A stretch of Interstate 70 east of Denver has been closed because of blowing snow.

VIEW SLIDESHOW ELBERT COUNTY - Eighteen Denver middle school students spent the weekend in a place that some didn't even know existed.

Elbert Road unfurled like a black ribbon over hills offering views of weather-beaten barns, pristinely painted homes and lush green pastures where beautiful quarter horses and cattle browsed lazily.

The Elizabeth area with its rolling hills of pine trees and the creek running with water was a big attraction for the early settlers.

Make your immediate left into a driveway. Go straight ahead into the parking garage visitors section.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for 23 counties along the Front Range and the eastern plains of Colorado this afternoon and evening.

I hope that everyone is having a great summer. It is sort of nice to take a break from all of the school activities.

A tornado watch continues in effect until 9 p.m. for far southeastern Colorado, including Baca, Brent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas and Otero counties.

It's wet versus dry weather along the Colorado plains as a stationary front stays put.

A single engine plane crashed and burst into flames early Thursday afternoon near Kiowa in Elbert County, killing the pilot.

A single engine plane crashed killing one person. It happened south of Highway 86 & County Road 125 in Elbert County, at 1:05pm Thursday.

At least one person is dead after a fiery plane crash near the town of Kiowa on Thursday afternoon.

A tornado in Kiowa at about 1:50 p.m. today. Volatile afternoon weather continued today, with a tornado spotted southeast of Denver near the border of Elbert and Douglas counties.

Dorothy Kopetzky went to the home of Frances Blauer on Friday and helped make wreaths for the graves.

BLACK FOREST For neighbors Jeff Marten and Christopher Wyckoff, their trees do more than just break the ever-present wind.