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USPS marks National Dog Bite Awareness week with a few tips on how to keep pet owners and letter carriers safe

COLORADO, USA (KRDO) โ€“ Sunday, June 4, is marking National Dog Bite Awareness week and the U.S. Postal Service is reminding the public to keep its workers safe as aggressive dog behavior is a common safety concern USPS employees often face.ย  In light of the awareness week, the organization is providing important information on how

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Explore Colorado’s great outdoors through UpaDowna’s community Pedal Party events

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ If youโ€™re looking for a weekly summer event that gets you outdoors and in the community, a Pedal Party might just be the activity for you.  The Pedal Party is a weekly summer cruiser ride through Downtown Colorado Springs hosted by the Colorado-based non-profit organization UpaDowna.ย  The organization provides free

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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office warning public of dangerous “car surfing” trend following recent death of a teenager

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ The Douglas County Sheriffโ€™s Office is raising awareness about the dangers of โ€œcar surfingโ€ following the recent death of a teenager. Authorities state these types of incidents have now been a part of a new deadly trend. โ€œCar surfing,โ€ the Douglas County Sheriffโ€™s Office states, involves riding on the outside

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Grab yourself a hot potato before they run out at Colorado State University’s ‘Great Potato Giveaway’

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ Colorado State Universityโ€™s (CSU) โ€˜Great Potato Giveawayโ€™ is happening this week and time is limited to grab yourself a hot potato before theyโ€™re all gone.ย  CSUโ€™s ‘Extension Great Potato Giveaway’ event will take place Thursday, June 1, through Friday, June 2, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or at least

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Help a hero, win free burgers for a year for Bubba’s 33 ‘Homes For Our Troops’ fundraising event

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ Colorado Springsโ€™ Bubbaโ€™s 33 is partnering with Homes For Our Troops to help raise money to build specially adapted homes for veterans.ย  Starting Wednesday, May 31, through Tuesday, July 4, for every Patriot Burger purchased, Bubbaโ€™s 33 will donate $1 to Homes For Our Troopsโ€“a nonprofit organization that builds and

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Dutch Bros ‘Drink One for Dane’ fundraiser celebrates $2.5 million in donations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ The popular Colorado Springs coffee chain Dutch Bros is celebrating more than $2.5 million in donations following its 17th Annual โ€˜Drink One for Daneโ€™ Fundraiser.ย  On Friday, May 19, Dutch Bros held the annual fundraiser in its continued effort to help support those fighting against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).ย  For

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‘Zero Fare Initiative’ offers free bus and shuttle services to Pueblo residents ahead of high ozone season

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ Pueblo Transit is expanding its โ€˜Zero Fare Initiativeโ€™ service to include the summer months of June, July, and August.  Pueblo Transit received the notice of award for the Initiative from the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies (CASTA)–a continuation of the Ozone Season Transit Grant Program with the Colorado Energy Office that

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Celebrating Memorial Day in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In honor of Memorial Day today, KRDO NewsChannel13 is asking you to share your photos showing how you are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend in Colorado. Whether you’re with your family, friends, or even you pets, we want to know who you’re honoring on this Memorial Day, what’s cooking on the

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Non-profit pays mortgages of a fallen Fountain Police Officer and an Army Staff Sergeant off

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ In honor of Memorial Day, two fallen Colorado heroes’ families are having their mortgages paid off in remembrance of the two who served their country and community.  The Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced today, Wednesday, May 24, that it has paid off the mortgage on the Colorado Springs home of

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National Missing Children’s Day poster contest announces its top three winners

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ The Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI) is announcing the winners of its national Missing Childrenโ€™s Day poster contest.  Every year the Department of Justice (DOJ) holds a national Missing Childrenโ€™s Day poster contest open to all fifth-grade students across the country.  The purpose comes in an effort to promote awareness amongst

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Pueblo Community College to provide childcare options for students and staff in new partnership with Life Center Academy

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ Pueblo Community College (PCC) is announcing a new partnership with Life Center Academy (LCA) to help provide child-care options for PCC students.ย  LCA is a faith-based childcare and education center that provides communities with comprehensive childcare, preschool education, as well as an Afterschool Program. The new partnership with PCC is marking

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