We burned. But no buildings were damag. No word on what startethe fire. Crews will remain onne overght monitor hotots. And ick wo by fireghters in pueblo west,. Kept small grass fires from spreading. And rning any homes. A fo acre blaze did get dangerously close to two houses,. But w stopp before it cod do any damage. E use re is under investigation tonight. Strong wind gusts proved to be very desucve across t pikes peak region. Andute ss. Found a path of destruction ong highway 24 today, fr toppd trees and trucks. The wind also knocked oupower to stoigs at multie intersecons on the highway. The owner of the wines of colora sp sayses been there for 18 years. Andt never been this bad. He belies one very strg gust of wind shatterethe slin glass doors on the front of his shop. Well it jhapped so ic we just dit kw what happened. I mean iwas just boom, all of a sudd. Guf wind. I didn see any rocksr wiows ornything. Sevel small ops had to simplly put up signs saying they had to closeecause of power outages, and wind damage. And at would a wind storm of thostroublesome tumbleweeds. They were blowing over the place as our crewsere heading down i25, sou of eblo today. Fences on the east sidof i25 between walsenburg and colorado ci were cored with weeds, ey continued to pile up with each gust of wind. Anthose nd gusts were so strong sthf pueblo. Drivers had to keep both handsn the whee a very stressful d f dvers who told us they could feel their trailers swaying back and forth because of the wind. It was espially treacherous near walsenburg, where o semi was bln over, shutti down the inteta for time. Some drivers decided to st llver and wait it out. Ts real windy its dangerous out the fothe public and for the load so safes our first concand weust ne to shut down in winds like this south to new mexico were lit up today to warn drivers about the high wind advisory that was in effe. Count on uto keep yoead of changinather. And remembou can check conditions atime at koaa dotcom. Drivers might be frustrad th construction on the fillre i25 interchange. But so businesses say s the nal product thatas them concerned. And upset withdots plans. News fivs Maddie Garrett is vet the inteection. Maddie what are people telling you . E iss sinton. As part of the newnterchge, cdot is blocking off theeft rn frlme. Mang it a rit turnnly both ways. Thisill significantllimit traffiowth gas station and liquor store right he. Not to menon homes, apartments and other business further down. Ok rq nats sot rick uribe, owner another drop in traffic ev since they nied theeft turn sot hasmuk kanjibhai, et host inn everybody has suffered so obviously busins is down. At the budget host. Owners eimate its down 30 ent. At the gas station, as much 75 percent. The lior store, reported just as bad. Sot rick uribe and hes totally defeated because he can sell his quor store, who wld wt to buy it. So busins owners and neighbors gotogether. Nats tok thgsr with cdot. Ri tt turn should be grandfathered tres a way to me it poible, im asking the engiers to not givup. Most want the left turn back. But not all. Sot nielmpso dver hink theeft turn stion with tee lan goi west bound on fillme is going to be a dangerous situation. Cd ers say its aafety issue. Something they first discussed with the public at the initial sign meeti last year. Sot john hall, residt engineer ot putting Traffic Signals right next to each other, puttinramps and accesses right next to each other always cause problems, always cause safy issues. As f the businesses financial loss. Sot hasmuk kanjibhbudget when the tourisseason starts howre they going to find us, they see theuiing but ey cant get tos. Cd says their handare tied. Sot jo hall we as cdot nt geinto choosing winners and loser and those specific pectof i we ha to make the most responsibleision for e transportaon network. Sohat happens now. Cdot ss it will look into mo tions for the lefturn. T saitslike ill come back. T theyl rk wthe cion making a un at mark dabling. And putting up signs to direct custers to these busesses. They ao reed to hold anoer meing withwners and neighbin months. Live in comg news five new tonight progress picking up at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. With last weeks cpletion of the explosive destruction lookinto the next phase and beyond. News 5s jessi mitcheljoins us live from our pueblo studio with moron t plan to turn the fality into an economic driv forhe communi after althchemical weapons a jessi . The Pueblo Chemical Depot is slowly evolvg into the pueblopx which will ultimately emploupwards of8 thousand lal workers. The end goal is still mo than 100 years off, but the plans are movi rig ang. This is it the master plan for e puebloplex. The are still re than 0 thousand weapons filled wi mustard agt waiting to be destroyed at the chemical det, but leaders are beinproaiv out whats to foll. The in objective employment, especially keeping in md thnearly 2thousand workers already at the plant we can kp and retain jobs that we have here currently and also provide ditional opportunities for folks in industry to have gainful employme here at puebloplex. Take over its first piece property from the department dense at the end of the year a section in the middle of the base filled with these igloos and some rail nes. Other ars still need work befo theyre safe for the public. Military practicesed to contamination at 60 si 34 of which have been cleaned so far by the environmental team. The enronmenl gulatis that we now follow a that were alawarof didnt come to place until reay the 1970s, so prior tohat time there really were no standard disposal actices for the zardous waste. They assure us theres ndanger the public from thesees, but theyeed to b contaminatn frebefore business move in. Even th puebloplex doet acally own any lanre yet, they got a head start mang from some of the building ese igloos wont as ore munions. Puloplexlreadyeased out re than 200 them as ivate orage space. Erythi from rplane parts to vintage cars ve found homes in they dontreeze in the winterti, so theyre really affordable and good storage for many different items. As the pueblopx olves over the next century, it will bring Ecomic Development to e county throughax revenue, thousands of jobs and a lastin legacy of base orinal mission. The ma plan for the pueblopl will be formally opted next week. Thtesting phase for the semi automated ant at will be destronghe chemical weapon is scheduled to ki off in june. The depot hos to have althe