hearg om; paing is free. Officials will banering live discusng local topics of terest. Citizens Outreach Group chrmed dills, moderate. Weather and traffic on the 5s. Chief morning meteorologist Stephen Bowers is reow with firsalert temperatures are in e teens and 20s to start our wednesday. Wind chills a in the ngle digit anteens. The sky is clear across corado aside from some nonthreatening high, then clos that are ssing by. A cold fro skirting along the cadian bder is heade eastward. A little bitf ss weather over t pacific nortest will getlocked High Pressure betwn at disturbance and us. Becomes the g player in our weather r the re of this week. Thsun comes out today and a rm up begins. That High Pressure will shiftastward in the comingays and push temperatures toward the 60s for eks e. Towill be sunny. Temperatures wilwa through the 20s and 30s and into the lor anmidd0s by 10 am. Ye stping out for lunch around noon, expt lower 50s. The afternoon warms into the 50s with 40s in thhigh spots and almosto 60 along the Arkansas River vall. The sun goes low in the sky and startingay. Cdot will be givingrivers weekly updates onhe annl total of peoe killed on coloradooa. Its in response to last years spike trafficatalities. As weve reported. 545 pele died in traffic accide inur state last year. 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The sky is clear across colorado ase from se nonthreatening high, then cloudthat a passing by. A cold front skiing alg the canadian bder is headed eastward. A little bit omessy weather overhe Pacific Northwest will get ockeby high prsu between at disturbance and us. That high prsure rlly becos the big player in our weather for the rest of this we the sun comes out today and a warmp begins. That High Pressure will shif eastwardthe coming days and push temperatures toward the 60s for week end. Today will be sunny. Temperatures will warm thrgh lower and middle0s by 10m. Youre stng out for lun around noon, expect lower the afteoon warms into the 50s th 40s ithe gh spots and almosto 60 along the Arkansas River lley. The n goes low ithe sky and temperatures ease back through e s and 50s by 5 pm with 30s by 10 pm. The next round of snow will move in late suay night at the eaiest. Temperures will stay unseonly warm unl then in this morningconsumer watch. Th tax season in full swing. 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Although officers believe most of the family that lived in th house survived t explosion, crews are still searching for a man that neighbors say is the homeow the newmersto School District has cceled classes or nearby schools wednesda policetill he t released a motive in a gruesome attack that left one woman dead in grena. On sunday. 39 year old jessicais colker and her husbd were walkinon aisolatedeach. When ty were aacked by a chetwieldingan. Jessa waki. The sbd, brian n lito. To the pole that h foht with e n, manag t get away a call for help. Suect is in custy is morning. An autop found jesca died of extensive Skull Fracture an asphyxia. Toda. Staff at Naval Medic Center in san diego. Will be rerng to work afr yesterdays fae arofn tive shooter the alear has been gen by authities. Initally, a fabook post from the hospital told people to run, hide or fight. The base remained on lockdow r sihours,. And authorities went room to om releang pple fr the facility turns t,. The reportamom sgle indivial. And thwas fo the flinwater crisis connues and ste officials inhiga healthcare workers are conducting hundreds of chec on children for lead exposu. The testing is free and offered to children 6 years of age and unger. Lead poisoning can be crippling to the mentadevelopmenof young children. Since the state of emergency was declared in flint three weeks ago,housands of bottles of war and water fiers have beenelivered to the people of flint. Ditional free leadxposure testing dates are scheduled for thfirst week ofebruary. Engineers inpain tested an fordable solutioto transport frh ter by to helthe in need. A g floating bag of highly restant plastic and specially designedippers hooks a tugboat and is transported over the sea. The water bag is solid eugh to walkn but also flexible when facing ocean waves. Ashe bag flos the sface icollects wer. Water on the surface is said to be lighter than the heavier and more salty sea water fther low. After two ys. The bag is fulfrh water,ndready for its urney. This method sts two times less than tankelivees and has lower impa on the environment. Unlike tanke, the bag can be unzippedfolded and stored into containe ather and trafc on thes. Chief morninteologt epn bowers is here now with first alert 5. Tempures aren the teen and 20s totart our wednesday. Wind chills are in the sine dits a teens. The sky cleaross lorado aside from some nonthening cloud a passin. Corog along e nadian border