At major crash near the ramp to 225. At least 12 cars collided in the eastbound lanes. No one in any of the vehicles was seriously hurt. The day after super tuesday, both sides are looking at the. Bernie sanders is vowing he will fight all the way to the convention, he won three states, including colorado, Hillary Clinton the won seven. She picked up 490 delegates to his 323. On the republican side, donald trump won 7 of the 11 states up for grabs. Mitt romney is expected to go after trump hard in a speech tomorrow. Trump said he will take part in a debate on fox news, one of the moderators will be megyn kelly. Ben carson said he sees no path forward to the nomination. Not clear if he suspended or what. His long time Business Manager trump. He said that ted cruz have no path and they should drop out. The results didnt sends anyone candidates. Google searches on tuesday looked for how can i move to canada, spiked 350 . You can decide which candidate sparked the searches. Candidate need not worry about a wave of americans returning the border, the same thing happened right after the 2004 president ial election. Strong gusts across the front range today, 5070 miles per hour, made it tough to enjoy the sunshine. And you can see the strain that put on the flags in fort collins. Tonight, the gusts are starting to die down, earlier though, some people had no choice but to find a way to work in the wind. With the tough gets job of all tough gets job of all. Reporter you expect at whip did windy day story to start here we wouldnt live up to the cliche if we department remind you to throw on a hat but on windy days, sometimes its best to expect the unexpected. I would say, i wouldnt do it on a day like this. Reporter is it as windy up there as down here . Its winds year up here, and more windy up here. Reporter patrick and his partner lou have one of of the toughest gigs. Theres a lot the squirrels spring. Reporter patrick is a climbing arborist. One who has to get the job done, even with gusts up to 50 miles got a lot of movement up here. The branches are probably moving upwards of two feet back and forth. Is he swaying . Just look andrin. Reporter there is protection, ropes had helping him from not blowing away. Feels like im on the ocean. In a boat in a storm. A little nauseous for sure. Up and down. Reporter winds were any worse, he says he would get down. But for now, he will continue on the tightrope of timber, unexpected sight on a windy day. I hope my moms not watching tonight patrick wanted mom to know, and you, that he did get down safely. He says the only real weather that he wont venture up in is rain. Not brag,ing, thats reporting. Taking into account affordability, good jobs, and quality of life. In a moment, on 9news. Com, vote now, were going to ask you about the biggest advantages and colorado. First, we want to know why you enjoy working and playing here. Windy day i think it might be too strong. Reporter denver blows away the competition. Warm weather, good vibes, nice people. World report agree. They looked at numbers from the census bureau, crime data, ranging the top 100 estimation, one. I moved here mostly for the culture and art snore we can moved here four years ago ago. We go total converts and events to the concerts, and events. Reporter theres a shared feeling that denver is somehow just a cut above. He left for about four years, but found his way back home. You go other places, and they have mountains but something about the Rocky Mountains is beautiful. Reporter is a man that, a mother of samantha, a mother of two, looks to the climate, and then the community. People are authentic and real. Its hike a hometown like a hometown. Reporter and this family, real close. No better way to spends a wednesday afternoon than together. I grew up here. Reporter their dad speaks little english, he said it all happy we wanted your opinion, vote now, were asking two questions, what do you like most about living in colorado, here are the live results. Laid back people, the weather and outdoors, pot and beer. We love those two together. So its weather and outdoors, right . People are loving the weather and outdoors, we talked about the fact that the population growth does come with obvious issues. We would invite people to read the commentary i wrote. You can find it on 9news. Com, and on our facebook page, all the transplants, many have come from very economically depressed areas, and those cities are wrestling with their own problems, but the presence of the transplants creates their own issues, and we can leverage that power, that Economic Force to help solve some problems, most pressing issue is. Affordable housing, traffic issues, or specifically in denver, issues with the homeless, thats tied to housing, ties to Substance Abuse and other issues. So were curious out of all the issues, they are circulating where