Florence High School was our week two winner of the Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award. This week the Huskies cheer squad received the South Colorado Motors Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award plaque.
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Two road improvement projects on Cañon City’s 9th Street are nearing completion, while another project to relocate a natural gas line is scheduled to resume this fall.
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A rough stretch of Highway 115 between a recent and a current project by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is now smoother after crews completed some maintenance paving this summer. Crews repaved four miles — in several segments — a few miles south of the El Paso County line.
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Colorado Department of Transportation crews have extended repairs on Highway 115 through Penrose until late next month after discovering over 200 additional damaged concrete panels, bringing the project’s total cost to nearly $4 million.
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Disasters like the “Aspen Acres” fire are nothing new to Gulf Coast natives Marcus and Kelli Summerford. “We evacuated because of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005,” Marcus said. “We came to Colorado during COVID, and we love it.” → KRDO13’s full coverage on the Aspen Acres
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In addition to restricted access through the Highway 67 checkpoint south of Florence for the ongoing Aspen Acres wildfire, drivers also must adjust to occasional changes in the checkpoint’s location. When authorities placed the ten-mile stretch between Florence and Highway 69 in Custer County on pre-evacuation status last Thursday, the
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Highway 96 through Wetmore in Custer County is closed as part of the latest evacuation from the “Aspen Acres” fire, but on Thursday, many drivers were either unaware of it or were hoping to be allowed through. → Find the most up to date information on the Aspen Acres fire
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo, (KRDO) — Despite fire crews increasing containment from zero to 14% in the “Aspen Acres” fire over the weekend, the intensity of flames on the north side of the burn zone raised the risk to residents north of the Custer/Fremont County line. → Find the latest information from KRDO on the Aspen
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PUEBLO & CUSTER COUNTIES, Colo. (KRDO) — KRDO 13 has a crew in southern Pueblo County to provide an update on the Aspen Acres wildfire, which has burned nearly 87,000 acres. For the first time, authorities report some containment — 6% late Saturday night, and up to 13% as of 7 a.m. Sunday. → Most
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office has lifted evacuations for homes near a brush fire. As of 6:40 p.m. Monday night, the fire had grown to 102 acres with 0% containment. The sheriff’s office ordered evacuations around 7:30 p.m. Sunday night for the 1.25-mile radius around High Park Rd and County
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Cañon City High School might be the New York Yankees of Colorado show choirs. The school has a “murderer’s row” of talent who, as “Encore!” just won their second straight show choir state championship last month at the Colorado Show Choir, Jazz, and A Cappella Festival. The group also earned a
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have so far removed dozens of concrete pavement panels that were cracked and broken along the five miles of Highway 115 in Pensose. And this week, workers were still using saws to cut out the remaining affected panels on the north end
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The Rampart girls soccer team beat Canon City two to nothing. As the Rams advance in the Class 4A playoffs.
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — This marks the third consecutive year that Cañon City will have a major, impactful road-related construction project. And there will be three of them — two on the same street, and a third that crews have had difficulty completing since it began in late 2024. Currently underway are twin projects on
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Concrete pavement just north of Penrose on Highway 115 looks great and is smooth to drive on. That is, until you get closer to the US 50 interchange. Dozens of pavement panels are cracked or broken; some are so bad, that previous crews tried to patch the damage with asphalt.
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PENROSE, Colo. (KRDO) – Tuesday evening, the Greater-Penrose community learned the cause of the ’24 Fire’ as they gathered in the local elementary school to get answers from Fort Carson and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Fire crews said the initial cause of the fire was a vehicle malfunction on Highway 115. They said a
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The explosion of growth in Fremont County’s “24 Fire” has led authorities to lengthen the 18-mile closure of Highway 115 that has been in place since Thursday evening. The closure is now extended two miles north, essentially to Fort Carson’s main gate. That’s where southbound drivers begin seeing cones,
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For the latest updates, click here. EL PASO COUNTY, Colorado (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) are currently manning a roadblock as part of the safety closure of Highway 115 due to a large wildfire in Fremont County. The north end of the roadblock is where the
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The Pueblo Central Wildcats are state champions! The Wildcats claim the girls Class 4A crown behind the dominance of Acelyn Duran. She was outstanding in her win against La Junta’s Yliani Garcia. It’s Duran second straight championship, “It’s just really exhilarating. It’s really exciting and just shows all the work I’ve been putting in all
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — The town’s paving season ended only a few weeks ago, but officials are already working on one of two projects on North 9th Street to prepare for repaving next year. 9th Street extends across the city from north to south, connecting to downtown, US 50, and the Arkansas River. Crews
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