Traffic impact because of this activity here along highway 85. 85 is closed both directions from 37th street to 42nd street south of 34 in evans, which is directly south of greeley. A local detour is in place and a 5 to 10 minute delay is anticipated. Highway 85 is of course the main artery leaving greeley to head anywhere south. So as this continues to evolve, well keep you updated on the details. But for right now 85 is closed both directions during this roadway here because of the local detour. 5 to 10 extra minutes needed to get around this closure. Good morning everyone, welcome to 9news im corey rose alongside gary shapiro. Cheryl is off today. Meteorologist Marty Coniglio is in the backyard. Reporter it is gorgeous, another great pre dawn sky. Just lovely out here again today. Clear conditions for the most pre dawn sky here over denver, wind mainly confined to the mountains and foothills where i think it will stay through a good bit of the day today. No woodburning restrictions
Meteorologist belen de leon is outside. Shell be watching the sunshine. Well have a nice weekend. Im watching everything out here for you guys. Lets watch these winds. The gusts right now in and around the foothills. Up to about 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour. Folks, this is an improvement of what we had in the overnight hours. Gusts up to 70 Miles Per Hour. To the south, gusty in Colorado Springs. The air force base and into northeast colorado. Speeds right now in the 30s. Now, those winds out on the plains will be decreasing as the morning rolls on, but they will still be gusty in the foothills and the the high country. Here is a look at radar and satellite. We had snow overnight, but those travel advisories have expired and the snow is all but over in the mountains. Its going to be sunny in the city. We started off with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Now our afternoon highs are going to be in the 60s. This is going to be cooler than where we were yesterday. Record. This is a pretty nice
Martytoday is the day to take your lunch outside. Boulders bigger than us. Will keep i70 in Glenwood Canyon closed at good morning. Corey, gary and cheryl with you on this wednesday morning. Meteorologist Marty Coniglio and traffic reporter Amelia Earhart join us. Martytoday is the day to take your lunch outside. Boulders bigger than us. Will keep i70 in Glenwood Canyon closed at least another day. The giant rocks tumbled down monday night damaging both boulders bigger than us. Will keep i70 in Glenwood Canyon closed at least another day. The giant rocks i70 in Glenwood Canyon closed at least another day. The giant rocks tumbled down monday night damaging both sides of the highway. The concrete dividers. And a semi trailer. Amazingly no one was hurt. Cdot hopes to open one lane by tomorrow. Westbound drivers will have to take turns, so delays could last up to an hour. Right now it takes about 5 hours to get around the closure. If youre driving westbound. Youll leave i70 at wolcott. Dri
Again today . The former accused of causing an hiv and hepatitis scare Swedish Medical Center is scheduled to be arraigned today. Investigators say rocky allen swithced needles to get a pain killer called fentanyl. Tarhonda thomas is here with an update, tarhonda . This is rocky allen. He was a surgical tech at swedish for a little more than five months. And, during that that not only broke the law. But put people at risk. You about this story for a while, it all came to a when allen was arrested. Hes accused of taking at least one syringe of fentanol thats a narcotic. Investigators say he took it from the hosptial and replaced it with something else. They havent said but that accusation means allen may have put many patients at risk for hiv, c. The hospital has recommended that 29hundred former we know that at least one of them has tested positive for hep b. That doesnt mean, though, she contracted the disease from this incident. Still investigators think its a possibility. Theyve cha
This is 9news. Good afternoon, thanks for joining us for 9news at noon. Im Tarhonda Thomas here with kyle dyer. We begin with breaking news. The now former surgical technician who is accused of switching syringes at Swedish Hospital has been taken into custody here in denver according to the u. S. Attorneys office, and 9 wants to know chris venderveen has been following this case closely. This guy is going to be in court in a couple of hours . 2 00 p. M. Court hearing in federal court. Its going to be a very quick hearing is what we understand. U. S. Marshals office this morning in denver. Rocky allen worked at Swedish Medical Center as a surgical technician for a little more in january federal investigators believe he stole a syringe of the powerful narcotic fendt knoll and fentanyl and replaced it with an unknown substance. Tested for hepatitis b, hepatitis c and hiv, some of the test results are coming back. We have only heard of negative results so far. The indictment released toda