you would point the finger. People talking about housing, talking about traffic as well, those are two big universal issues. Obviously impacted by the fact we have a booming population. The mail carrier made an unusual find along his route. A 2yearold toddler wandering along the road, robert intensity said the girl was in a diaper standing in the median on zuni. And the several cars passed by. No one stopped, he did. He picked up the child, and when he didnt find an adult for the toddler, he called 911. Just walking down the street in diapers, and cars going by. So i just, i knew i had to get there as quick as possible so she wouldnt dart off in front of traffic. The child is home safe, deputies had to go door to door to finds the family. The Adam County Sheriffs Office said the girls grandfather was watching her. He didnt realize she was missing. She was missing for at least 30 minutes. The grand matter has been cited grandfather has been cited for misdemeanor child abuse. The Sports Authority has filed for bankruptcy. Courting to the tieing according to the filing, they have more than 1 billion in debt. They are closing 1 who of the 463 stores. Bloomberg news is reporting that Sports Authority is in talks with two rivals, Dicks Sporting Good and models. We are curious what will happen with the naming rights at mile high. That is still unclear. The broncos tell us nothing has with Sports Authority. So far, frontier is the only one asking for direct flights from denver to cuba. Frontier asked for four flights. 8 airlines are bidding on 110 potential flights from the u. S. To ten cuban cities. Still ahead, scott kelly man. How much he grew, physically, during his year in space. Then, who needs an elevator . When the skyscraper has a slide made of flask. Mark koebrichs toughest stories. He will try to sum up his 40 years. Will the wild wind stick around until tomorrow . And kobe bryants farewell. Scott kelly is the most closely, studied man on earth. After returning from a year in space, he is being carefully observed to see how weight legsness changed his body. He is has grown as a man, literally, grown. Gate at the compress our spine, and will gravity will compress our spine. New glass slide will be built on the u. S. Bank tower, the tall less building in the l. A. School line t will take the 69th and will open in june. No, no. The thats not going to happen for me. If youre afraid of the wind, its gusty out here i thought we might be past the peak of the wind, its going to get we are, but in fort collins, blustery in Larimer County and weld county. I think temperatures will be warmer tomorrow though. Less wind, more sunshine. Low 60s today, the average is 50 mid50s up in the central mountains. We have sunshine, mid30s between 69 00 a. M. , and the headline is less wind. And the winds are decreasing a little out at dia, 40 there, weve been running milder downtown. Our temperatures are close to 50 outside the studios. On the back side of that front that brought rain, did you have rain . The snowiest month on average, winds was crazy, 45 miles an hour in fort collins, and 70 miles an hour in cheyenne. Its just been really, windy as the Pressure Gradient continues to ease, the winds will start to decrease. High pressure starting to shift, even with the next system moving on shore, much calmer day coming up tomorrow. And as the winds go from the authority west to southwest, we will see milder conditions. The precip is outside our state aborder. The high states border. The high winds warnings have been cancelled. The next system is bringing rain no san francisco, snow to the sierras, cast cascade cascade range. Snow showers cruising through the great lakes, our system is a fast mover, it will bring the from memphis to st. Louis, cool air stays north, but with us, here this colorado, understand the influence of the big blocking ridge of high pressure, even the next system comes in, will come in as a die front on friday dry front on friday. You can see how were in the one of dry air, with the best chance for precip in the north west. Southwest winds will get us into the mid60s, but wes on the edge of that were on the edge of that arctic air mass. Western fringe of an interesting weather scenario. Diminishing rain showers in the northeast, the in the high country, blowing snow, conditions will improve, but its going to be cold. With clear skies. Look for overnight lows tonight in the teens for many of the High Mountain valleys, 8 28 for greeley. Few clouds along the foothills, a mountain wave cloud, but the numbers way above average for the average is 50, and well see numbers closer to that in the foothills. For tonight, windy, cool, forecast low at 0, 30. Well look for a high near 65 tomorrow. Dry front takes us down slightly, but only to warm up. High close to 70 sunday, ahead of a storm that could bring a chance of rain and