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We are building a culture of excellence around cannabis. >> aka, interstate 25, complete with a cannabis museum and gift shop. >> contracts are happening. >> money is changing hands, yes. >> taxes on sales of recreational marijuana products, everything from smokeable to chocolates and soda expected to generate tens in millions in revenue for the state. already creating jobs. >> anyone here with an appointment. >> marijuana enforcement division jammed with people just hoping to get their licenses...

Colorados cannabis corridor, aka, interstate 25. complete with a cannabis museum and gift shop. >> contracts being signed? >> yes. and money is changing hands. >> reporter: taxes on sales of marijuana products, everything from the smokeable stuff to the chocolates and sodas, expected to generate tens of millions in revenue for the state. every morning colorados marijuana enforcement division jammed with people just hoping to get their licenses to work in the new industry. the agency is overwhelm...

Total month of october. it will take a frontal system before you start to see that. high pressure dominates right now. as we go through tomorrow, those temperatures back up into the 70s. we think two next weather systems will knock those temperatures down. new york is 53. washington, d.c. 58. you would think it would be hotter pittsburgh reporting 62 degrees right now. there is a system that will produce significant snowfall, from billings, montana to the saltess mountain, front range of the roc...

Are caught kayaking or tubing down this water. something that we have seen and the governor of colorado is asking people, and telling them, just dont bring this on yourself. >> doesnt look like theres any sign of weakness. all of a sudden six feet slides off into the creek. you dont want to be near when that happens. lets let mother nature run its course and then we can go out and look and marvel at the strength and the power, but right now, lets stay safe. reporter: now, north of here in the ci...

Considerably through the overnight hours. we do have another batch coming at us right now but in boulder really no rain for the past four hours or so. look at boulder creek out here. listen to the roar of the creek. its actually come down from an all-time crest of just under eight feet. normally this is a tranquil creek. but its coming under the bridge. behind me a tree coming down boulder canyon, stuck under the bridge. debris across the river. this is about 30 yards across. a lot of photo ops ...

That number unfortunately is expected to grow, and the reason is because they cant even get back into some of the areas to see if about 80 homes are threatened or not. last year in june, we were covering the waldow canyon fire which destroyed 347 homes, and there were people who lost their homes in that fire who moved 20 miles across interstate 25, to the black forest area, and they have either lost everything or have been evacuated at this time. >> shepard: well get back to you for updates. tha...

Grant acord was arrested. that student is accused of plotting to blow up his school. the suspect will appear in court today while police increase security at the high school. the prosecutor said police found six types of explosives. they recovered napalm, bomb, pipe and drain cleaner bombs as well as molotov cocktails from acords bedroom in a secret compartment under his floor. his family says he suffers from a rare form of obsessive compulsive disorder. police in mexico released dramatic dash...

Other interstates. interstate 25 across colorado. then across the allegheny mountain youre looking at significant snowfall. you get some of that lift across the mountains and thats where the heaviest snow is going to be located. kansas city in the thick of things right now and gradually make its way towards the east. the line of fire sweeps from kansas city over towards st. louis and eventually towards indianapolis. if you are out trying to get things done, you have some problems. this is kind o...

Gusty winds. the possibility of an isolated tornado. so, christi, a lot going on today. >> good heavens. one busy women today. karen mcginnis, were glad youre here. colorado and i want you to look at this flames that engulfed a semi trailer that got caught in that whiteout north of denver. as many as 50 vehicles spun or crashed along i-25. the interstate along with 15 other highways across colorado were shut down yesterday. i want to show you pictures, too, of i-70 in eastern colorado. it has ...

It looks placid and calm -- fairly calm behind you. >> reporter: yeah. its not bad where we are now in colorado springs, but i can tell you south of here it is absolutely miserable. and it was absolutely miserable early today. interstate 25 which you mentioned is closed north of denver is also a closed because of multiple pile-ups, spinouts on the highway. it is expected to be closed between 5 and 7 hours. we were in the middle of that today. we were actually going to check out a lead on another...