COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – For many, there’s still a little holiday travel ahead, whether that means hitting the interstate on Thursday or taking a red-eye back home. KRDO13 spent a few hours at the Colorado Springs airport on Wednesday, where the holiday spirit was honestly missing. Most travelers we came across were frustrated about
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council adopted its 2026 annual budget on Tuesday. The city made cuts in this new budget, with a 2.5% decrease since 2025, according to the city. “To offset rising costs in contracts, health care, and other obligations, City departments identified $31 million in savings through operational efficiencies
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council voted on Tuesday to take a stance against Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration. “The City Council believes that suing the sitting President of the United States is not the productive path forward,” the resolution read in part. In October, the Office of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The county is now a week into a major drainage project that will eventually allow crumbling pavement at a busy intersection to be repaved. Numerous viewers have complained to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior for the past year about the poor condition of North Gate Boulevard at Struthers Road;
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – According to arrest documents, just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) was notified of a potentially impaired driver going 6 mph on I-25 near Monument. CSP followed the driver with lights and sirens on, trying to pull them over. The agency details a 30-mile-per-hour pursuit of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A local ministry is lending a helping hand to those who are less fortunate and struggling with poverty, with the goal of ensuring everyone has something to be thankful for. Sunday was a cold and rainy day, but that didn’t stop Colorado Front Range Tres Dias, the ministry, from making sure
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado State Patrol says it started with the report of a suspected drunk driver at 7:30 p.m. and ended with a police stand-off on I-25. The State Patrol says it received a call on a REDDI (Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately) at 7:31 p.m., reporting a red Dodge Ram
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COLORADO (KRDO) – The Department of Education is redefining professional degrees, which means big changes to student loan limits. Our news affiliates at CNN have reported that a new proposal in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is limiting funding to student nurses. Graduate students in studies deemed “professional” can still qualify for max loans up to
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COLORADO (KRDO) – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Mike Crapo have reintroduced a bill to limit the number of satellites you can see in the sky. “There’s bipartisan agreement that we need a strong space economy and cutting-edge scientific research to unlock the mysteries of our universe,” said Hickenlooper. “The Dark and Quiet Skies Act helps us do both.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) clarified a KRDO 13 report on Friday regarding scheduled overnight median work on a mile-long stretch of Powers Boulevard on the east side of the city. An alert posted on a map on CoTrip.org’s website stated that two left lanes northbound and southbound overnight
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A local tea shop failed its routine health inspection, according to inspection records. We also have an update on a previous low-scoring restaurant that was temporarily closed. Meanwhile, a pasta shop has noodled its way to a top-scoring spot in this week’s Restaurant Roundup! Kung Fu Tea on N Academy
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Poor Richard’s says its effort to support federal workers during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history helped provide free meals to 931 employees and their families in Colorado Springs. The iconic downtown business launched the program on Oct. 24, offering one free meal a week to any federal employee
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has announced sentencing for a man who forged signatures in a 2024 El Paso County Commissioner race. According to the D.A.’s office, 29-year-old Juan Pichardo was working for a petition signature gathering company subcontracted to support David Leinweber’s campaign for El Paso County
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — To the concrete and asphalt used in widening and upgrading sidewalks along two blocks in the heart of downtown, you can include a natural resource. Trees. This week, workers began planting 38 trees along Tejon Street between Colorado Avenue and Kiowa Street. As of early Wednesday morning, six of 18
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – An Aviation Preliminary Report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) obtained by KRDO13 details engine issues that may have caused a plane flying out of Colorado Springs to come crashing down in Castle Rock. The flight ended in a crash landing after about 45 minutes in the air
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are three months into a $12.7 million project to eventually close a railroad crossing at the intersection of Las Vegas and Royer streets and replace it with an access road and a new crossing. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the plan in late August. Crews are
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many viewers have asked why work hasn’t continued this year on the project to improve two miles of South Academy Boulevard between Fountain Boulevard and Jet Wing Drive. Preliminary construction began early last year and was initially delayed until this fall, but officials last week announced that work will continue
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs police say two men are in custody after firing multiple rounds into a crowded parking lot near a church in southeast Colorado Springs on Sunday night. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers were called out to the 1600 block of Jet Wing Drive on Sunday,
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department was dispatched Sunday morning to the eastern part of Colorado Springs for a two-alarm fire. At 1:34 in the morning, about 50 people evacuated from their apartment at Montecito Apartments on North Murray Boulevard after a fire broke out on the second floor. The Colorado Springs Fire Department
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The temperatures outside might not remind you of Christmas, but the lights already put up in the downtown area will. But the lights up in trees around the Pioneers Museum serve as more than a means to dazzle those driving by on Tejon Street. This weekend, families who have lost
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