is h eastward. A little bit of messy weher ov the Pacific North will get blocked by higpressure betwthat disturbce and us. Th high pressueally becomethe big player in our ather for the st of this we. Thsun comeout y and a warm up begins. That high prsureill shif push tperatures toward 60s foweeks end. Today will be sunny. Mperatures will warm throh the 20s and s and into the lower anmiddle 40s by 10 am. If youre stepping out for lunch around nn, expect lor 50s. The afternoon warms into the 50s with 4 ithgh sts a alst to 60 along the arkansa river. The n es l in the y and temperatures ease back through th40s and 50s by 5 pwith0s by 10 pm. The next round of snow will move in late sunday night at the earlst. Teures will stay unseasab wm until then with a sharp coodo early taking a live look in denver. Where a tbutton issue here ceer stage. A state House Committee is considing new min where thadone clinics can be established. Were ta a closer look at en news five ret in just happing toda a coittehearing will be held bi thawod put w mits onhe haddicts could purchase methadone. This is an i tt s de headlis here in southn colorado. News 5s joanna wise is ve in Colorado Springs with a clos lookthe bill a the uphill climb it faces. Joanna. Od morng. As youay remember. We covered severaltories aut the heated debate er a propos oning of a methadone clic in the aof nu. D since en, a local lawmaker has decideto take the issue to the state leslature. The bill was p forward by moment republican paul lundn. He sayitou b methadone dispensing within onethousand feet of a school park oraycare center. But res where it faces an uphillmb. E bill is assied to th house state. Military and veteranaffair committee. They call that the Kill Committee becauseery few lls actually advance out of there. Im a little concerned that its been sent there but at the same time,ve been ae that were going to have a policy conversation, ana thorough one athat. And thats wham kingor, thathiget a fair honest corado lundeens ll icosponsored thetateatby kent laer so iit fls icommtee thhous lundeen hopeshe wl get a second chancin e sete. Well st on p of this story and bring you the last updates ashey come in on air and ne at koaa dot com. Repove icorado springs, jnna wise, ne 5. Today. Colorado springs firefighters continue to inveige three fireth sparked in just a tt of hours stday one at t tanglood aptments near austin blfs and ademy. Another. On8th street. Nearld coloradcity. D thd. At self storage facili. Ne the citad. Crews spenla night mopng h sts at thstage facility. Trying to figure out a cause. There was pping noises and i was watching, i thght maybe something would exode, si was kindf sced. Neighbors satheyve seen ople illallyiving inside so of e units, manpack r toliith a lifeme of peoples bengings. Blfs. Tenants re ford toe artmts in eir jamas. We know the red oss is helping one fami that is displaced. And inld colorado city. 8 people a displaced from 5 homes. And one person was taken to a deer bit. Wel contino te you as weearn me. New information th morng on that strg of robberiesn colorado sings. Lice belve the guns theyve recovered hawe being used i the bulaes. Were slen by the suspects during previous robberies. Rit w. The sech cties for seral enaged suspects. Police believe its a group of friends,. Who they consider bermed and dangers. Thre veryggresive, they force peop to the flr, put guns to thr heads, threaten to kill them. If they encoter a custer while in the store, if a stomer wks i they rob the customer as we. Thenhey run off and get in a two sentn year os have aladbeen arrted,. A ast three or fouother suspects are under investigation right now. If yave any informion plea call springs police. Pueblo police chief luis velez is outlininglans to address a crime rate tts more than double the national average, and make his ofcersappi in the press. But. Someity uncirs a the poce uni have doubts abo his plan of action. The annual report he revealed to city counc sho 9 1callwent up 26pernt last year over 2014. And it not just citizens ncerd for their own fety t police ions atrney says offics themselves a in danger when theres no backp, pointing to a la of npower year after year. And he says e dition of seven new officers in 2016 is just a dp inhe bucket. I know over the yes theyve alys pointed to the buet, t they control the budget d they determine the priorities this year,elez is contempla new mentalhealthe teamong with analyzg officeovertime, using the umarshals to link gang incidents and prting crime through mappingto try and be proactive. New ciouncilor lori winner has caed for aecutive session speak with ty managesam az decy about his ro in the Police Departments probls. Weatheand traffic on t 5s. Chief morning meist Stephen Bowers is here nowith firsalt 5. Temperates are iteens and 20s to