COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Denis McDonough, head of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the U.S. met with veterans and VA employees Thursday at the Colorado Springs VA clinic. During his visit, McDonough discussed new resources available for the millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic chemicals while fighting for our country. KRDO McDonough is
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COLORADO SPRINGS — The arrival of popular Southwest Airlines nearly two years ago has been a big success, but less so for some of its competitors at the city’s airport. KRDO According to statistics, Southwest experienced a 130% increase in passengers between March 2021 and March 2022, while the number of passengers for Frontier and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A decision in 2019 to cease pursuing fleeing drivers except in the most serious cases has led to a disturbing increase in drivers who fail to pull over for officers during traffic stops. City of Colorado Springs “Word spread quickly that we weren’t pursuing drivers as much as as we
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council, wearing its other hat as the city’s Utilities Board, received more information Monday about a proposal to mandate how much of the city’s water supply should be guaranteed for current demand and future development. KRDO Colorado Springs Utilities has suggested that a figure of 130% of its
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — New information indicates that the three-year controversy over whether to keep U.S. Space Command at Peterson Space Force Base, or move it to Huntsville, Alabama, should be decided before the end of the year. KRDO Gen. James Dickinson, speaking during an online forum two weeks ago, responded to a question
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COSTILLA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In this town of 400 just east of Alamosa, people have a new sensitivity regarding the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. And for good reason. KRDO A man who appeared to be a stranger walking suspiciously through town Wednesday afternoon, ended up using two assault rifles
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A Pueblo man was arrested after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a chase stretching two counties which ended in an hours-long standoff in Douglas County. At 9:40 p.m., officers with the Colorado Springs Springs Police Department (CSPD) Stetson Hills Division were dispatched to assist a bail bondsman with contacting
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is offering a five-figure reward to anyone who can provide information that’ll lead to an arrest in a July homicide. On July 6, 2022, the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at the El Morro Mobile Home Park around 10:47
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For the third time this year, a staff shortage has caused a branch of the Pikes Peak Library District in El Paso County to close early, but not because of worker shortages common during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest situation happened Tuesday evening at the PPLD’s Fountain branch, resulting in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The holiday season and limited vaccination options are combining to significantly increase the spread of the COVID-19 virus in 16 Colorado counties, according to a report Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the report, Pueblo and Fremont counties in southern Colorado are among those having
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Authorities say that they don’t expect winds to be as strong in and around the city as they likely will be near Trinidad and Walsenburg, which often gets hit hardest in such conditions. But the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management is preparing for anything. “We’ve been meeting since
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A team of first responders, including one from Pueblo County and two from along the Front Range, recently spent a week in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to bring food and training to citizens in that country’s ongoing war with Russia. KRDO Ross Marsh, of Beulah, was one of six people
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Gov. Jared Polis visited the memorial to victims outside Club Q, the LGBTQ+ club where a suspect killed five people and injured more than a dozen others in a shooting two weekends ago. KRDO Polis arrived at the memorial, near the intersection of Academy Boulevard and North Carefree Circle, shortly
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Neighbors in the historic Old North End neighborhood are expressing concern about proposed changes along Nevada Avenue, just north of the Colorado College campus, that they say would negatively impact larger homes and yards on both sides of the busy street. Old North End Neighborhood According to neighbors, a recently-completed
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A city crew brought back the multicolored pride flag to City Hall Saturday morning after it was repaired from damage inflicted by strong winds overnight Wednesday. City of Colorado Springs The flag was restored around 10 a.m., a city official said in a text message to KRDO. According to the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A large pride flag unfurled Wednesday to show support for victims of the recent Club Q shootings symbolizes strength, but apparently wasn’t strong enough to endure weather conditions overnight. KRDO Strong winds tangled and tore the flag that was hanging above the City Hall entrance; here’s how it looked during
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The owners of Club Q, the LGBTQ+ establishment targeted by last weekend’s mass shooting, said that it’s too soon to know if and when the club will reopen. KRDO But Matthew Haynes and Nic Grzecka, who opened the business 20 years ago, made a promise Wednesday. KRDO “The shooting was
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council and Mayor John Suthers are taking opposite stands on a five-month pause on enforcing the city’s ordinance regarding the ownership of goats and other hoofed animals. KRDO The Council, in a measure presented by members Randy Helms and Nancy Henjum, recently approved a moratorium for the ordinance
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Tuesday, a survivor of the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs shared his experience during a news conference with local and national media. KRDO learned that Anthony, a man in his early 40s who is keeping his last name private, suffered shrapnel wounds in the the LGBTQ+ nightclub tragedy
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The possibility that the alleged shooter at Club Q this weekend might also target the city’s other gay club was enough for Icons, on Bijou Street downtown, to take steps to protect its customers. The staff at Icons confirmed Monday that they went into lockdown in the immediate aftermath of
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