COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Colorado Springs has announced that Mountain Metropolitan Transit (MMT) is rolling out additional services for the spring, starting on March 29. Those service changes include the following, according to the city: Route 3: Transitioning to zero fare; weekday daytime frequency increasing from 30 minutes to 15 minutes, supported
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) is mourning the loss of Muziki, the oldest giraffe in their herd, just five days after the death of Mashama, a 15-year-old reticulated giraffe. The female giraffe Muziki passed away on March 13, after CMZoo says she began to have a quick decline in her health due to
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The Colorado Springs Switchbacks played their home opener against the Las Vegas Lights on Saturday. The Switchbacks won the match 3-2.
Continue ReadingThe Banning Lewis boys basketball team took on Forge Christian in the Class 3A Final Four on Friday and lost 58-57.
Continue ReadingThe Colorado Springs Christian School girls basketball team lost to Yuma in the Class 3A Great Eight on Thursday morning 31-27.
Continue ReadingThe St. Mary’s boys basketball team took on Colorado Springs Christian School in the Class 3A Great Eight. The Pirates won 67-60 to advance to the 3A Final Four.
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The Lewis Palmer boys basketball team lost in the Class 5A Final Four to Silver Creek on Thursday afternoon 51-47.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – This week’s Restaurant Roundup is an investigation into a cockroach problem that has neighboring restaurants in one plaza off Barnes Road begging for change. “No roaches, no nothing, no bugs of any sort when I first started – then they moved in, and it was just Armageddon,” said the manager
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A two-year, $280,000 project to improve safety on streets and roads was released to the public on Thursday morning. The Transportation Safety Action Plan is designed to benefit drivers, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. Local leaders provided more details in a 10:30 a.m. news conference at the City Administration Building downtown.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department said that law enforcement reported a house fire at the corner of East Pikes Peak and Dudley avenues, just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11. Fire departments response “There was a law enforcement presence before we got here,” said Ashley Franco, a CSFD spokesperson.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — By now, drivers should be accustomed to lane closures along busy Austin Bluffs Parkway that are part of the ongoing construction of a new power substation by Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU). This week, crews closed the right westbound lane between Goldenrod Drive — near the future substation site — and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Rampart Park visitors share their opinions on the narrow park entrance, which was narrowed by a drainage project completed by a city crew at the end of February. Work began a month ago to install and bury an underground stormwater pipe in part of an open drainage channel; a heavy
Continue ReadingTop prep playoff performances for the week of March 4th.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A local fashion show Sunday brought more than just glamour to the runway; it brought opportunity for students and support for girls in need in Colorado Springs. The event was organized by Women Igniting Momentum in Southern Colorado, with proceeds supporting Period Possible, a nonprofit that provides menstrual products to
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Tonight: Expect mostly clear sies, with winds out of the North at 5 to 10 mph. It will be a cool night with overnight lows dipping down into the mid to upper 20s for most areas. Some of the back roads may see some slippery conditions with the possibility of black ice from all the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Friday, The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) responded to a house fire off Warwick Lane. The department says that they arrived within three minutes to heavy fire coming from the garage and the window of the home. CSFD says the homeowner was outside safely, but they heard a dog
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COLORADO SPRINGS/EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A stormwater project that started around Thanksgiving is about to cross busy North Gate Boulevard, marking the halfway point in a $5 million project that will lead to much-needed repaving work. The county’s public works department is building a retention basin on the south side of the boulevard,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Mexican restaurant got slammed for its dirty kitchen during its routine health inspection. Meanwhile, a spot off Garden of the Gods Road is this week’s chopstick top pick! LOW SCORES: La Casita on N Nevada Avenue failed its recent routine health inspection with ten violations. The inspector found dust,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Northbound drivers on the north end of 8th Street likely will have mixed feelings about the latest changes in the ongoing improvements project there. The good news is that crews reopened the two eastbound lanes on the US 24 Frontage Road between 8th Street and Cimarron Street (US 24), as
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Frank Serratore always wanted to be a coach, “I never really thought about what what would I want to do if I wasn’t coaching? Because all I ever wanted to be was a coach,” says Air Force head coach, Frank Serratore. He’s been coaching at Air Force for 29 years, “All I ever really wanted to be
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