start our wednesday. Windhills are in the Single Digits and teens. The sky is clear across colorado ase from some nonthreatening gh, then cudthat are passing by. A cold fnt skirting alg the cadian border is headed eastward. A little bit of messy weather over the pacif norwest will t ocked by High Pressure between that disturb and us. That High Pressure really becos the big player in our weather r the rest of this the sun comes outoday and a warm up begins. That High Pressure will shif eastward in the ming days and push temperaturehe 60s eks end. Today will be su temperatesill warm ugh the 20s and 30s and in the loweand dd 40s by 10 am. If youre stepping out for lunch aroundoon, expect lower 50s. The afternoon warms in the 5 with 40s in the high spots and almost to 60 along the Arkansas River ll. Sun goes low in the sky and mperatures ease back through the 40s an50s by 5 pwith 30s 1pm. The next rouf ow will move in late ay nht at the earliest. Tempates will st unseasonablym until then just io our ne rm. Elict d22 soodistricts on a two delay. And no amreschool. Offials say its a because of a powerute. Again. Elott d22. On awo hour delay th morning. W overnight from over seas. Austrian police are investigating the death of a 25year d woman from colora. After r body was foundn her vienna artment. The womans body was found earlr this morning. After shdid not show up for work. Lice and firefights who forcedpen r door and s they found her halfclothed body anutopsy is being condted. The woman not being named under austrian privacy law the nl is reviewing claims broncos quarteack yton manningaduman growth hormones delivered to hi indianapolis home. Theyve investigang for a couple weeks. But the league says ei findgs will likley not come to light before the sur bowl. Anl jazeera vestigation claimed mannings wife took e delivery of hgh. The source in that storyas recaed. Manning denied a wrongdoing and call the report complet garbage. Per wl 5. Ght beeyton mannins last ga. Microphones on the field after the afc chpionship game capturemannins exchange with new england coach bill belichick. Manning saying. This might be my last rodeo, and its been a pleasure. Ile no decion has been made. Pes lning. Well have to wait see what happs after the r bowl in ntclara. Stl ahead. As medical experts try to get ahead of vir thats prompt travel rnings from the dc. One aiine is Offering Fund for flhts to t aasf concern. An lets take a ve look righnow at capol hill. Theres appening today arnd washington d including a discussi on th welcome back. Airline customers o booked fligto aashe zi vus can get a ref unedirlines is offin refus flights to y country vered byhe cdcs travel no. That incdes puertoico and xico. Americanirlines is givg funds to pregnant women with tickets to el saador, nduras, panama or guata. As weve been reporting. The zikairus is mosquito borne anmay cause serious birth defects. E sena judiciary commiee willold aring on the heroin and prescption dr holdn many communities around the country. The cents fodisease control reported earlier this month th the rate odehs frodrug oversenvolving pai relievers d hein ireased 200percent between 2000 and 2014. Lawmakers are hoping that todays hearing will lead to acon from re. Inhis mornings election watch. Public president ia ndidate ted cruz is king rival donald trump. Chaling him to a oneonon debate this after. Trump said he will sp tomrw nights fox news debate in des moines. Because he doet le megyn key. O wie e of t modeters. Senator cruz is caing trp out not going so far as calling him chicken. But his sayinghe donald is scad of kelly. Know that dona finds megyn frightening, so we could arrange for different moderato. If all of them areoo scary, then we can do it with no moderators wtsoever. Well do 90 minutes,incoln douglas manomano,onald and me. This country and can lay out my visn fothis country in front of the men women ofowa. Trumps aign says that instead of participating in the deba will hosan eventn iowa raise moy for verans and undewarrio. On t democrat side. And comg candidate. Bernie sanders has a date at the white housin the d ahead. The veont senator and president ial hopefull will meetith president obama. A white house Spokesman Says there would be no forl agda for the metween the two men. Sands is looking to upset Hillary Clinton in the upcomg iowa caucus. The president has said he remains neutrain the democratic prima. Ict school dtric22 ion 2 del thimorng beuse of a powutage. Unieeltric ror than undromes pothis mhows yhere tages are happg. E outagewere repted afr 6 oclk is morning werworking torn me. Burighwicoton ho d ts morng,nd erenoorni preschool. Weather and traffic thes. Chief moing meteorologt Stephen Bowers is he now with first alt 5. Temperatures are in e ens and 20s to start our wednesday. Wind chills are in