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credible threats within 72 hours rather than the current requirement of 35 days. Connor Shreve, K-O-A. Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pedersen also introducing a similar measure at the federal level. A dedicated space of support near Evergreen High is now open to help students impacted by that shooting. The historic Yellow House on County Road 73 is now home to the Evergreen Resiliency Center. Chris Sharlin, with Victim Outreach Incorporated, says that the space is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday for everyone still processing the trauma. If someone needs to go to counseling and they want to go during their lunch hour but they can't reach their therapist who's 30 minutes away, their therapist could potentially come here. and have that session. The house replaces the virtual resiliency center, which was set up online after the September shooting. A bill making its way through the legislature aims to protect kids who are making money on social media. The bipartisan measure establishes new protections and requirements for children featured in online content, also known as Kid Fluencers. Representative Megan Lukens is a co-sponsor of the bill. A parent or guardian must establish a trust or a minor if the creator is earning $15,000 more a year. The bill also provides the right to remove online content once a child reaches adulthood and it prohibits the second. of children for financial gain. The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee unanimously and moves to the full House for consideration. State Senator Dylan John Roberts wants to see penalties increased for speeders. Making sure Colorado's roads are as safe as possible as something that I hear about from my constituents all the time. He introduced a bill to increase fines and add possible jail time for habitual speeders. The bill has its first hearing with the State Senate Transportation Committee in a couple of weeks. The red flag warning for parts of Colorado expired, but the fire danger in these warm, dry conditions continues. The National Weather Services, Sack Iris, says a ridge of high pressure remains stuck over the West Coast. We just need that pattern to break down. There's signs of that starting to happen over the next couple of weeks. It does look like we'll start to see. More of a trough over the west and some regging finally built over the eastern U.S. Temperatures for the front range will cool during the week with potential snow in the mountains and rain in the front range by Thursday. Two men are recovering after having to be rescued from Long's Peak over the weekend. The 47 and 50-year-old climbers were at 14,000 feet Friday night when they called for help. The climbers said they were unprepared to spend the night. Rangers did maintain communication with the two through the overnight hours. A Chinook helicopter landed on the summit of Longs Peak Saturday afternoon to rescue the two men. Park Rangers say dangerous winter conditions still exist in the high country.

away. If you need to renew your driver's license, you should do it before Friday as DMV offices throughout the state will be closing for several days next week so the state can make some tech upgrades. Beginning today, services such as renewals are only going to be available in person and then all offices will be closing next Monday through Wednesday for staff training on the new system. Today show hosts Savannah Guthrie once again pleading for help as the search for her mother enters a second week. She posted another video on Instagram yesterday to thank people for the prayers for 84-year-old Nancy. We believe our mom is still out there. We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock trying to bring her home, trying to find her. She's asking people to call police if they see or hear anything. Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home outside of Tucson on January 31st. Police say they're taking a ransom note seriously, but if yet, to name any suspects. After prompt from some Republicans, the Justice Department has removed the redactions for some of its recently released Epstein files. Congressman Thomas Massie says it's time for more transparency. The men who Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women to. We want those names published. We're not out to embarrass people. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing on X last night that the names of non-victims will be revealed, but victims' names will remain blacked out. Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell, took the fifth yesterday when giving testimony to a congressional panel. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill working on reforms for ICE says they prepared a vote on funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Here's Fox's Bill Malusian. ICE has already agreed to roll out body cameras nationwide, but now Republicans say Democrats are moving the goalposts. Apparently worried that the body cams can be used to surveil protesters, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are now demanding that ICE also, quote, prohibit tracking, creating, or maintaining databases of individuals participating in First Amendment activities. Other Democrat demands include an end of roving patrol, judicial warrants, enforcing ICE agents to unmask and wear ID. Republicans say banning ICE agents from wearing masks will put them in danger. The military seizing another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight. The U.S. had hunted the ship called the Akela 2 all the way from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean before eventually boarding that vessel. Now, that vessel was operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean. The War Department writing this on social media when the War Department says, quarantine, we mean it. Nothing will stop the Department of War from defending our homeland, even in oceans halfway around the world. That's Fox's Kevin Cork, the U.S. has seized seven tankers so far. And another reason to have that second cup of coffee this morning, researchers say drinking caffeinated coffee or tea could lower your risk of developing dementia. A long-term study published in the Journal of the American and Medical Association found two to three cups of caffeinated coffee or one to two cups of tea slows cognitive decline and preserves brain function. Researchers also determined about 300 milligrams of caffeine is the optimum.