weapons diosed of byovember 2019. Live in pueblo, jei mitchell news 5. A oposedill inspired bth rape accusations against bill cosby won apoval in the state house today. Thproped bill d change thstatute of limitations on sexu as from ten years to 20 ars. Following up for you tonight two won in our state claim they were assaulted by cosby th recently testified that the ibou empower victims gi them more time to comforward. E moreotsendthe bill to the senate. Testimony continues in the trial of a longmont woman. Accused of cutting strangers vorn baby from her womb. Today, a surgeon says the victim, Michelle Wilkins obly lt more than half her blooter e attack. Wiins survived b her by did t. Prosecutors say the suspt nel lane was obsessewith egncy and lied about being prnant. They say she luredkins to her home with a crailist ad r babylothes. Lane has pleaded not guilty to arges of attempted first degree murssault aunwful tertionf a pregnancy. Now to a news five follow up investigat weirst introduced you to jennie stoesast ma. Shes the mother of a severely disabl district 49 student thas suspended when accidently sent his cannabis medication t scol in a luhbox. Since then, an ant to the corado cegiversill caed veor hickeooper. It alls hoistricts to create their own policies regarding medical marijuana in schools. Ws fives kels kennedy is followg up with stormes and district 49 abt whats been ne since the l passed. Nats singi jennie storm sixteenyearold sojackn. Suffers fr syndrome. Cannishenlthg thatan bring him reefrom severe seizur. This is my ns medi. It saving his life. I have to do something. Im not gointoot givhim s medici becau were schl ground. St mayjacksowas suspended when jenniaccidely sent a meted lunch school. Thdistrict sd then the policy is based on colorado law d is always appld equally and nsistently. But they also offered toork with the stormes family. Asng jennir her input. At t time intending form a medil rijuanpocy oe acks law passed. After the suer isked the sameuestion. Jacksaw allows schoodistts to dividually form a medil Marijuana Policy that would permit a caregiver not a hool nurseto come to campus and administer the cannisedication. Where is thcommtee where is this plan, where is the policy, what aree going do . Ts is e law. X e colorado schl board associatn warns that federal law stilrelates and regas marijuana contrled substance. As a result. A locahool b may jeopardize the districts receipt of federal funds if thbo adopts a p peng the administrion at school. Dtrict 49 also declinin in a statement. Wr parents in caring for the drenbut regnize is is a allengg issu. Pointing outhathe dtrict receives reha 7illionolrs of federafunding. Thathey imply cannot afford to lose. Ink fr is driving this policy, create any policy or allow this to happen. Gfx map only three of 23 states where medical rijana is l have seen sls or state laakers set up res. According to the proreform maripolicy project. Last montha school districin mainapproved a policy lowing caregiverso administer medical mariana school. New jersey became the firs ate to a mical muana in sools inovember. Buhere in colorado. Nnie had no choice to but break the law. When jackson had a grand mal seizure inchool. I did take the cannabis o caus and give ito him. I risked going to il and him being spended again he was having a medical ergency. Its not like i can pick up a 100 pound kid take himcross e street, administer it and ing back. Even though jacksons health is improving on cannabis. He hasnt gone to schooluch this year. So you can deny a chiltheir edation ifhey need their mene. Medication ithey need an ucation. Why do you he choos meanwhile. District 49. Claiming to be between a rock and a hard place. Alsstanng wh falies li jacksons tchange feder la distri 49 dete te assoion successful lbied for a tion to be added to their federalegislative agenda. The soluon ues cgrto amend the drug free schos t to allow non psycoactiv caabiso beiven to udts on School Grounds under medical pervision. Its probably going to take changing on e federal level, but then the question become who s 20 yrs twait. In Colorado Springs, kelse kennedy news5 investigat. No School Districts in colorado have formemedical majua policies sinceacks law pasd nine months ago. Schools in maine and new jsey that are pmitting disabled studen to take cannabis medication on mp have not lost their funding from the the pe is getting involved in politics. Still ahead what he had to s abo the g op fron d apples ch enemyowtheir side in a fighagthe federal vernment. Gether to remember a falle coac how the hools honoring his over the pue ewer pto of a lenticular d cay fast moving air pushing over the mountains today. A look from cameras in our area. He is why its been so windy today. A strongisturbance is lifting north and creating stng wt wind. Eas blowing dust will contin tight wh high fire danger. Record highs today 7 Colorado Springs and 81 in pueblo. Current mpures all over southern colorado. Red agarni continues for ouar with ry higfire danger. A high wind rning continues gustfrom 55 to 75 mph. The stronger wds will be found in the Higher Elevations west of i25. High temperaturetomorrow will be a little cooler withh ss wind. Windtorrownly from 10 to 20 mph. High temperatures inhe 50s, 60s and 70s. 7 day foreca for the springs, high tomorrow 64. Suy and 62 on satu. Much cooler r sunday with increasi clouds. Late monday inot tuesday a few showers possle. Back to y wa aixt thuda pueblo high torrow1. 68n saturday with su much cooler nd with dry ies. Nday int tuesy. Dry skies wednesay and thursd. Non city and woodland park, le wind torrow wh mildemratures. Saturday will behe warmestay of the weekend with dry skies. A feshowerpoon into tuesday especially over the higher elevatis of teller cats ent thenly onesh nine. Stilahea developingight poperanciss comments out donaldrumpboard the papa plane. Have ignited a fiery house. A person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not blding bridges is not christian. This is not in t gospel. 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About a very unluckyqurel in woodlandark who was ruck an aow. A Good Samaritan fou ts uielmpedy aow r daanimdi out tthanal clic of wanpa. The clinic tells us thisnlky squirr is actulyui lucky . The arrow wa moved,. His injuries are minor and hes expected me a full recovery. Anks for watching news 5 at 10 00. Morrow mning jn ira, shellene andteen for news today starting at 4 30. For ntinuous news ours a