snow monday into tuesday. Cooler highs to kick off the early part of next week. But no big snow storms looming on the horizon. So stay low and enjoy the looming dog days of winter. Theres some sled doings dogs that want to work. 9news wouldnt be the same tomorrow as we congratulated Mark Koebrich on his retirement, we will miss his warmth, smile and laugh. Work family will miss him. We wanted him to look back on some of his favorite and most memorable moments. Ive always been a fairly gregarious guy, youve heard more than anyone, tell him to shut up im just the kind of person, i think, thats fairly approachable, i love to hear peoples stories as much as i like to tell them. When i first got here, it was the blizzard of 82. I stood in the middle of i25 for 16 hours, there was no traffic of any kinds. I remember thinking, does this my gosh i made a big mistake. January 28, two days before the super bowl. I covered super bowls, lot of the ones they lost and two of the ones they won, not the last 93, i was out there, youth day, a remarkable thing. We started going around that was quite the moment, we did that for hours, and we met a lot of kids doing that. And i covered the olympics, went to atlanta, salt lake, and china. So ive been to the far corners of the world. Its been an incredible ride. Mostly the people that have been through here, you know, have met some wonderful people, original photographers, chris wheeler. [ background noise ] we spends so much time here. My grandkids. For some reason, they think i am it they love me sweetheart. We were from a small town, and it was a place to be from. In illinois, dick van dyke, and jerry van dyke, all the kinds of people that were there bayer left, that just but left. Eventually, it was a place to be from, but a great place to grow up, and we just had my mother knew, i couldnt get the time of day out of her. She was a cookie. She still is. And you know, were anxious to spend time together. I met her almost 50 years ago, got a job in tv, and havent seen her since. Im in a position now, i just cant wait to wave goodbye for the last time. I think drew said, how can we miss you if you never leave . Because ive been going for a long time ive been on was out for a long way out for a long time. Ive been ready for it for a long time. Im anxious to start whatever is next, and get on with it. And try something different. Ill mitt you, and all miss you, and all of you. From colorado sports leader. Kobe bryant left denver so quietly, you hardly knew he was nuggets beat the lakers, and bryant passing through town on his farewell tour, only played 11 minutes, made one basket for five points, and sat out the second half with a sore shoulder. Nuggets win 117107. Last time here . I think its important to get out and play, and show appreciation for all these years, you know . And had it not been the case, i wouldnt have played. I just wanted to get out. Rockies lost the first exhibition game. Rocks were sweeten by the dime banks were beaten by the diamondbacks. They lose 63. Cu Football Team got blown right into the new practice facility today. It was extremely windy on opening day of spring ball in boulder, and since the conditions were too dangerous the photography tour, and since its indoor facility is ready, they tried it out. We cant lift our towers up for the young men, and i wanted to have good film. Im not going to let them up in that situation. They can operate them upstairs, like a joy stick, so when we have outside practice field, we will have those on a joy stick. When the avalanche begins a home stands tomorrow against the panthers, they will have a new goalie. Back to back big losses for the avs, losses where the goldly wasnt at his best. Hes not responsible, were winning and losing as a team. Its a team game, and i believe in that. But, a key save here and there. Somethings got to change so i want to play every game, im ready to play every game. Ive been working really hard for that, and hes been playing well for us lately. So i just need to coaching staff, give me a chance to play. Reporter in the near future, for tomorrow, he will be a back up. The net is now calvin pickerts. Absolutely. Thats everything for me. And when im called upon, i feel confident in there. If pickert doesnt play well, the avs can always go to plan c. How about a player coach . As you know, 9news anchor Mark Koebrich retired after quarterbacking our team to thousands of Television Ratings titles over the years, and so, thats why we have sketch the, being carried off the field. So tee time is when . Noon . I want to sleep in koebrich was walking done the hall, surrounded by coworkers, rob mackey, giving him the highfive. Senate he he is probably mortified right now. Offering up an apology letter. That was good. Blame it on the wind. Best wishes to Mark Koebrich, the first night of the rest of his life