daily amount. You're up to date on Colorado's morning news. Let's take a look at your latest business and money news. Keenan Dixon joining us and Keenan the alarms are really being sounded with the warm and dry weather continuing. And Colorado's winter has been anything but causing issues for mountain towns that depend on the snow to fall. State Senator Dylan John Roberts represents a large portion of the state's mountain counties and says this winter raises red flags for the entire state. The biggest overarching concern is the long-term impacts of this. Is this going to make people not want to re-book their trips if they have a bad time because of the lack of snow? And then thinking forward to the summer and the dry season and drought that we're likely going to experience and what that means for summer sports on the rivers. He says he's talked with business owners who have voiced their concerns in the short-term, citing short-term financial losses from the lack of winter tourism. And as things go with winter tourism, we asked the question yesterday. Why hasn't Colin? Colorado hosted the winter games with all of these world-class mountains and strong winter sports community. John Roberts says Colorado could capture billions at revenue from the two-week Olympics, but with the northern Italy region, expected to bring in $6 billion from the games just this year. He admits it will be a long process to get to that point, having to look west for the blueprint. We're following Salt Lake City very closely. They're not too far away from us, and they get another chance to host the Winter Olympics in 2034. So that will definitely provide a good data point on what the costs are and then what the benefits are. Colorado is the only host to ever turn down an offer to host the Olympics. That happened in 1972 when the state said no to the 1976 Winter Games. Those had to move to Austria. John Roberts says it's been 55 years and the state should explore the opportunity with the current Winter Games infrastructure already in place in Colorado. First, the state would need to change an amendment to the Constitution passed in 1972, preventing tax dollars or other state funds from being used for investment into the Olympics. prices are starting to creep up. AAA puts today's national average at $2.92 a gallon. That's up two cents from yesterday. Colorado remains below that average sitting at $284 a gallon. California has the highest prices at the pump at $4.49 Oklahoma at the cheapest at $2.34. You're up to date on the latest business and money news. Let's take a look at your early Tuesday morning drive. We head to the KOA Traffic Center and say good morning to you. Happy Tuesday. We are starting off with one problem to the east on I-70. It was a little bit earlier this morning. I had a pretty bad accident westbound on I-70 right at Havana. It's been kind of in the cleanup and investigative stages for some time now. It's kind of off to the side of the highway, lots of flashing lights. And with the amount of traffic we have out here, it hasn't caused a real big delay, but I'm just starting to... see it jamming through that immediate area. Not a real big backup at this point. Just use caution. Certainly want to keep to the left there. The rest of freeways look good. I-25 set the posted speed limit, turnpikes building nicely, and no delays to the airport on Pena. Jonathan Steele on K-A-850 a.m. and 94-1 FM.

From the Super Bowl to the top pick in the draft, Seahawks, offensive coordinator and former Broncos quarterback coach, Clint Kubiak, is headed to the Raiders with hopes of turning the team around in a tough AFC West. The team signed the 38-year-old to a five-year deal to be their new head coach. Kubiak was brief upon his arrival to Vegas. It's a blessing. It's a really exciting, exciting day for my family, and, yeah, just soaking it all in right now. I've got a lot of work to do. And some people could call the Raiders job a black hole as Kubiak takes over a job that hasn't had much success over the past 15 years, becoming the 10th head coach in that time since 2010. John Gruden is the longest tenured head coach of the Raiders since 1994, having two stints with the team with the team where he spent three seasons each. And that's it. That was in Oakland and Las Vegas. The former CSU Ram Klukew Kubiak has a top pick in the draft in his pocket with Alzheimer's. pointing to Indiana quarterback and Heisman winner, Fernando Mendoza being their top choice to pair with 24 Heisman finalist, Ashton Janty, in the backfield. The nuggets are trying to end their pre-all star break portion of the season strong, but hit a roadblock last night. When the new look, Cavs came into ball arena and got the 119-117 win, Denver has lost four or five and have one more game before the break. Wednesday's a scary game. You know, it's very easy to think about Thursday morning, you know, and checking out for a second. So we have to prepare like, you know, we did every other game. And it can escape you. And I think tonight was like that. I thought they were the same