Stephen Houston, the Academy School District 20 plow truck driver who died in a traffic accident a week ago, was planning to be married in August and was set to be the best man at his brother’s wedding this fall. Those details come from a statement to KRDO NewsChannel 13 released by Houston’s family this
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — A large pothole that was a concern for the Colorado Department of Transportation last Saturday was finally repaired at the start of this weekend to prevent additional traffic congestion. A CDOT emergency crew worked from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Friday to fill the pothole in the southbound right lane of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — President Donald Trump brushed aside his recent impeachment controversy as hundreds of supporters greeted him on his arrival Thursday at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Trump’s jet, Air Force One, landed as scheduled, just before 4 p.m., after a brief flyover of the city. The jet took ten
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Some people are asking about the safety of the Ford F-250 truck that was being used as a snow plow in the aftermath of its driver dying from a crash Tuesday morning. Stephen Houston, a 27-year-old grounds technician with Academy School District 20, was killed when the truck crashed into
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A driver in a School District 20 plow truck is dead after a crash on an icy road in northern Colorado Springs. The Colorado State Patrol responded to the crash. Troopers were called to Gleneagle Dr. and Candlewood Ct. around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, they discovered that a
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US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) — The NHL Stadium Series game became a logistical disaster for the thousands of people who were stuck along Interstate 25 — and some connecting roads — for hours on Saturday; so how could it have been planned better? We reported the initial traffic jams and the aftermath on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the aftermath of Saturday’s traffic mess surrounding the NHL hockey game at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium, KRDO NewsChannel 13 is trying to contact participating agencies Monday for their response to the situation. A spokesman with the Colorado State Patrol said the troopers on duty in that area
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Amazon, the worldwide technology and delivery giant, has confirmed plans to supplement its current operation at the Colorado Springs Airport with a major expansion that will create more than 1,000 jobs. Amazon’s year-old delivery facility near the Colorado Springs Airport. In a release issued Thursday, Amazon announced it will open
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Another affordable housing project has been approved by the Colorado Springs City Council with the hope of helping renters find relief in the city’s hot housing market. On Tuesday, the council unanimously approved the development at Colorado Avenue and Chestnut Street, which is being done by Goodwin Knight — the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The latest winter storm brought 4 to 6 inches of heavy, wet snow overnight Tuesday to Pueblo and parts of surrounding Pueblo County. “It started snowing like crazy Tuesday night,” Chuck Colletti, a county road supervisor, said. “Much of that melted, then froze, then had more snow on top of it.”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was two years ago Wednesday that two lives ended and countless others changed during a violent confrontation between authorities and a suspect at a Colorado Springs apartment complex. El Paso County Dep. Micah Flick was killed by gunfire between authorities and an auto-theft suspect, Manuel Zetina, at the Murray
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department says officers are investigating a suspicious death that happened late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Officers were called to a home at 1315 Wood Ave., which is just north of Colorado College. Police told KRDO’s Scott Harrison that they had been there since around
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Just after 1:30 p.m Monday, the Colorado Department of Trasportation issued a warning that drivers avoid the Interstate 25 “Gap” widening project between Monument and Castle Rock because the worst of the current winter storm was expected the area during evening rush hour. Ten minutes after that warning, authorities closed the southbound lanes between Monument
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In an update Saturday afternoon the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says that 11-year-old Gannon Stauch has yet to be found. Over 160 people continue to search for and recover any evidence that could lead to his return, says EPSCO. “There are no words to express the family’s appreciation and
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The word “blue” often symbolizes sadness, but that color is giving strength to neighbors of a Fountain-area boy missing since Monday afternoon. Businesses, homeowners, and neighbors have spent the last few days placing blue lights, ribbons and bows on and around the home of Gannon Stauch, 11, in the Lorson Ranch subdivision. On Friday, blue
Continue Reading EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — UPDATE: New information is available by clicking HERE. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, who went missing from a Lorson Ranch neighborhood Monday afternoon. Gannon has now been missing for over 48 hours. He was last seen in his home in the 6000
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Many people have eagerly awaited the arrival of the popular California-based burger chain, In-N-Out, since it was announced in 2017 as part of the Victory Ridge development in northeast Colorado Springs. On Tuesday, a city official confirmed the part of the project that includes In-N-Out is on schedule to open by late 2021 or early
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — What goes up, must come down — eventually. But that’s not happening anytime soon for the red-hot housing market in Colorado Springs. Many experts have expected an inevitable slump or price correction to follow recent years of growth, but local realtor Harry Salzman told the City Council Tuesday, “forget about
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Will he, or won’t he? Will Colorado Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner support witnesses testifying in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as 66% of Americans do in the latest poll Friday? Or will he oppose it? Gardner has not indicated which way he’s leaning, preferring for now to focus on keeping the trial
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The accumulation of dozens of housing units at the corner of Chelton Road and Murray Boulevard in southeast Colorado Springs looks like a tiny homes village to some, and a mobile home park to others. But the developer and builder, Goodwin Knight, describes it as the start of a cottage community that will increase the
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