COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Of the city’s two largest temporary overnight shelters for people experiencing homelessness, one is near capacity but the other still has plenty of space. KRDO The Salvation Army’s R.J. Montgomery Shelter previously had a capacity of around 200, mostly for single men but also including single women, veterans and a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are trying to determine whether the same person used a gun to rob two fast-food eateries at their drive-thru windows within 20 minutes Wednesday night. KRDO According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), the first robbery was reported around 8 p.m. at the Burger King on South Academy
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — City leaders and business owners are looking for more solutions to the issue of transients and people experiencing homelessness downtown after a proposed City Council ordinance was denied by a 4-3 vote this week. The so-called “Sit-Lie” ordinance would have covered the downtown commercial district and banned sleeping, sitting or lying
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County commissioners did what the county’s planning commission recently could not; agree to approve a preliminary plan to build hundreds of homes and a luxury resort hotel at the existing Flying Horse North subdivision in Black Forest. KRDO The 3-1 vote came just before 7:30 p.m.; Commissioner Longinos
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — During a work session Monday for next year’s city budget, the City Council decided to approve allocating additional funding to the Homeless Outreach Program (HOP Team) operated since mid-2019 by the city’s fire department. The department had recently expressed concern about the continued availability of grant funding that has supported
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The rural community of Pueblo West will soon have much needed funding for road maintenance, thanks to voter approval of ballot Question 6C on Tuesday. The question to raise the sales tax 1% for the next ten years (beginning Jan. 1 ) passed by a margin of 53% to 47%.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — An expected threefold increase in the the number of people living downtown over the next two years has a downtown leader asking for safety improvements in the area. Susan Edmondson, president and CEO of the Downtown Development Authority, told the City Council this week that nearly 2,100 apartment units will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A proposed outdoor amphitheater for north Colorado Springs is one step closer to being built. Wednesday evening, the Colorado Springs City Planning Commission approved the Sunset Amphitheater in a 6-3 vote. However, it’s subject to certain conditions. Now, the project will advance to the City Council for final approval. The
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Several areas along West Colorado Avenue between Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, currently in an unincorporated region known as “No Man’s Land,” have become part of the Colorado Springs city limits for the first time. City of Colorado Springs The City Council voted Tuesday to annex three parcels —
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Along with an earlier approval to raise natural gas rates but reduce electric rates this winter, Colorado Springs Utilities also proposes to increase water and wastewater rates. Scott Shirola, manager of pricing and rates for the utility, said Monday that the proposed water and wastewater increases would add around $6
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Next Wednesday’s annual Season of Sharing holiday food drive comes at a time when the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic and the economy are creating unusual challenges for the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado. KRDO Officials said that inflation is up 8.5%, the cost of acquiring food is
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Some Black Forest residents are speaking out against the planned expansion of Flying Horse North, a residential community between Colorado Springs and Monument. KRDO The project’s developer — Flying Horse Development, LLC — already had approval to build more than 200 homes in the community, but only 80 were
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The county’s planning commission ended a 3-1/2-hour public hearing in a tie vote on recommendations for a controversial plan to expand the current development of Flying Horse North (FHN), in north central Black Forest. KRDO Just before 3 p.m., commissioners voted 4-4 on the project, with three commissioners absent
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials said that the new Fire Station 23 is the first in a wave of stations that will be built over the next decade as the city’s growth continues. KRDO A ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon celebrated the opening of the $4.5 million station located east of downtown, near Memorial Park
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The city is using $50,000 from its share of federal money from the American Rescue Plan to finance operation of an overnight warming shelter for the homeless on the coldest nights of the upcoming winter season. The money will be used by the Crazy Faith Street Ministry on the west end
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A road project that started in 2016 and cost $24 million was declared ready for traffic by local officials Friday, although some finishing touches remain. KRDO A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the 1.5-mile extension of Centennial Boulevard from the top of the Fillmore Street hill, south to Fontanero
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Trash and litter are said to be the most common citizen complaints in the city, and the officials are getting significant federal money to make a bigger dent in cleanup efforts. KRDO The city will receive $1 million from the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) to focus on trash and debris
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After responding to two wildfires in the past two weeks, one at a homeless camp and the other started by target shooting, rural fire chiefs in southern El Paso County have had enough. On Tuesday, they appeared at the weekly meeting of county commissioners asking that more be done to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council discussed a controversial proposed ordinance amendment Monday that would require the water supply from Colorado Springs Utilities to meet 130% of existing usage and the projected demand of a proposed extension area — based on a three-year rolling average — before extending water to new areas. “That
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) reported Friday that the pedestrian involved in an auto/pedestrian accident Thursday near Doherty High School has been determined to be at fault. The pedestrian is a juvenile male student at the high school. KRDO Both police and the school reported that the student’s injuries
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