way. You know, we're both getting letired. Different people are playing. They just made a trade. So the game had weird lulls to it. Nikolai Oka, Chad is 183 triple double in the loss, scoring 22 points, collecting 14 boards and dishing out 11 assists, but missed a game-winning three at the horn. James Harden, Jared Allen, and Donovan Mitchell combined for 76 points in the world. win for the calves. Lindsay Vaughn says she'll need more surgeries to recover from the fractured legs she suffered in a brutal crash during Sunday's downhill race she says in an Instagram post the only the five-time Olympian in gold medal says quote it wasn't a storybook or fairy tale it was just life she assures her torn ACL was not a due to the crash, but her line being five inches too far to the right, clipping the gate with her pole on a jump and whipping her around while she was in the air. She ends her post saying the only failure in life is not trying. I'm Keenan Dixon on K-O-A. Home of the Buffs, Broncos and Rockies in KOA Sports today at 3. Colorado's morning news. K-O-A news time 517. No payment has been made in the ransom deadline passed in the search for Nancy Guthrie. In a video today, show host Savannah Guthrie now pleading with the public for any help in locating her 84-year-old mother. No matter where you are, even if you're far from Tucson, if you see anything, you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange to you. that you report to law enforcement. Nancy was first reported missing on February 1st after missing a Sunday church service TV outlets say the ransom note demanded $6 million in Bitcoin with the deadline for yesterday afternoon.

Colorado Springs Police planning to nearly triple the amount of automated license plate readers in the city. The police chief says it'll help them locate stolen vehicles, identify suspects, and piece together crimes, but some residents have voiced privacy concerns. There's legislation in the state senate that would require a warrant for law enforcement to access the data of the license plate readers, except for an emergency situations. Bad Bunny seeing a 410% jump in his U.S. streams on Spotify after his Super Bowl 60 halftime performance. The Puerto Rican stars music was also taking up the top six spots on the Daily Songs chart yesterday morning. And Kid Rock says he managed to catch some of Bad Bunny's halftime show. Like most people, I didn't understand any of it. I mean, I saw there's a lot of dancers and a lot of big-to-do stuff. And, you know, he said he wanted to have a dance party. He looked like he had one, you know, not my cup of tea. He spoke with Fox News yesterday, fresh off headlining. Turning Point USA's All-American halftime show billed as an alternative programming for bad money show. Coming up, your next chat GPT search may also come with a pop-up. We'll explain in our Tech Tuesday chat in just a minute. Let's take a look at your Tuesday morning drive with Jonathan Steele and the K-OA Traffic Center. Yeah, Denver Police still trying to wrap up a crash that occurred a little bit earlier this morning, Westbound I-70 at Havana. They do have the right side of the highway block, so try to get to the left there early. It is jamming through that immediate area, not a real big delay at this point, but it may take a minute or two getting past that. A lot of curiosity also involved with this one because it's dark enough and the lights are flashing out there. We've got 270 and I-76 building very nicely. Bullardturnpikes wide open for us. Basically all the other freeways are very, very light. I-25 between downtown of the tech centers right at 10 minutes. Mountain roads look great, too. Of course, with the lack of snow that we've had so far this year, dry highways for the most part, and that includes I-70 from here all the way up to the Eisenhower tunnel. Jonathan Steele on K.A. 8.50 a.m. and 94-1-Fm.m. K-O.A. News Time 520. Gina Contact on Colorado's morning news ads coming to chat. A sign that the AI company needs to generate revenue in a developing technology and a growing business. Joining us on the K-Wa Commons Spirit Health Hotline to talk more about it. It is ABC News Tech reporter Mike Dubusky. Mike, appreciate your time as always. I actually learned that this was happening through that competitor ad that aired during the Super Bowl that kind of poked fun of ChatGPT for starting ads. Tell us a little bit more about it. Yeah, those Anthropic ads got a lot of attention in the last week. They dropped online before airing during the Super Bowl, but they really got at a real... you know, hinge point in the AI space right now, which is, of course, what to do with advertising. So on Monday, we learned that chat GPT is going to start integrating advertising into two of the versions of chat GPT that are out there, the free version and then the lowest tier of their subscription version, which is called chat GPT go. It is $8 a month. The ads are going to appear at the bottom of the conversations you're having with chat GPT, walled off in their own section. If you look at...

