COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Late Wednesday morning, public works crews began making the latest repairs to eastbound Dublin Boulevard, near the Peterson Road intersection, where the constant flow of water from an underground spring created a thick layer of ice overnight. The temperature dropped to 16 degrees in the area, and the ice and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The current construction on I-25 between Fillmore Street and Garden of the Gods Road is just entering its second year and still has another year to go. The first year may seem like an eternity to drivers who have coped with narrow lanes, lower speed limits and rough pavement since
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crews are putting the finishing touches on an $8.5 million resurfacing project that started in May on US 24. Crews returned to work this week on a nearly 14-mile stretch of the highway, from Garrett Road in Falcon to Smith Ranch Road in Peyton.
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USAFA, COLO. — Ty Gallagher and Tyler Coffey each collected a goal and an assist and Kaidan Mbereko had 27 saves to lead No. 8 Colorado College to a 6-1 victory over Air Force Saturday night at Cadet Ice Arena. The Tigers improved to 6-0 for the first time since the 2000-01season and moved their overall
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials said that their research shows radar-equipped signs that monitor traffic speeds have been so effective in reducing speeding in certain areas that the city plans to buy more of the signs. Todd Frisbie, the city’s head traffic engineer, said that the city has five of the speed feedback
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has scheduled more overnight lane closures this week on the 7.5-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between South Academy Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue. But the agency said that this likely will be the last week for them. As KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior reported earlier
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and pedestrians who have endured detours and closures at the Interstate 25/South Nevada Avenue/South Tejon Street interchange now must prepare for another challenge. On Monday, the bridge on Motor Way, between Nevada and Tejon, will close for six months so that crews can perform maintenance work. The bridge is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) is in its sixth month of a project to replace two aging natural gas lines on the west end of Cheyenne Boulevard, from just east of 8th Street to Cresta Road. The million-dollar project has required lane restrictions and closures, and torn up the pavement enough
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Bright lights and two giant pumps overnight Sunday are the latest signs of progress on the project to replace four bridges on Circle Drive, on the city’s south side. Crews began pouring cement around midnight on the upper eastbound bridge across railroad tracks and Hancock Expressway; last month, workers finished
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Less than three minutes into the game, the Tigers had the Wildcats on the ropes. Drew Montgomery scored a goal 1:28 into the first period, Stanley Cooley followed with another goal just 1:28 later, and Colorado College handled Northern Michigan, 6-1, to complete a 2-game series sweep. Northern Michigan scored its only goal midway through
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For the second night this week, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) closed the intersection of Chelton Road and Astrozon Boulevard to isolate and fix a leak in a water line. A CSU spokesperson said that the latest closure started at 8 p.m. Wednesday and was scheduled to end at 7 a.m. Thursday; only
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Now that a major construction project on Interstate 25 between here and Fountain should wrap up this week — as KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior reported Monday — it’s a good time to review three other projects that were part of MAMSIP. The acronym stands for the Military Access, Mobility and Safety
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers are adjusting to changes this week along a major corridor on the city’s northeastern border where workers are finishing the first year of a three-year widening project. Work began last summer on the nearly three-mile stretch of Marksheffel Road between North Carefree Circle to the south, and Dublin Boulevard
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A day after the city sponsored an open house to inform citizens about an upcoming improvement project on Dublin Boulevard, the public works director talked about how it will address an underground spring that has become a traffic concern on part of the street. Richard Mulledy discussed the matter Wednesday
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, crews continued the actual repaving of a mile-long stretch of North Academy Boulevard, from Voyager Parkway near Interstate 25, to just north of Woodmen Road. Milling — the removal of old asphalt — began last Sunday night and city officials said that repaving
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials have canceled a plan to use recycled asphalt in the repaving of Pikes Peak Avenue, between Circle Drive and Chelton Road, on the city’s east side. In mid-June, neighbor Kirk Skabo emailed KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior, saying that he thought the long-awaited paving job was finally about
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and neighbors say that for as long as the past six months, water has been flowing from under the eastbound lanes of Dublin Boulevard, just west of Peterson Road, and they worry the situation will gradually worsen. “It’s going to be probably a bevy of accidents occurring (this winter)
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Exiting the Manitou Cliff Dwellings can be a potentially dangerous situation for drivers turning right to merge onto westbound US 24, or crossing speeding lanes of traffic to turn left and travel eastbound. “Over the last five years that would have ended in 2023, going backward, there were 13
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Colorado College is in the midst of its best season in almost two decades. Two of the biggest reasons for CC’s success are goalie Kaidan Mbereko and forward Zaccharya Wisdom. Not only have they helped CC to their best season in recent memory, but they’re helping pave the way for a new generation of hockey players. He is
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A night after coughing up a 3-0 lead, Omaha bounced back for a 3-1 win over Colorado College in game 2 of the NCHC first round series. The series is tied at 1, setting up a winner-take-all game 3 on Sunday night. Chase Foley scored the Tigers lone goal in the second period to even
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