This is 9news. Crested butte is proud of its hometown okay athlete, a hometown athlete, a woman who once worked as a waitress. But first we have details on what happened earlier that left people hurt in olympic park. Reporter good evening from a rainy, windy night in rio. First it was the winds ripping off siding on the swim venue, then the green water in the diving venue. Now its an overhead main olympic park. Reporter this was a camera flying over okay park on cables that somehow broke loose and fell olympic park on cables that somehow broke loose and fell. Reporter emma coburn becomes the First American woman to medal in this steam chase coburn has a bronze medal. She grew up in Crested Butte, population 1,500. Elevation 9,000 feet. Its definitely a big disconnect from growing up in a small ski town to being a medalist in the summer olympics. Its definitely an unexpected way to get there. Reporter emmas training partner and close friend Jenny Simpson trained together at cu boulder h
Week looking . Its been 20 months since a driver hit and dragged a Denver Police officer under his car. That officer john adsit is now focused on trying to help others. 18 surgeries later and still recovering. Officer adsit wants to assist other First Responders critically injured on the job. He was hurt so badly the two evidence boxes accident. Adsit had a broken pelvis, broken femur, severed artery, collapsed lung and damage to his eyes. He survived thanks to the support of the community and his family. But he says it wasnt easy. Adsit started a nonprofit called adsit strong. it helps other First Responders with the physical and mental challenges of surviving an on duty injury. On september 17th. Hes holding the adsit strong rise and run 5k. Itll benefit officer tony lopez junior. Hes the Denver Police officer who was shot several times during a traffic stop. Theres more information about the run on our website 9news dotcom. State leaders have signals at a Railroad Crossing near trin
Morning. And low better than low to mid 70s this afternoon. And with a small chance for rain or thunder shower again this afternoon. So it is a much different situation we have here today, than days that we just passed up, with the warmer temperatures. Afternoon storms are back in the forecast tomorrow. After a dry morning tomorrow. And then another drizzly cloudy morning, greets us on friday, as we finish up this workweek, on our way to what looks like a warm dry weekend. Right now, Boulder Police are searching for a man considered armed and dangerous. And People Living near the Foothills Parkway area are told to shelter in place, until they find this man. This is a live look at the scene this morning. Foothills parkway is closed. From arapahoe avenue, to u. S. 36. Police say a man fired four shots while officers were talking with him late tuesday night. Then he took off. Departments armored bear cat vehicle are all there right now. Amelia is looking into whether the incident is causi
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 departments armored bearcat vehicle. Theyve 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 denvers montbello neighborhood. The shooting happened tuesday evening on maxwell place. The victim went to the hospital. Were working to find out how that person is doing or why someone shot the victim. The International Youth hostel in denver wont 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 shelter on h
The gate being blown open. A police smokes man says he believes theres one assailant on campus but two weeks two professors, an aurn and australian, were kidnapped. Know is falling in colorados high country. This is from hoosier pass. We have seen snow from other mountain cameras center and we feel it cooling off hear. Yeah, heres another shot of snow on the ground. We see that on and off throughout the day and morning here across the morning. Western slope on the dry side but here in denver some good steady rainfall and rain on the Eastern Plains as well so well start by moving into the denver area. This is just a fairly light to in the high country and foothills through Idaho Springs and down towards bailey some good rainfall and also some snow in the higher peaks. The ski resort in telluride sent us in beautiful pictures. Youll get rain from morgan towards nebraska near leader as well and we have had some showers near burlington. If youre not getting rain, youre on the cloudy 61 in