images of how this is going to look. It's pretty easy to determine what's ad content and what's not from what we're able to see. It is pretty well marked as advertisement. As for what ads you are going to see, OpenAI says it's going to match ads submitted by advertisers with the topic of your conversation. So if you're having a conversation with ChatGPT about a trip to Maui, it's going to show you ads related to Airbnbs or what have you. The company says it's not going to share the content of the chats with advertisers. Rather, advertisers are only going to see how many people looked at an ad, how many people clicked through to an ad, that type of thing. They also say they're not going to show ads on conversations related to mental health or politics or to anyone who's under the age of 18. Those are the rules that OpenAI have outlined. But even still, as evidenced by those, Super Bowl ads from Anthropic, one of their big competitors, it really does underscore sort of anxiety in this space, especially, because when you're talking to a chat by, it's a little different than doing a Google search, right? It's more personal. And once you add advertising to the mix, well, then that really does cast a sort of Paul over exactly how trustworthy a lot of these conversations can be. Yeah, so, Mike, if I did a Google search or an Amazon search of a hair product that I was looking for, I wouldn't see that as the curated ad on chat, GBT, unless I was looking into ways to make hair curlier or whatever, something like that. Right. That's ostensibly the idea. Now, Open AI also says there's a way to, like, turn off personalization in the ad, so you can just kind of see random ads. But, you know, this is generally how most sort of online advertising goes, right? The company has a little bit of data on you, either what you're searching, where you are, what, you know, sort of personal information that they've collected over the years on you, and then they can kind of tailor the ad experience to you. And advertisers pay more to have ads tailored to the specific demographic. they're targeting. So it's a pretty lucrative business. And Open AI wants to be a part of that. Of course, this gets at the bigger picture, right? Which is that there's a scramble in the AI space right now to monetize this technology, which for the most part has not happened yet, despite the fact that chat GPT is more than three years old at this point. There is this sense that there needs to be some sort of robust proof that there is a business case for generative AI technology. Otherwise, investors are going to be in taking their money out. This so-called bubble is going. going to burst and innovation in AI will just grind to a halt. So advertising is one way to do that, but of course it also comes with a lot of risk as well as we've been outlining. What's more, all of these chatbots that are out there, chat GPT, Claude, which comes from Anthropic, Gemini, which comes from Google, whatever, they're not, you know, that different to the average person when it comes to the experience. The moat between jumping from one to the other is very shallow. Adding ads to the experience, you know, has the risk of cheapening that experience. And it's pretty easy for someone to just click away to Google and go do their AI searches there instead of at Open AI. So that is a big risk that the company is taking on. A quick minute left. But I do have a question one that comes from like the tech perspective of advertising. You mentioned a number of the AI platforms that we have. And a number of those did have Super Bowl ads. Do you see that as almost like a cry for help of we need to get more traction due to the... this AI bubble or is it just trying to become the best in the top out of all of them?

I think there's two ways to look at it, depending on how optimistic you are about the future of the AI industry. Of course, there are any AI boosters out there who say that this is the technology that's going to usher in the next generation of our technological lives, right? It's going to be this life-changing thing. But, of course, we have to regulate and we have to go about it the right way. And the follow-on from that would be that obviously there would be a lot of sort of advertising and attention on generative artificial intelligence. at a platform like the Super Bowl. On the other hand, it wasn't so long ago that all the ads during the Super Bowl had to do with crypto in some way or another, and then we saw that bubble burst a few years ago. So there's a fair amount of skepticism that I think people have looked at the Super Bowl ads with regards to AI in. Just because, you know, it does seem like there is this, you know, increasing desperation among a lot of these companies, which are very prominent to make money. And, you know... So far, that just hasn't happened yet. Forgot about all those cryptoats. Jesus, there were so many of them. They weren't even good, too. Yeah, yeah, that's the shame of it. ABC News Tech reporter, it's Mike Duboskey. Thanks, Mike. Of course. Take care. Let's