FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Department of Public Health says residents will have free coronavirus testing on Thursday. MAKO Medical will provide free drive-thru testing at the health department starting Thursday, Oct. 22. The site will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Garden Park Building,
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Inmates at Fremont Correctional Facility are receiving additional rounds of COVID-19 testing following a large outbreak. According to the Department of Corrections, 303 inmates at Fremont Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19. The coronavirus case count has continued to grow over the last week. “We are updating the external
Continue Reading FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Just days after KRDO reported on a COVID-19 outbreak at the Fremont Correctional Facility, the number of cases has skyrocketed this week. On Wednesday, there were 90 active COVID-19 cases reported at the facility in Fremont County, according to statistics provided by the state. On Thursday, that number jumped up
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Two family dogs in Fremont County were gunned down, killing one and badly injuring the other. Dog owner Tiffany Starika tells KRDO she is mourning the loss of one of her dogs, a German Shepherd named Liberty. Her second dog, an Australian Shepherd named Jake, was taken to a veterinarian
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — More than two years have passed since firefighters discovered the body of 76-year old Kenneth Orchard in the charred interior of his own home. The investigation was declared a fatal arson and a homicide. On Thursday, investigators filed charges in connection to the death. Matthew Rodgers, 46, was dealt a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Towns and cities across southern Colorado will pause Friday, and remember the thousands killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. EL PASO COUNTY: firefighters from across Colorado will climb the Manitou Incline in full gear Friday morning to honor members of the New York City Fire Department who
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says a DNA match gave investigators a new lead to arrest a suspect in a fatal house fire that happened in 2018 in Canon City. According to FCSO, 46-year-old Matthew Allan Rodgers is accused of a slew of charges for the death of 76-year-old Kenneth
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Winter weather has prompted several schools and districts across southern Colorado to delay class for Wednesday. Click here for the list of delays. Check the current weather conditions here. Check live traffic maps here. Watch the livestream of Good Morning Colorado.
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Winter weather prompted several schools and districts across southern Colorado to delay class for Tuesday. Click here for the list of delays. Check the current weather conditions here. Check live traffic maps here. Watch the livestream of Good Morning Colorado.
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Canon City Police Department put out a warning for people buying street drugs about pills of Percocet being mixed with fentanyl. Officers were called to two reports of near fatal overdoses in the past few days, and they found the individuals had taken a pill called “Perc 30,” which
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says a man took his own life by jumping from the Royal Gorge Bridge on Monday. Eyewitnesses reported that a man jumped from the bridge around 11:53 a.m. Monday. The sheriff’s office says human remains were found near the river and railroad tracks at the
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — A veterinary clinic in Canon City has been closed for the next two weeks due to COVID-19 exposure, the Fremont County Department of Public Health announced on Monday. Two staffers at the Rose Veterinary Hospital of Canon City tested positive for the coronavirus, and now the clinic will be closed
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Following confirmed reports of two people working at a Royal Gorge rafting business testing positive for COVID-19, Fremont County health officials held a press briefing Thursday to discuss what has been done and the challenges they face with this outbreak. Gillian DeLeon a nurse with Fremont County Department of Public
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Two employees at Royal Gorge Rafting tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks ago, according to owner Ty Seufer. Seufer tells KRDO the rafting employees have been in quarantine at home and have not been to work since testing positive. No other employees have tested positive since. Royal Gorge Rafting,
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a car crash in Fremont County that took the life of a 19-year-old from out of state. Just before 3 p.m. Saturday, troopers responded to a fatal crash at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 9. The scene was about 7 miles west
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The YMCA Fire that started Wednesday afternoon has grown to 293 acres, but firefighters have contained 60% of the perimeter as of Saturday night. According to the Bureau of Land Management, despite hot and dry conditions Saturday, fire behavior was minimal. One helicopter was assigned to the fire, but because
Continue Reading FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The YMCA Fire that started Wednesday afternoon has grown to just under 300 acres, but firefighters have contained 40% of the perimeter as of Friday evening. According to the Bureau of Land Management, firefighters took advantage of higher humidity overnight that helped slow the fire’s growth. Helicopters are still dropping
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CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — More aircrafts than usual are battling the YMCA Fire burning near Canon City. It’s a new and more aggressive strategy Colorado Firefighters are taking because of COVID-19. Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control spokesperson Caley Fisher says this new strategy was just implemented this year in an effort to avoid
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters responded to a reported wildfire just west of Canon City and south of the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Wednesday and kept working on the blaze overnight.WATCH an update below: The Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center reported the fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire is now called the “YMCA Fire”
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Summer isn’t two weeks old yet and a local business has already announced it won’t open this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Diana’s Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, a popular fall tradition and attraction in Cañon City, made the announcement on its Facebook page last Thursday. As late as
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