According to statistics recently released by the Colorado State Patrol, traffic accidents in the Interstate 25 Gap construction zone have increased from more than 900 before the project to over 1,500 — a 62% increase. The CSP counted the number of crashes within the 18-mile widening project between Monument and Castle Rock. The increase covers
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Part of the purpose of the annual holiday honoring the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is to remember how uncomfortable — and even dangerous — life was for many African-Americans in the United States. But what was life really like for them in the
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Pikes Peak officials reported wind gusts of up to 75 mph on the summit Wednesday and Thursday but apparently got a break Friday — the day that similar gusts were expected. “The summit has been open only an hour or two in the past three days because it’s too windy,” said Jack Glavan, manager of
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Much of the work involved with widening Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock is happening off the highway, as workers install wildlife fencing on both sides of the busy corridor. Piles of fencing material — old and new — are visible along the highway just north of the El Paso/Douglas County line. Ultimately, 15
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(KRDO) — Several dozen agencies and organizations have teamed up to form the nation’s first-of-its-kind effort to reach a consensus on how to best prevent and prepare for major wildfires in Colorado. The new group is called the Rocky Mountain Restoration Initiative, which includes Colorado Springs Utilities, other utilities, state agencies, federal land managers and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Real estate can be expensive in Colorado Springs given the city’s hot housing market, but the City Council is selling some excess land at below appraised value so that a developer can build two hotels at the airport. On Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to sell six acres of surplus
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With nearly 2,000 people asking for 3,000 damaged trees to be removed from their property after last year’s late spring snowstorm, it seemed an overwhelming job for a 7-member crew in Colorado Springs. But on Monday, crew supervisor Dennis Will announced that the crew successfully met its goal of responding to
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Some Fountain leaders say that several overdue transportation improvements will be delayed even longer after voters rejected a funding measure on Election Day. Richard Applegate “Meanwhile, we keep growing and those projects become even more important,” said Richard Applegate, a member of the Fountain Roadway Focus Group, a citizens group which promoted the measure. Ohio
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Strong winds and deep snow delayed Tuesday’s arrival of 31 members of the AdAmAn Club’s annual hike from Manitou Springs to the summit of Pikes Peak. “The conditions slowed them down quite a bit (Tuesday) afternoon,” said Dave Hunting, a club member ad spokesman. “We were expecting them at around 2:30 p.m. but it now
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Colorado Springs residents are used to seeing snow and ice quickly melt from streets, roads and parking lots when sunshine and warmer temperatures arrive after a winter storm. But this year, not so much. A cold, wet fall marked by several significant snowstorms has provided more moisture that stays frozen longer and is slow to
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LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: The Colorado Department of Transportation reopened southbound Interstate 25 after it was closed from Raton Pass to Pueblo due to heavy snow and winter weather conditions Friday morning. I-25 SB: Road open between Exit 94 – CO 45; Pueblo Boulevard and MM 0. All southbound lanes now open.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The day after Christmas is the busiest day for bringing back presents that were the wrong size, wrong color or otherwise unwanted.
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For every person who hates dealing with crowds of late shoppers on Christmas Eve, there’s another person who’s thrilled by the heavy foot traffic and hectic atmosphere. In Colorado Springs, brisk sales were reported at stores across the city. Some didn’t even have time to answer the phone when KRDO NewsChannel 13 requested an interview
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Monday was the fifth-month anniversary of the fatal shooting of Joshua Vigil, 38, by Colorado Springs police, an occasion not lost on his family and friends. A group of 30 to 40 people gathered around 5 p.m. at the apartment complex near Fountain Boulevard and Chelton Road, where Vigil was shot by three officers at
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier this week to decline hearing an appeal of a lower court’s decision supports Colorado Springs’ legal authority to enforce its homeless camping ban, Mayor John Suthers said Thursday. The appeal, filed by plaintiffs in Boise, Idaho, sought to overturn an appellate court’s ruling that such bans are unconstitutional and
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Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act — requiring public facilities and infrastructure to be accessible to handicapped citizens — but many local governments have yet to fully comply with the law. On Thursday, El Paso County commissioners took an important step toward improved compliance by unanimously approving an ADA
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For the second time in four months — because of apparent issues related to the homeless — authorities have limited access to a picnic shelter at a park near downtown Colorado Springs
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With the official start of winter still a few days away, the frequency of fall snowstorms is straining the snow removal budget in Colorado Springs. Officials said Monday that the city has exceeded its budget by $100,000, spending a total of $1,425,000 so far this year — excluding Monday’s storm, which will push the total
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WALSENBURG, Colo. — The area south and west of Pueblo received among the heaviest snow totals in the latest winter storm to hit Colorado.
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With southern Colorado expected to receive between 3 and 8 inches of snow Sunday, will it affect shopping traffic on the next-to-last weekend before Christmas? KRDO NewsChannel 13 spoke Friday with merchants in downtown Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs to ask how much they think the weather will help — or hurt
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