go now to the K-OA traffic center with a look at your drive. Here's Jonathan Steele. Yeah, we're seeing a little more of a delay out there to the east side as we're gathering more traffic folks hitting the roads. And this accident, westbound 70 at Havana, does have the right side of the highway now blocked up. The backup is to about Peoria or so. So a little bit of a distance in there. It's a good half mile or so. But it is kind of solid, too. Really jammed up. Push left, certainly. Pena not affected there just yet. We're still looking at a good ride to and from the air. airport, I 76 and 270, holding steady eastbound routes like 6, C470 are wide open. Jonathan's deal on K-WA-8 at D-A.m. and 94.1 FM. Tuesday morning on Colorado's morning news, 8.50 a.m. 94-1 FM and on the IHeart Radio app. Good morning. I'm Gina Gondack. Fox 31 pinpoint weather today, cooler than what we've seen the past couple of days as our high temperature will drop into the low 50s this afternoon. We'll be into the low 30s overnight tonight and then sunshine returns tomorrow, warming back up into the low 60s and could see some rain by Thursday. Currently, we're at 35 in Denver. The Aurora City Council moving forward with a proposed tobacco and vape retail licensing ordinance that shop owners worry will eliminate their businesses. At the end of the day, we're trying to protect youth. That's why Stephanie Hancock is sponsoring a city ordinance requiring all vape and tobacco shops in the city to have FDA labels on their products and stricter penalties for shops that sell to teens. If the measure passes a final reading, shops could be fined $1,000 for a first offense of selling to minors in 2000 for each additional offense. A recent study shows 85% of high school students who tried to buy vaping products were not refused due to age. Vap shop owners say their customers will simply go to...

other cities in order to buy the products. State and federal lawmakers coming together sponsoring laws that would require online search warrants to be served within. 24 hours after someone posts a threat. State Representative Tammy Storries says a quicker search could have stopped the Evergreen High School shooter who was under federal investigation during the attack. As we look for answers in the wake of this tragedy, we discovered systemic failure in the law enforcement and search warrant process that took place. She says the legislation brings Colorado law in line with the modern realities of the internet. In Colorado Democratic Congresswoman, Brittany Pederson agrees. sponsoring a similar bill in Washington. As we see an exponential increase in the radicalization of our kids online with easy access to firearms, which can be a lethal combination without the tools necessary to intervene. The investigation into the Evergreen shooter took three warrants. Colorado lawmakers looking into a bill that would protect so-called kid fluencers, children who are featured in social media content that generates income. The measure would require parents to establish a trust for their children if the child earns at least $15,000 a year from online content. It also provides the right to remove online content once the child reaches adulthood. Bill co-sponsor, Representative Megan Lukens, says there's another profession. It prohibits sexualization of children for profit. So it creates a civil cause of action for damages. And it also prohibits intentionally sexualizing children for financial gain. A bipartisan bill passed the House Judiciary Committee unanimously and will next be considered by the full House. Another measure at the state Capitol could increase the penalties for speeding. State Senator Dylan John Roberts wants to see heftier fines and possibly jail time for habitual offenders. If you get another speeding offense within the year of that first one, you're going to see an increase in your point violations. The bill has its first hearing with the State Senate's Transportation Committee in a couple of weeks. A 23-year-old man faces multiple charges related to a deadly hit-and-run crash in Thornton over the weekend. The left a 14-year-old boy dead. I hope you get what you deserve. He was just the baby, my baby. Elena Benali's son, Jaden, was riding a motorized bike north of Huron Street Saturday night when he was hit. Investigators say the driver was speeding when he hit the scene from behind, then continued without stopping. Flock cameras helped them locate 23-year-old Jeremy Nobles Jr., who they later arrested. The family has launched a GoFundMe account to help with Jaden's funeral costs. The arraignment delayed for a former Staunton State Park Ranger accused in a stabbing hoax. 26-year-old Column Hescott will be back in court in two weeks after his attorney asked for a delay in order for Heskett to get a psychological evaluation. In August of last year, Heskett reported he'd been stabbed while working in the park, prompting a significant law enforcement response. Heskett was arrested after the Jeffcoe Sheriff's Office said there were inconsistencies in his...

