COLORADO 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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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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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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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a working two-alarm fire Thursday in southeast Colorado Springs. The CSFD said that crews responded just before 11:30 a.m. to 3315 Drennan Industrial Loop South, in a pile of scrap metal behind American Iron & Metal second alarm has been called. “We don’t
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Now that most repairs to damaged roadways and infrastructure have been made following catastrophic flooding and storms in June, El Paso County officials have contacted a second federal agency while awaiting word on an earlier request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). KRDO On Tuesday, the Board of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– A man is now in custody after crashing into a mailbox, firing multiple rounds from a gun, and attempting to leave the scene by running to a ravine along Broadmoor Valley Drive, near the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), the adult male, whose identity has
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A yearlong process ended Monday with the police department’s announcement of hiring an independent analyst to audit officer procedures such as use-of-force, de-escalation tactics and other police procedures. Police said that department leaders and community leaders — including the Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Commission (LETAC) — evaluated several auditing
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is investigating an early morning shooting that left an unidentified man dead. The CSPD responded to reports of shots fired at the Wind River Place apartments, near the intersection 19th and Uintah streets, at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, August 21. KRDO A sergeant
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs police are investigating a road rage incident that happened early Friday morning on the north side of town. According to police, it happened around 1 a.m., outside the Barnes and Noble near the intersection of Briargate Boulevard and North Academy Boulevard. KRDO Police say that they don’t know
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — New Mayor Yemi Mobolade and police Chief Adrian Vasquez spent 90 minutes Thursday showing why the city badly needs a new and expanded facility to train new and existing officers. KRDO Mobolade and Vasquez took local media on a tour of the police training academy, near the intersection of Platte
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents of this Pueblo County town continue to send videos and photos to KRDO, showing tap water that they say is smelly and discolored, and illustrating an issue that has persisted since at least 2016. KRDO The town’s metro district has struggled to address challenges with water quality, supply and
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The five-member Board of Commissioners ended a five-month process Tuesday afternoon to redraw their district boundaries as required to reflect changes from the 2020 Census. In April, the Board — along with the office of county Clerk & Recorder Steve Schleiker — formed the Redistricting Commission to oversee the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A lack of future state funding is leading Academy School District 20 to ask voters for help this fall in raising $35 million annually for a variety of needs. According to D-20’s website. the district ranks last among 178 districts in the amount of state funding it receives per student;
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Todd Evans, Fountain’s deputy city manager, decided that seeing is believing when it comes to the poor condition of many streets that he believes justifies seeking membership in the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. KRDO “Some of our streets — including many of our neighborhood streets — need to be repaved
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