Cats are now included in Cañon City’s animal cruelty ordinances
CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – Cañon City leaders are strengthening local laws to better protect cats from cruelty and neglect. At a meeting on July…
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Man charged with 84 counts of animal cruelty after nearly 80 horses rescued from Montrose property
MONTROSE, Colo. (KRDO) – A Montrose County man is facing 84 counts of animal cruelty after authorities removed nearly 80 horses and several other…
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CPW works to rebuild population of small but mighty native fish
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) native aquatic species biologist is working to recover the Arkansas Darter in…
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San Juan National Forest rescues unique native cutthroat trout from path of Stoner Mesa Fire
RICO, Colo. (KRDO) — Aquatic biologists have stepped up to save one of Colorado’s most precious natural resources. In the southwest region of the…
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Dogs rescued from fourteener in San Isabel National Forest
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Multiple pups were poorly positioned up on Mt. Princeton, so members of Chaffee County Search and Rescue North…
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Officials to rely on experimental, better materials in upcoming bridge repair, paving on Woodmen Road in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Next week begins three months of construction on a stretch of Woodmen Road, primarily between Academy Boulevard…
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New “Weenies & ‘Tinis” food tour hits downtown Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado Springs Downtown Partnership has debuted a new way to enjoy the downtown culinary scene with 11 unique…
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Over 70 starving, neglected horses rescued from ‘devastating conditions’ on rural Colorado property
FRANKTOWN, Colo. (KRDO) – More than 70 horses found starving and in urgent need of veterinary care on a rural Colorado property – including foals…
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Four state wildlife areas closed as Lee and Elk fires continue to burn, threatening homes in Rio Blanco County
MEEKER, Colo. (KRDO) – The public no longer has access to four state wildlife areas in Colorado as the Elk and Lee fires burn in Rio Blanco County,…
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Climber critically injured on Little Bear Peak showing signs of recovery after miracle rescue
ALAMOSA, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado man is showing promising signs of recovery after nearly losing his life during a rockslide on one of the state’s…
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CPW confirms three depredation events caused by an uncollared wolf
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — CPW has confirmed three depredation events by an uncollared wolf on July 20, 22, and Aug. 2. According to CPW,…
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KRDO’s Tuesday Afternoon Pet of the Week
Garfield is the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s Pet of the Week! He is a three-year-old orange tabby Domestic Shorthair cat who came into…
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Paddleboarder & dog found dead after wind storm at Eleven Mile Reservoir
LAKE GEORGE, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife recovered a man and dog from Eleven Mile State Park late Friday evening. CPW says three…
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CPW offers military free entry into Colorado state parks in August
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is thanking the U.S. military by offering free admission to all Colorado state Parks for…
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CDOT to reduce speed limit on Mesa Ridge Parkway (Highway 16) in Fountain starting Monday
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Concern about traffic backups at two intersections along the congested Mesa Ridge Parkway (State Highway 16) corridor on…
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King Soopers opens new location Wednesday in Fountain
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – Shoppers in Fountain, start your engines – and your grocery lists! King Soopers has officially opened the doors to its…
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KRDO’s Tuesday Afternoon Pet of the Week
Blitz is the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s Pet of the Week! He is a seven-year-old black and white Pit Bull mix who came into HSPPR as an…
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Coach Prime reveals that he had bladder cancer and is now cancer free
University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders reveals that he had bladder cancer and that he is now cancer free. He will coach the Buffs in the…
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Pueblo officials release results of last month’s ‘Pothole Blitz’
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials revealed that their weeklong pothole repair saturation effort in late June resulted in using nearly three times…
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Two of the season’s bigger 2C paving-related projects underway in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a year of preparations, neighbors along two parallel southwest side streets are finally seeing repaving work…
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