story. Heskitt is facing both felony and misdemeanor charges. Kathy Walker, K-O-A. Today, show host Savannah Guthrie issuing another plea for help as the search for her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, enters a second week. Even if you're far from Tucson. If you see anything, you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement. The family says they're willing to pay the ransom as demanded by someone who sent the notes, claiming to have taken the elderly woman from her Tucson home. But the deadline passed with no proof of life. Police still haven't said whether the notes are credible. Members of Congress getting their first chance to see the unredacted Epstein files, Maryland Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin. I saw the names of lots of people who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reason. He wonders who the Justice Department is trying to protect. This comes as more questioned surface about the brother of Charles III. Charles III is breaking his silence about his brother, former Prince Andrew. Since the new revelations and the latest Epstein files release, Charles III now saying he is ready to support police as they look into a claim that Andrew shared confidential material with Epstein back when Andrew was a trade envoy. The palace saying the king has made clear in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern or allegations which continue to come to light in respect. to Mr. Mountbatten, Windsor's conduct. That's ABC's Perry Russum. You're up to dates on Colorado's morning news. Keenan Dixon joining us with the latest business and money news, a major payday for betters. Hey, I think I won like 37 bucks on the Super Bowl. That's pretty good. That was about it. That's not bad. Yeah, I think I only bet like 10, so I'll take it. Would you bet? Pretty much just the Seahawks winning. And that's about as far. Maybe some of the random parlays. I think I threw some money on there. That was about it. That's always good. It was a good Super Bowl for Seattle, but not. For Las Vegas, the Seahawks victory over the New England Patriots did not attract a lot of action at the sports books, but betters also won. The Nevada Gaming Control Board says it was the lowest amount bet on a Super Bowl in a decade. This year's game attracted more than $133 million in bets. That's a drop of around $60 million over the past two years. It's worth noting that the $190.190 peak in 2024 was when the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers. in Las Vegas in the betting capital of the country. The warm winter continues in Colorado and its impact on mountain towns as being felt with each passing day of low snowfall. State Senator Dylan John Roberts represents a large portion of the state's mountain counties and says it's not just a ski resorts that are feeling the squeeze. I've talked to many business owners across the mountains who have seen decreased visitations. They're seeing people cancel their trips. The restaurants are down.

And so it's challenging in the short term. He says there will be long-term effects, too, from fire danger and drought concerns to a drop in summer tourism for lower rivers. SpaceX is shifting its focus to prioritize on building a self-growing city on the moon. Elon Musk shared a post on X over the weekend, explaining that, quote, the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the moon is faster. The decision comes as the U.S. faces intense competition from... China to return humans to the moon this decade. Despite the shift in focus, SpaceX still plans to start on Elon Musk's goal of establishing a city on Mars and is reportedly targeting March 2027 for an uncrewed lunar landing. I'm Wendy Swanson. You're up to date on the latest business and money news. Taking a look at your drive with Jonathan Steele and the K-O-A traffic center. And we still have a crash out to the east side on I-70 in the cleanup stages, so maybe still being investigated. It was a pretty serious one that happened much earlier this morning, Westbound, approaching Havana. They do have the right side of the highway blocked off with the backup now extending all the way to 225. So we're definitely looking at a pretty good delay developing there. Hasn't affected 225 just yet. But northbound to westbound, I'm sure that flyover is going to start backing up rather quickly. Pena still looks good for us. starting to see a little more traffic hit the streets up north, I-25, as well as I-76, especially the westbound to southbound I-25 ramp. One other accident back out to the east side at 32nd and airport. Jonathan Steele on K-O-A-8 at D.m., and 941 FM. The Nuggets trying to in their pre-all-star break portion of the season strong, but played a tough schedule the last two weeks, hitting a roadblock last night when the new look calves came into ball arena and got the 119-117 win. Denver's lost four of five and have one more game before the break. Head coach David Adelman. This is a tough loss. It's one of the ones you'll remember at the end of the year. Had control of the game. This happens in the NBA. I told them in there it's, you know, this stuff happens. We've won some games like this. The other team's probably looking back on how do we lose that game. Nicola Yokic had his 183 triple double in the loss, scoring 22 points, collecting 14 boards and dishing out 11 dimes. But he missed a game winning three at the horn. James Hardin, Jared Allen, and Donovan Mitchell combined for 76 points in the win for the Cavs. From the Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl to the worst team in the NFL, Seahawks offensive coordinator and former Broncos quarterback coach, Clint Kubiak, is headed to the race. to be their next head coach with hopes of turning the team around in a tough AFC West. The team signed the 38-year-old to a five-year deal. It's a blessing. It's really exciting. Exciting day for my family and, yeah, just soaking it all in right now. I've got a lot of work to do. The Raiders job over the past 15 years is a black hole. Kubiak takes over that job that hasn't had much success really since. early 2000s. He becomes the 10th coach of the team since 2010. John Gruden is the longest tenured head coach of the Raiders since 1994, having two stints there where he spent just three seasons each time with the team in Oakland and Las Vegas. Well, Kubiak will have the top draft pick in his pocket with all signs pointing toward Indiana quarterback and Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza being the next man up.

