Colorado paid $6.2 million in April for COVID-19 tests and supplies, records show
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The State of Colorado paid at least $6.2 million for COVID-19 tests and related supplies in April, purchasing…
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Restaurants can reopen statewide on Wednesday
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Governo Jared Polis updated and extended the Safer at Home Executive Order Monday afternoon. The executive order also…
Continue Reading El Paso County variance request to reopen restaurants approved
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – El Paso County Public Health announced it was notified late Saturday night that its restaurant variance request was…
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Colorado Springs doctor, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office warn of screentime effects on kids’ health and safety
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Between E-learning and statewide shutdowns, kids are spending a lot more time at home on their phones and…
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Employee at 8th Street Walmart tests positive for COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Public Health Department confirmed to KRDO that an employee at the Walmart on 8th Street in…
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COVID-19 patients start experimental COVID-19 treatment at Colorado Springs hospital
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two patients at a Colorado Springs hospital started receiving the first of five remdesivir treatments meant to aid…
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Colorado Springs Bartenders’ Guild helps its own during COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Bartenders’ Guild is stepping up and helping its own, as restaurant and other hospitality…
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Gov. Polis, epidemiologists discuss awareness of MIS-C in Colorado children
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is giving an update on COVID-19 in Colorado Wednesday. Watch below starting at about 1 p.m.: The governor began the presser…
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“Be The Light” tonight for local grads
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — (KRDO) At 8:20 Wednesday night, lights across two counties will be shining bright for the 2020 graduating class. For one…
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Colorado Springs church to welcome up to 250 devotees Sunday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Road @ Chapel Hill plans to reconvene church services Sunday, May 24 at 10:16am. Founding Minister, Steve Holt…
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Colorado asking for feedback on proposed restaurant reopening guidelines
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The state released a draft of guidelines for reopening dining in restaurants. The draft, which was made public on Tuesday,…
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2 employees at Colorado Springs Safeway test positive for COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County Public Health has confirmed that two employees at the Safeway on Murray have tested positive for…
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Colorado pediatrician speaks on MIS-C, the illness affecting children linked to COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have issued a global health…
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COVID-19 outbreak reported at 2nd assisted living facility in Pueblo County
PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Department of Public Health says that three residents and one staff member at Columbine Chateau have tested…
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EPC Public Health announces more COVID-19 outbreaks; 3 McDonald’s employees test positive
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo – El Paso County Public Health officials have announced three addtional outbreaks of COVID-19 in the area. Health officials…
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Colorado Springs salons take extra precautions amid COVID-19 reopen
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Just a few weeks after Gov. Jared Polis gave hair salons and barber shops the green light to reopen, KRDO has…
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Two COVID-19 deaths in Colorado added to Wyoming’s count
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Two Wyoming residents who died of the coronavirus in Colorado have been added to Wyoming’s count of fatalities from the…
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Pueblo County Coroner discusses how COVID-19 deaths are ruled
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Coroner explains how COVID-19 deaths are ruled in his county. So far out of the 14 deaths, none have been…
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Colorado Springs adding more homeless shelters to fill need
Homeless advocates in Colorado Springs say they’re concerned about predictions by experts that the COVID-19 pandemic will increase homelessness…
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Polis: Statewide testing now available for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KRDO) — Gov. Jared Polis gave an update Monday and said that anyone in the state who’s experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 can now…
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