COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol’s annual survey of seat belt use by drivers and passengers shows the best-ever statewide results but disappointing numbers for El Paso and Teller counties. Colorado State Patrol The study, released Tuesday morning, finds that Colorado has a use percentage of 88.6% — a 1.6% increase from
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A deadline looms for healthcare company Kaiser Permanente (KP) and its 3,000 union workers as both sides try to avoid a strike before the current contract expires Sept. 30. The union is the Denver-based Service Employees International Union Local (SEIU) 105; virtually all of the KP union members in Colorado
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Organizers say that hot, wet weather during the 11 days of the 151st State Fair shouldn’t stop them from approaching the attendance record of 500,000. KRDO “If it’s slow Monday, we’ll still be fine,” said Scott Soller, in his sixth year as the fair’s general manager. “But we’re expecting a good
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Three viruses spreading at the same time, and a flu season expected to peak a month earlier than usual, has caught the attention of UC Health hospitals across Colorado. UCHealth Most of us likely aren’t thinking much about flu season during Labor Day weekend, yet UCHealth issued was concerned enough
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police are investigating an early morning shooting. Around 3:30 Monday morning, officers from several divisions were dispatched to a possible shooting at Galley and Tia Juana near the Galley Manor Apartments. Officers say they were able to locate a victim in the roadway who had been shot several
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the past week, KRDO has reported on two construction projects that are having higher-than-expected costs because of inflation. KRDO El Paso County is applying for a $10 million grant to cover costs of expanding the south end of Academy Boulevard, and a planned renovation of the historic City Auditorium
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A nonprofit health care organization that provided health screenings and other services for free or at little cost, is closing its offices across the state. The board of directors for 365 Health — formerly known as 9 Health Fair — announced the decision Thursday and the closures are effective Sept.1.
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The Rampart football team is off to a two and oh start. The Rams beat Doherty on Thursday night 28-18.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police said that speeding and alcohol were not factors in the death of a man who died after being struck by, and pinned under, a car in a busy shopping center parking lot on the city’s north side. KRDO According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the accident happened near
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers can now start applying for incentives to trade in their gasoline-powered vehicles for cleaner, more efficient electric vehicles (EVs). At 9 a.m. Thursday, the state’s new Vehicle Exchange Program begins; it’s intended to provide rebates that will help cover the up-front costs of buying or leasing an EV. Colorado
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A community group that formed two years ago to oversee a $60 million renovation of the old downtown City Auditorium has announced that those plans have been “paused.” KRDO In a statement released Tuesday night, Linda Weise, president and CEO of the Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective (CSCCC), explained that
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — County Engineer Joshua Palmer received permission from the Board of Commissioners Tuesday to apply for federal grants; the grant funding will help reallocate some current funds from one project to help smaller projects that are either unfunded or underfunded. The other projects are on Bradley and Galley roads. KRDO
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County District Attorney’s office told a judge Monday that it “had no recourse” in dropping charges of first-degree murder and tampering with a deceased human body against Miles Kirby, in connection to the death of his girlfriend and mother of their children, Joslyn Teetzel. KRDO Prosecutors recently
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — This marks the 151st year for the statewide event that began in 1872, and walking around the fairgrounds it seems as though there are more than 151 things to see and do. Cuteness is on display at the Children’s Barnyard, where younger kids can cuddle with chicks, lambs, piglets and other
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During a fire on Thursday, August 24 at a scrap metal yard in southeastern Colorado Springs, Springs Fire Department was faced with a faulty fire hydrant in the scrap yard’s property, delaying their efforts to douse the 2nd alarm blaze. An issue that fire crews have faced before. Colorado Springs Utilities oversees about 20,000 fire
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The Air Academy football defeats Liberty in their season opener 21-7.
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The Palmer Ridge wins their season opener against Montrose 28-27.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Like her or not, Rep. Lauren Boebert has certainly made a name for herself in Congress since being elected in 2020 to represent Congressional District 3 in Colorado, a region that includes Pueblo County as well as the far southern and western portions of the state. Just this year, she
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Sand Creek will get a chance to prove themselves in week one, “You get to show people what we are made of to begin with. It’s homecoming, so a lot of people are going to be there. So they’re going to see how we are built this year,” says Sand Creek wide receiver, Elijah Brotherns. Nolan
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – It was last August that former mayor John Suthers called for the creation of a new crew of public works employees to do additional removal of litter and mowing of weeds. “The efforts that we’re already doing in the city just aren’t enough to keep up,” Suthers said at the
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