The U.S. women's hockey team will meet rival Canada today in their final preliminary round game at the Winter Olympics. U.S. hockey goalie, Gwen Phillips, says it's always fun to battle with the rivals. U.S. and Canada, we both get up to those games, and I think, you know, we're going to bring our all, and they're going to bring our all, and it's going to be a really fun match-up. The U.S. are 3-0 so far following yesterday's 5-0-0 win over Switzerland. The Americans have now outscored their first three opponents, 15 to 1. The Canadians are 2-0 in Milan, puck drops at noon. The men's hockey tournament featuring a number of Colorado avalanche players starts tomorrow. I'm Gina Dixon on K-O-A, home of the buffs, Broncos, and Rockies in K-O-A sports today at 3. Colorado's morning news. COA news time 548. The National Laboratory of the Rockies, formerly known as NREL, laying off another 134 employees. The spokesperson for the federal research facility in Golden said that the cuts were made in response to existing and anticipated funding levels, as well as the alignment with the Department of Energy's priorities. The Trump administration eliminated 114 jobs at the facility back in May. Colorado State Patrol says a horse was killed after it crossed into the path of two vehicles on I-70 and Grand Junction. This happened early Sunday morning on the eastbound side near mile post 22, resulting in a multi-vehicle, even rollover crash. The horse died at the scene and one person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. No other details had been released. Flights to Cuba canceled. Beginning today, Cuban officials say they won't be able to supply planes with jet fuel, both Canadian and Russian. flights will be affected in all of this. We know Canada and Russia play a critical role in Cuba's tourism economy. That's ABC's Nicole De Antonio. The lack of jet fuel comes as the Trump administration stopped Venezuelan fuel shipments. Coming up, we'll have the latest look at our Winter Olympics and the medal count for Team USA. Coming up in just a minute. Let's take a look at your Tuesday morning drive first. We head to the K-OA Traffic Center with Jonathan Steele. Yeah, we are still seeing those delays out to the east. An I-70 westbound approaching Havana. A big crash that happened a little bit earlier this morning. Sent a couple of people to the hospitals, what we understand. The right side of the highways block there. The backup now growing all the way back past chambers just about to Pena. So we'll start to see Pena. affected on that ramp, certainly. You might want to consider, if you're coming out of the airport, jumping on to 56, take that to Havana to get back to I-70. Now, 225 northbound to westbound on that transition. The flyover is starting a jam as well. Other than that, it's still pretty light out here. I-76 and 270, the ramps are backing up a little bit. I-25 is pretty much at the posted speed limit still all the way across the city. Jonathan Steele on K-A-8.50am and 94-1 FM. KOA news time 550. Gina got back on Colorado's morning news. The Winter Olympics may have been a little overshadowed by the Super Bowl on Sunday, but now all eyes on the Milan Cortina Games, especially as veils Michaela Schifrin and other Colorado skiers are hitting the slopes today. Joining us on the K-Wa Common Spirit Health hotline is ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan. Jim, this is the perk of being up this early because you're actually seeing in live time events taking place when usually we'll see them air in in prime time right now.

