FREMONT CO., Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Supreme Court suspended 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley’s law license Wednesday. State judicial leaders say Stanley’s license was suspended due to failure to submit required Continuing Legal Education (CLE) information for law licenses. Stanley cannot practice law or appear in court until her license is reinstated. The
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — A 76-page workplace investigative report reveals allegations of threats, unfairness, and blackmail involving the Florence Police Department’s current and former officers. Several officers have left the department since the beginning of the year. In March, the third-party investigation conducted by Employers Council primarily focused on allegations levied against Florence Police Chief
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Cańon City Area Fire Protection Chief announced he had rescinded all fire restrictions within the boundaries of the Cańon City Area Fire Protection District effective 9 a.m. Thursday. Stage 2 fire restrictions began Thursday, May 19, at noon. At that time, officials said as Fremont County and surrounding areas
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a new website meant to give people an easier way to access crime and public safety-related information. “This new website is the perfect entry point for establishing better law enforcement and public partnerships. Technology gives us the opportunity to communicate with the public and
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Tuesday, the Concerned Citizens Group of Florence CO announced they will be holding a series of debates for the new candidates running for city council. In March, the entire Florence City Council resigned leaving just the mayor. Now, the city needs to fill the six vacant city council seats. Ahead of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Dirt, smoke, and haze return to the horizon in Southern Colorado Wednesday which is increasing air pollution across the region. Some of this haze is attributed to blowing dust from increased wins, but much of it towards the south is due to smoke from a major wildfire burning in New
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Whitewater rafting companies say that the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t affect them as much as you might think in 2020 and 2021, and are hoping for more of a return to normal for the upcoming summer season. KRDO The increased interest in outdoor activities actually kept the industry fairly busy during
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — The Florence Police Chief is apologizing after failing to produce a public record requested by 13 Investigates in April. For weeks, the City of Florence failed to turn over an email sent by Police Chief Shane Prickett. The email was finally produced by the city weeks later after 13 Investigates made
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — Florence Interim City Manager Tom Piltingsrud is clarifying statements he made about a financial review by the City of Fountain and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into corruption allegations in the city of Florence. 13 Investigates previously exposed Florence’s City Hall sex harassment scandal, uncovered missing taxpayer money, and
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — 13 Investigates has uncovered more turmoil between Florence city leaders months before the entire city council resigned in March. New recordings of an executive session from Janaury reveal council members were questioning how taxpayer money was being spent behind closed doors. A few months later, the entire council resigned en masse
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – With extreme winds and high fire danger across southern Colorado this week, emergency preparedness officials say now is the time to have a plan in place if you need to evacuate due to a fast-moving wildfire. “This is a new day and age that we’re in with wildfires, as you’ve
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FLORENCE, Co. (KRDO) – The clock is ticking for more than a dozen Florence citizens gathering signatures to run for the six vacant city council seats. 13 Investigates learned that 16 Florence residents have pulled council petitions with interest in running after the entire city council resigned en masse telling 13 Investigates they could not
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — The Florence Police Department is now suspended from a federal government equipment program after a surprise audit last week, according to records reviewed by 13 Investigates. In January, 13 Investigates began looking into the federal program and how Florence Police Department has utilized it. This suspension follows more than a month
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — The 13 Investigates team is now getting clarity on the findings and reasoning of Fremont County Manager and Fountain Police Chief’s involvement in helping the City of Florence amid a growing corruption scandal plaguing the small town of fewer than 4,000 residents. Six Florence City Council members resigned in March after
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — Taxpayers in Florence hope someone in authority is listening to their cries for help as the city is in crisis. The entire Florence City Council resigned this week, leaving the mayor as the only elected official in the tiny town. “When the cards started to fall, they fell,” Former Councilman Mike
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Judge Ramsey Lama was scheduled to hear from seven witnesses Friday as part of an effort to dismiss charges against Barry Morphew. Morphew is accused of murdering his wife, Suzanne, in 2020. Though her body has never been found, the Salida woman was reported missing on Mother’s Day. Morphew was
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FLORENCE, Colo. (KRDO) — A report provided to 13 Investigates by Florence City leaders says more than $95,000 in interest-free payroll loans paid to several employees over five years were a clear violation of city policy. The city leaders tell 13 Investigates $2,021 from the “employee advance” account is still owed to the city and
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It’s a season ten years in the making. Canon City mopped the floor with Summit last Friday night to advance to the Sweet sixteen, “I just can’t wrap my head around it. It doesn’t feel real. It feels like I’m in a dream, still. This is what we dreamed of since we were eight years
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The Canon City girls basketball team beat Summit 59-24 on Friday night. The Tigers advance to the Class 4A Sweet Sixteen.
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Coroner’s Office identified the two homicide victims who were found Tuesday near Phantom Canyon Road. The victims were identified as 25-year-old Ryan Joe Roth and 36-year-old Rodolfo Santillan-Reyes. Tuesday, deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office found two men dead on County Road 67, Phantom Canyon Road.
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