To expect delays on i70 throughout the evening. Tunnel. Mark, how are things looking where you are. Reporter you can see some back down the hill west of the eisenhower tunnel and metering systems, the lifeshare are in full effect and will eep tunnel. It does ease on the other side we found 30 minutes coming up west of the tunnel. It is putting a llt of emphasis on the new toll lanes and this is nother big test as we enter this exit the Holiday Weekend it last year this weekend alone you see 80,000 drivers passing through the stretch from empire junction east Idaho Springs and theetoll lanes priced at five dollars designed to save you about 30 minutes on your driveeso it makes up for the 30 minuue you spend on the west ssde. Not everyone is willing to pay that. Some talking it as more together time in the car. Aater doing the trip for 25 you just plan for it. enjoy the weather and look at the scenery and enjoy time with reporter good. The metering system is for your safety although can
Everyone is talking about this morning. The snow. The snow. Its not that much. Its not that bad. As lisa mentioned, pretty mild storm. Dayle cedars joining us from gilpin county. They have several inches there. Reporter yeah, we are in rollinsville. We were in blackhawk and we need to move to see where all the snow really is. So weve moved up, trying to set up our satellite. [ no audio ] we set up the satellite and clearly didnt work. Saw corey in the back, Photo Bombing her. Theyre through parts of boulder and Jefferson County where e saw our deepest snow. 3 nedderland topping that list at 77inches. Allenspark over 6. Well likely see them increase in the next couple of hours. As you get closer into denver, anywhere from half an inch to you can see this storm already really starting to clear up from northeast to southwest. `ere going to continue to see that clearing over the next few hours. Some of our heaviest snow will continue along the palmer divide and up and through parts of Jeff
Were at hampden and himalaya. His backyard actually comes out here to himalaya. Thats where the front of the home is. So police have shut down this area. We heard five of the loud bangs and there was a small break i guess in the action, did nott appear to be gunshots, then there were about seven more. We could actually see the sparks coming from the top of the swat vehicle. We dont want to speculate what that is but again it did not sound like the ringing f a gunshot, but police are on the scene and still a very active seen. this all started as a call of a welfare check of an individual potentially suicidal. The man came out and fired a round in the direction of deputies. Another one of those loud bangs coming from the scene just past himalaya where this whole scene has been shut down. Again not a loud sharp piercing sound like a gunshot but a allow load bang, so that makes 13 in total. This whole thing has been going on more than eight hours and this is the first kind of action we hav
Here is a live look along i70 at georgetown. Along, despite the snow falling in the area. Throughout the night though, you might run into heavier traffic. Especially if youre headed back into the metro area. Cdot expects tonight to be a little more than usual because of the president ial visit. Both 17yearold Tziah Thornton and his 4yearold brother, ziare mackey left their home around noon yesterday. They havent been seen since. They were supposed to be home by 8 00 last night. Investigators dont suspect any foul play, but if you think youve seen them, please call police. In broomfield, this house caught fire. North metro tweeted out these images. International, no one was hurst, and it only took firefighters 15 minutes to put this out. Out of its home after aurora firr tweeted this picture of it, on el myra street. This video of firefighters rescuing two turtles from the home. Thats great to see. Toniggt, the family is getting help from the red cross. We have new developments about th
Winds . No . Well, i think that the winds will be winding down. And it actually looks like a pretty decent weekend. A mild one at least in the beginning. Probably will be talking about snow coming in next week. Take a look outside around the foothills and up in the mountains, were still looking at 20 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts. Berthoud pass, pushing into the metro area, 33 miles per hour. But it has been much quiet around downtown denver. In southern wyoming, theyre looking at some pretty strong winds out there toward cheyenne. We still have a high wyoming. The good news is the winds are finally weakening. Downtown denver, just a stunning day. Settling down. At. In the mid60s in longmont, boulder, broomfield at 63. Still mild from estes park toward Idaho Springs and evergreen close to 60. We do have a few clouds moving in from the southwest. Thatll be with us overnight. Tomorrow looks spectacular. This evening the numbers will be cooling off in the 60s. Youre heading home from wor