Some of the skiing events already underway. Where do we stand on a medal count for Team USA? Well, we're still at two. Two medals. They're both gold. That's great, yes. But the host country, Italy, now has 10. It picked one up earlier today in the speed skating, the short track speed skating. But you're right, Schiffron. McKelley's going to be on the slopes in about 10 minutes or so for the slalom portion of the combined. We do know that Breezy Johnson, her partner in that had the fastest downhill speed, faster downhill time earlier this morning. So they'll combine Breezy's time with Michaela's time to come up with this. And it's thought that they may have a gold medal behind them. So we'll see what happens with that, Gina. And literally just a minute ago, it looks like Ben Ogden was just awarded silver. The second in the world to become the first American man to win an Olympic medal since 1976 in the cross-country men's race, which must have just gotten underway. So medal count to three, two goals and one silver. What are we seeing? right now. This is a funny story, but I feel like it comes up often for some reason during the Olympics, some issues with their actual physical medals. Well, and part of it may be the athlete's fault. Yes, Breezy Johnson said yesterday that yeah, her metal broke, but in kind of a mea culpa at the post event, the news conference, she said she was jumping up and down and celebrating and realized that the metal had become separated from the ribbon that holds it around her neck. A German athlete had the same thing happen with his bronze medal. He's jumping around and dancing with his teammates and his two separated from the ribbon, so they'll be fixed. Maybe it's a design flaw. or maybe it's just athletes who are a little too excited about winning. At least it's the ribbon. It's not the actual medal that they're realizing is coming apart or breaking or anything like that. Also, yesterday we got a little bit of an update from Lindsey Vaughn and even her dad following that crash. What were the statements that we heard from them? Well, we heard, you know, Vaughn insists that she was, she didn't fall, she didn't because of her ACL rupture that she suffered a week before the Olympics began, but simply because as she came around a turn, she hooked the flag there with her arm, and that threw her off balance. She went tumbling down the hill, suffered a bad fracture of her left leg. So obviously she won't be competing at these Olympics again, but her father says that she's in good spirits and is expected to make a recovery. Yeah, that one small update there, and she wants to clear her. As the ACL, this was simply because I snagged that. ABC News correspondent, it's Jim Ryan. Jim, appreciate your time this morning. Thank you. COA News Time 557. Rapping up the show here on Colorado's morning news as Ross Kaminsky is stepping in. Ross, if you had an opportunity to check out any of the Olympics? No, but I really want to.

I like the Winter Olympics. I think I like them a little more than the Summer Olympics. I agree because I enjoy watching some of the sports that I feel like I don't see very often or have no idea even exist. Like that one where you have to ski and then shoot targets, whatever that one is called. Is that the biathlon? Yeah, I think you're right. Yeah. Which I think is wild. Isn't that seem awesome? And then Luge obviously is crazy. And then skeleton going the opposite way. So if you're on one of those little sleds going feet first, now the skeleton, you're going head first. Is that what the difference is? Yeah. I never figured that out. Are you booking a guest to talk about that? Yes. So I think that is tomorrow, actually. We have a colleague that works in the Springs who apparently... What do you call it? Tried out for the Olympic team, the Olympic skeleton team. No idea how he got into it. I guess if he's in the springs, maybe they have the infrastructure somewhere where he was able to practice and train for it. Not part of the team this year, but we're going to talk a little bit more about what in the world that looks like or how you get into that because Luge is one thing, but then going head first is unreal. Unreal. A couple things about some stuff you were saying before. First, Breezy is an awesome name. Especially for a skier. Especially for a skier. And by the way, she's like, I think she's 30. Oh, wow. So she's, you know, maybe older than you might think of for some of these folks are the Lindsay Vons in her 40s. And the other thing is, don't you think that? Olympic medals should be made in such a way as to withstand the celebrations of somebody jumping up and down in excitement. First, I don't remember what the other games were, but there was a time where people were noticing that their medals were tarnishing, like instantly, instantly tarnishing for some reason. So at least it's not, I don't know what issues better or worse. I guess if your ribbon is breaking off, that's easy to repair, but a tarnishing medal after already getting it, you were kind of like, What? And that's weird. Gold's not supposed to tarnish. I know. So jumping up and down and then instantly the metal ripping off of the ribbon is... Yeah, that doesn't seem quite right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. All right, we got a ton of stuff to do on today's show. A really wide range of topics today. Guests on everything from the Constitution. I know, nerdy, but I like it. The Artemis 2 Mission to the Moon. We're going to talk with someone from Wings Over the Rockies about that. And then I took... My wife and I took our younger son out for a nice dinner for his 18th birthday. He's a little bit of a foodie. And we went to Mercantile Restaurant at Union Station and had one of the great meals of our lives at Mercantile. And we're going to have the executive chef, Alex Grenier, for Mercantile on the show. Mercantile's awesome. Yeah, it's pretty cool. That's a great restaurant. So, Gina and I have a ton of stuff to talk about, including we will tell you what at least I learned. Gina probably already knew, but what I learned about eggs yesterday from a listener who we had lunch with. Keep it here on K-O-A.

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