COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs City Council received an update from staff members Tuesday on the response to — and the financial impact of — the coronavirus crisis. According to Charae McDaniel, the city’s chief financial officer, the city is receiving approximately $65 million in virus-related funding. This comes from five federal
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Qualified small businesses in Pueblo will be eligible for loans of up to $100,000 and grants of up to $20,000 as part of a plan unanimously approved Monday night by the City Council. A total of $5 million will be transferred from a voter-approved half-cent sales tax used for creating businesses in the city. Businesses
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Volunteers at Colorado College in Colorado Springs are trying to make a difference during the coronavirus pandemic, by making face shields to meet the strong demand from front-line health care workers and first responders. Around 10 faculty and staff are working with local authorities to provide the clear plastic shields which cover the face —
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During the downtime from closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses are rising to a new level of cleanliness by sanitizing and disinfecting counter tops, door handles and other surfaces. The trend means buying more wipes and cleaning liquids to get the job done, but a Colorado Springs business has found new success by
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — We know how hard protective equipment is to acquire for frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, but was that a factor in a recent break-in at a Pueblo business? The owner of LTS Resource, an industrial supplier on the city’s east side, said 75 protective suits, 10 respirator masks and
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With more than 1,500 inmates packed into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center, the same social distancing that helps protect the public from the coronavirus is virtually impossible. So, over the past three weeks, the Sheriff’s Office has reduced the population of the jail by more than 400 inmates, a spokesperson confirmed to KRDO
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce has released results of a survey of 176 businesses showing the impact of coronavirus during the early days of the outbreak locally. The chamber made the results public Monday, more than two weeks after authorities initiated social distancing guidelines and several days after Gov.
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In its second month spreading across Colorado and the rest of the nation, the coronavirus pandemic reached a new milestone Friday with two separate recommendations to expand the use of facial masks as added protection against the deadly outbreak. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, both strongly advised an increased
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to KRDO that one of its deputies has died from complications due to COVID-19. The Sheriff’s Office identified the deputy as Jeff Hopkins, 41. A news conference was held early Thursday afternoon. Watch below: Sheriff Bill Elder said that Hopkins’ most recent assignment
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Adam Hale presently has a lot to deal with; supporting a girlfriend who’s unemployed because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, a belief that he may have contracted the virus and an upcoming move to Texas. As if that wasn’t enough, he recently quit his job as a truck driver after only three months on the
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As authorities in the Colorado Springs area prepare for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients at hospitals and other medical facilities, an effort continues to help another vulnerable segment of the population. The old City Auditorium downtown has been converted into an isolation shelter for homeless patients infected by or exposed to the virus. Green
Continue ReadingFor many in Colorado, the coronavirus pandemic has brought out their worst fears; the presence of people who are unaware of, or care little about, obeying Gov. Jared Polis’ health order. The concern ranges from businesses that remain open even though they’re not considered critical or essential, to employers who pressure employees to work regardless
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It’s been nearly a month since the arrival of the coronavirus in El Paso County, and the county’s first death — as well as four of the 11 fatalities from the virus so far — are connected with a bridge tournament in Colorado Springs. Since then, the county’s health department has released little information —
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Officials announced Monday what they believe is the first of a series of financial assistance programs for small businesses struggling to cope with lost sales during the coronavirus pandemic. The Survive and Thrive COS program was announced by Mayor John Suthers, city economic development director Bob Cope and organizer Hannah Parsons. Under the program, up
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Local elected leaders revealed during a briefing Thursday that they were not consulted by Gov. Jared Polis before the state’s top leader issued a Stay-at-home order Wednesday to address the coronavirus crisis. “The city did not (know in advance), said Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, without further comment. Mark Waller,
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DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis gave an update Friday on the current status of COVID-19 in the state and implored people to obey the stay-at-home order issued this week. Watch below: Polis reported Friday that the state now has 1,734 positive cases of coronavirus, with 239 hospitalized and 31 deaths. More than 11,000
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DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has issued a statewide stay-at-home order that will begin at 6 a.m. Thursday and go until April 11. Polis spoke to the media Wednesday to provide an update and answer questions in the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See what a stay-at-home order means here. Essential personnel
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews were called to a grass fire just south of the Academy Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue intersection at around 5 p.m. Wednesday. In an update at 5:40 p.m., police said the fire had been put out and two lanes of southbound Academy in the area reopened. Firefighters said the
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The need to follow social distancing rules — particularly in city parks — to contain the spread of the coronavirus was emphasized Tuesday by Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. As he first mentioned in a media briefing Monday, Suthers repeated Tuesday that too many people are gathering in groups of 11 or more in parks,
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So far, Colorado Springs has decided against the kind of shelter-in-place, stay at home or lockdown order that some Colorado communities have enacted in an attempt to slow or stop the spread of the coronavirus. Denver announced the start of such an order yesterday, and a member of Monument’s Board of Trustees said the small
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