COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The possibility of the federal government shutting down at the end of its fiscal year because of budgetary differences means that around a million members of the U.S. military may not paid for however long a shutdown would last. KRDO And that worries some business owners outside local military installations
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A church and an apartment complex are among some of the potential uses for a vacant lot on the city’s west side. The City Council held a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on the Mesa Highlands development, a project to rezone a nearly 29-acre parcel from office space to a mixed
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — UPS can be a hectic, demanding job with countless numbers of packages being processed and sorted every day. So, imagine how much more challenging it might be for someone who’s speech-impaired, hearing-impaired, or both. KRDO But George Emfinger, who was born deaf, is making it work — thanks to cooperation with
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters responded to their third major fire call this week when they arrived at the scene of an abandoned gas station on Fillmore Street. Josh Davis Lt. Jamie Gutschick, of the Colorado Springs Fire Department, said that a neighbor reported the fire at around 3 a.m., on the north side
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday at Pueblo Academy of Arts (PAA), formally Pitts Middle School, a Colorado couple whose son died by suicide spoke to students about the importance of asking for help, and recognizing warning signs in others. KRDO Eighth-graders at the school attended a presentation from the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, based
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The morning commute was interrupted Tuesday after a man was seen running across southbound lanes of I-25. KRDO A KRDO employee said that she saw a man running in front of vehicles just before Exit 146 around 8 a.m., and that police were also at the scene. The Colorado Springs
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s an ambitious undertaking, but no less impressive. An effort is underway to find surviving relatives of 12 World War II servicemen from Colorado, who served on the USS Indianapolis — the fate of which was dramatized in the 1975 movie Jaws. Project 888 Those Colorado servicemen were among 879
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to reintroduce gray wolves into part of their native range on the state’s Western Slope by the end of the year, but where they’ll come from remains unclear. KRDO Colorado has reached out to four western states — Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington — to acquire
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) and Air Force Academy Fire Services responded to a working structure fire at the soon-to-be Polaris Hotel, in the TrueNorth Commons development right outside the North Gate entrance to the Air Force Academy. The alert came in around 6:10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 18.; more
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – A single-vehicle crash Friday morning led authorities to close I-25 in both directions in the middle of the Steel City. KRDO According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. between Exit 97A and Exit 97B, just under the Abriendo Avenue interchange. KRDO Pueblo police said
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s been at least five years since the Pike National Forest in the Pikes Peak Ranger District has benefitted from a prescribed burn — an intentional fire under tightly-controlled conditions — to thin the forest, increase health and prevent more devastating wildfires. KRDO A burning operation covering 2,000 acres is
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — A Wednesday morning ceremony at the Mountain Post celebrated the return of 120 soldiers who were among the 800 deployed to an eight-month training mission in Europe. KRDO This was the first time in several years that local media were allowed to attend the ceremony; KRDO has learned that the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A new traffic pattern started Tuesday morning at the end of South Academy Boulevard, reducing lanes on the Bradley Road bridge from three in each direction, to two during the day and to one at night. KRDO El Paso County officials said that the change will last around five months,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — At least 160 people have registered to participate in competitive biking and running events that are designed to showcase the area’s natural beauty and raise its status as an internationally-known destination for endurance sports. The event, known as the Pikes Peak APEX Challenge, started in 2020 and will be managed
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A new traffic configuration at a busy and historic downtown intersection will likely confuse or frustrate many drivers in the beginning. After the possibility was first raised a year ago, the city’s traffic engineering department has decided to prohibit left turns from Platte Avenue onto Nevada Avenue, under the the
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — A rehabbed Yerba Santa Nichols Drive through southwest Pueblo West is one of the first major project completed by Pueblo County this year, after accepting responsibility for public works from Pueblo West. KRDO The project smoothed out the bumpy “washboard effect” on a gravel road in a neighborhood full of
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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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