the Single Digits and teens. The sky is clearcrs colorado ide from some nonthreatening high, thenlouds that are passing by. Cold front srting along the canadian bordeis headed eastward. A little bit of messy weather overhe Pacific Northwest will get ocked byigh pressu betwn that disturbance and us. That High Pressure really becomes the g pler in our weatr for e rest of this week. E n comes out today and a wa up begins. That High Pressure will shift eastward in the coming days and pushemratures toward the 60s for eks end. Today will be sunny. Tempatures will warm through the 20s and 30s and in t lower anmiddle by a if youre stepping out forun around noon, expect lower 50s. The afternoon warms into t 50s almost to 60 along the Arkansas River valley. E sun goes low in the sky and temperatures ee ck through the 40s and 50s by 5 pm with 3 by 10 pm. The ne round osnow will mo in late sunday night athe earliest. Temperatures wilstay unseasonably wm until then with a sharpool do early ,,, we will be rht bacwithhe five tngyone to know befo y go. Anlets eck in with ah itslmost 7 . Rere t fe thgskn y go. Law enforcement will have an update at 11 30 r me ts morning on the weekslong stanff at a federal wildlife refuge ioregon. St night. Onself proclaimed militia member was shot and kied b police. An7 otrs. Including e groups leader. Were arrested. According to his family killed in theunfight s robert lav finicum, a rancher and gup spesman. The el paso unty citins treach group is hosting a townhall stylmeeting. Featuring El Paso County commissioners, colorado spris city council, and the mayors office. Its tonight from 6 to 8 00. The pikes peak Regional Development center. The meeting is in the stairs hearing om; parking is free. Officials wi be anering live questions from theublic, and diusng local tics of inrest. In the state legislature toy. They are condering a bill at would t new limi on where heroin addicts could purchase methadone. State representative paul ndeen of monument says it would bamethadone dispensing within onethousand feet of a school park daycare cenr. Ecback with news 5 at five and six r any new developments. Right now a jeffersocounty sheriffdeputy is fighting for his fe. After he was shot twice la night during an appare robbery attet. While he was off duty. It happened in a parking lot across from rangeviehigh school iauro. Which went under lock down aft the shooting. The deputy was able to return fire, hitting a juvenile suspect. Whose injuries are not lif threateng. A massive searchor a secd suspt t w. Startingod. Cdot will bgiving drirs weekly updates on the aual tol of People Killed on colorado roads. Dot will be posting is years number of deas on its electric signs. Reducing craes. Transportation offials hope the campaignill raise awareness and encourage safer driving. Atand traffic on the chief morning meteorologist stheborss here now with first alert 5. Temperatures aren the teens and s to start our wnesday. Wind chills are in theingle digits and teens. The sky is clear across corado aside fr se nothreateng high, then clouds that are passing by. A coldront skirting along the canaan bordeis headed eaward. A little bit of messy weher over the Pacific Northwest will t blocked by High Pressure betweethat disturbance and us. That High Pressure really becomes the big player in our weather for the rest of this week. Warm up gins that high presre will shift eastward in the coming days and pushemperatures toward t 60s for week end. Today will be sunny. Teeratures will warm through the 20s and 30s aninto the lower and ddle 40s by 10 am. If youre eppingut for lunch around noo expect lower 50s. The afrnoon was into the 50s th 40sn the hi spots and almost to 60 along theansas the sun goes l in the sky and mperatures ease back through the 40s and 50s by pm with 30s by 10. The next round of snow will move in late sundayight at the earliest. Tempatures will stay unseasonably warm until then with a sharp cool do early next wee stay connected with koaa dot breaking breang overnight, two members of t of protes occupying a feder buildinn oregon sho during a roadside confrontation withpolice, one and seven oind bars. Buthe standoff athat ldlife refuge still not over. Hesou donald trump ys is goingo skip tomorr nights Republican Debate on fox because he doet like e of the not rate sers th can toyiteikeheyoy with everybody else. Ted cruz calling hisivals ared andhaenging him to a moreersonal dual. I would like to invite donald ghno t engage in on o one debate with me anytime between now and the ia ucuses with fiveays to go will trumfree debate make a difference . Jurp controvers the nfl investigating broncos quterback pton nning over legaon that is a perrmance enhancg dr was shipped t his home howill the sndal iact the per and denvers bigst star . Legend abe vigoda honored for