COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department plans to have four extra patrols on duty on Friday and Saturday night to promote and enforce traffic safety for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Police said that the patrols will focus not only on downtown — where many bars and nightclubs are — but
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — An intersection known for flash flooding and rescues for decades, will finally be addressed as part of an agreement finalized this week between city officials and El Paso County officials. The troubled intersection is at Siferd Boulevard and Date Street, just north of the busy Academy Boulevard/Austin Bluffs Parkway intersection,
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials revealed Wednesday that workers have finished a third of the project to build a $56 million facility for cadet education and research on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Air Force Academy The Academy broke ground last summer on the Madera Cyber Innovation Center in summer 2021; the project
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to strictly regulate six specific toxic substances in groundwater — the same chemicals that affected water quality in Fountain, Security-Widefield and other communities in El Paso County. EPA The chemicals are acids called PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) that also
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) has issued a health and safety advisory regarding marijuana sold at four medical and two retail stores, including two in Colorado Springs. The DOR ‘s advisory released a week ago found levels of mold and yeast above acceptable limits and described as “potentially unsafe”;
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LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Multiple earthquakes were confirmed in Southern Colorado overnight Thursday into Friday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, there was one earthquake near Trinidad on March 9 and five more on March 10. March 10, 2023/USGS Below is a timeline of the earthquakes: M 4.3 – 13 miles
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Board of Commissioners is defending itself against complaints that it violates the separation of church and state concept implied in the U.S. Constitution. On Feb. 24, commissioners received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wisconsin, and claiming to have 40,000 members nationwide, including
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Just two days after a 12-year-old died in an El Paso County crash reportedly caused by a distracted driver, the Colorado State Patrol announced a one-day, statewide effort to stop the dangerous driving habit. Troopers plan to work with local law enforcement agencies Friday, March 10 on what’s described in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol said that a distracted driver caused a chain-reaction crash Monday morning that resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl and injuries to three other people. The CSP said that charges are likely, but have not yet been filed, against the offending driver because the crash
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — When ballots are mailed out this week for the April 4 city election, voters will be asked for a second time to extend the sales and use tax to continue the TOPS (Trails, Open Space and Parks) fund for 20 years. TOPS is currently scheduled to expire in 2025, and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — According to the El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority, the region set a record last year with 22,000 new sign-ups to the Peak Alert system that warns of evacuations and other emergencies. El Paso-Teller County 911 “Normally, we have 4,000 to 8,000,” said Authority spokesman Ben Bills. “That’s more than we
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday, March 3, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced a missing at-risk teen had been found. According to the sheriff’s office, Adrianna, 15, disappeared from her Cimarron Hills home overnight Feb. 7 into Tuesday, Feb. 8. The sheriff’s office said that it was notified Tuesday morning by her
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Summer closings of Prospect Lake in 2019 and 2020 have led the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department to consider installing an aeration system to prevent the growth of toxic blue-green algae. The algae blooms killed many fish in the lake and posed a health hazard to people and pets.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With the city’s municipal election a month away, there’s already talk that a second election will be necessary to whittle down the field of a dozen candidates. KRDO KRDO has learned that the city clerk’s office is already preparing for the possibility of a May 16 run-off election to determine
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado College, the highly-regarded liberal arts college just north of downtown, announced this week that it has pulled out of participating in U.S. News & World Report’s yearly list of best colleges and universities. Colorado College CC explained its decision in a release issued Tuesday; the college was tied for
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A gradual, overall increase in cases involving dangerous or aggressive dogs has led The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) to ask the City Council for stronger enforcement and penalties for the owners of such dogs. The Council heard a presentation Monday from Jamie Norris, director of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and neighbors who had hoped the new Centennial Boulevard extension on the city’s west side was finished, must now prepare to adjust to the final phase of the project. KRDO On Monday, crews will close the northbound entrance and southbound exit ramps to Interstate 25, where the south end
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On his first official day as the new chief executive officer of Colorado Springs Utilities, Travas Deal spoke with the media about what his goals are and what the utility’s future plans will be under his leadership. KRDO Deal discussed his strategy regarding utility rates and water supply, the next
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The descendants of the original Chisman family, who moved to the town of Ellicott in the mid-1920s, are preparing to auction off remnants of several family businesses — offering a unique opportunity to acquire pieces of local history. KRDO The family owned five buildings including two houses, a blacksmith
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The upcoming Spring Break period, along with the following summer vacation season, often result in higher demand and prices for gasoline but demand this year could be significantly reduced by prices that are among the highest in the country. KRDO Tatiana Bailey, founder and director of Data-Driven Economic Strategies, in
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