TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado State University’s (CSU) ‘Great Potato Giveaway’ is happening this week and time is limited to grab yourself a hot potato before they’re all gone. CSU’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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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs’ Bubba’s 33 is partnering with Homes For Our Troops to help raise money to build specially adapted homes for veterans. Starting Wednesday, May 31, through Tuesday, July 4, for every Patriot Burger purchased, Bubba’s 33 will donate $1 to Homes For Our Troops–a nonprofit organization that builds and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — What’s billed as the state’s largest street festival returns for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend on four blocks of West Colorado Avenue. Old Colorado City The event, known as Territory Days, will take place between 23rd and 27th streets, in the Old Colorado City shopping district, starting Saturday and continuing
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The City of Colorado Springs along with The Military Spouse Career Coalition (MSCC) is hosting its annual ‘Military Spouse Coffee with the Mayor’. This will be Mayor John Suther’s last Military Spouse Coffee and he is expected to speak at the event which is set to take place Wednesday, May
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Miscommunication at a local sandwich shop led to customers placing orders online at the store Wednesday after it closed for the day. KRDO It happened at the Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant on Garden of the Gods Road, on the west side of town. A customer told KRDO that she placed
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fuel and Iron Food Hall is now open in Pueblo. It’s a concept that offers new restaurants to residents and is considered a culinary incubator. The food hall took over the old Holmes Hardware Building, which has been sitting vacant for 50 years. It was the largest hardware store west
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Dutch Bros is holding its 17th Annual Drink One for Dane fundraiser to support the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) on May 19. For every drink sold across all shops this Friday, the Dutch Bros Foundation will donate funds to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), a non-profit organization for
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — ‘Stamp out hunger,’ the largest single-day food drive in the nation, is happening this Saturday. The National Association of Letter Carriers and Care and Share Food Bank partner every year to put this event on to help the community. To participate in this community food drive, simply put a bag
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo is holding the 8th annual ‘Spice Up Spring Recipe Competition’ Friday featuring the certified Pueblo chile pepper. The competition brings farmers and culinary fans alike together to create original recipes inspired by the Pueblo chile pepper. Judges travel to 9 different restaurants throughout the day to sample and vote on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many families are struggling this month after SNAP benefits were significantly reduced in March. Food insecurity is on the rise right now in Southern Colorado, and across the country. Local food banks are seeing a huge increase in need in response to this. This is largely due to SNAP benefit
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The owner of a Louisiana seafood company who has sold product here for nearly a decade, said that he’s being treated unfairly because he’s no longer allowed to sell certain kinds of live crawfish while other sellers continue to do so. A&A At issue are two particular species of the
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – The iconic Colorado restaurant Casa Bonita is announcing its partnership with the Denver Colfax Marathon for its 17th annual race, according to our Denver news partners. Casa Bonita will be sponsoring the race’s volunteers in May and the streets of Denver will soon be littered with a sea of pink as
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With the Easter Sunday holiday on everyone’s minds, some may be doing their last minute grocery shopping Saturday. With inflation at the top of families concerns, budgets are tight right now. But families still want to provide the best Easter Sunday feast they can for their loved ones. Some local
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FLORISSANT, Colo. (KRDO) — Authorities, organizations and volunteers have scrambled to provide enough meals, drinks, snacks and other necessities for first responders as a wildfire burns for a second straight day. Florissant Fire Rescue Organizers brought in pizza Thursday evening, just hours after the fire began, and followed that with cooking 200 burritos for breakfast
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — Over the weekend, the Woodland Park Senior Organization hosted a chili cook-off and invited everyone in the community to come in and grab a bite. Saturday’s event had diet and vegan options and cornbread to help wash it all down. Organizers Judy Dunn said the event was a great way
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The two winners of the Regional Culinary Challenge for the 2023 NACUFS Culinary Challenge are advancing to the national level competition with the regional winners at the NACUFS 2023 National Conference. The competition, held at The Broadmoor Resort, was part of the NACUFS 2023 Spring Conference in Colorado Springs. Chef
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Registration for Visit Pueblo’s Spice Up Spring Pueblo Chile Recipe Competition opens March 20. According to the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, the competition offers licensed Pueblo restaurants and kitchens a chance to enter their most creative and delicious recipes that include Certified Pueblo Chile Peppers. There are four categories available
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CHICAGO, Ill. (KRDO) — In honor of March Madness, Coors Light introduced new beer-flavored popsicles, dubbed “Coors-icles.” Coors Light officials said it’s hard to keep your cool when your bracket goes up in flames, that’s why they’ve made the Coors-iscles. These non-alcoholic beer-flavored popsicles are inspired by the flavor of an ice-cold Coors Light. While
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PUEBLO, COLORADO (KRDO) — Pueblo County High School (PCHS) students have partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation to host a ‘Wish Week’ from March 8 through March 15 to raise money for Make-A-Wish Colorado. The school and community members are working together to help six-year-old Cash have a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse built in his backyard. This is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Colorado Springs restaurant is holding a fundraiser Sunday afternoon for the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey. ‘Purple Onion’ is a Turkish and Greek restaurant and bar in east Colorado Springs. The owner, Erdal Bengogullari, has family in Turkey and has been searching for a way to help. From
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