COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Rampart Park visitors share their opinions on the narrow park entrance, which was narrowed by a drainage project completed by a city crew at the end of February. Work began a month ago to install and bury an underground stormwater pipe in part of an open drainage channel; a heavy
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A project at the north gate of Schriever Space Force Base begins on Monday and will result in what the installation describes as longer commute times and heavier traffic congestion. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior began looking into the matter after hearing from several viewers who asked about the
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COLORADO SPRINGS/EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A stormwater project that started around Thanksgiving is about to cross busy North Gate Boulevard, marking the halfway point in a $5 million project that will lead to much-needed repaving work. The county’s public works department is building a retention basin on the south side of the boulevard,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Northbound drivers on the north end of 8th Street likely will have mixed feelings about the latest changes in the ongoing improvements project there. The good news is that crews reopened the two eastbound lanes on the US 24 Frontage Road between 8th Street and Cimarron Street (US 24), as
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RATON PASS, N.M. (KRDO) — Viewer video, seen above, shows several people stepping up in a rescue near the New Mexico/Colorado state line after a semi caught fire. The Raton Fire Department confirmed to KRDO13 that they are at the scene. The department says the call came into them around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Details
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — One of the first Road Warrior reports when the beat started in February 2024 was on the county’s plan to spend nearly $11 million to make safety upgrades at two dozen crosswalks. Joshua Palmer, the county’s head engineer, recently revealed that funding for the project is now available, that
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is currently designing a plan to make numerous safety and traffic upgrades at the Exit 108 interchange on I-25, approximately five miles north of Pueblo. The exit takes westbound drivers onto Purcell Boulevard and serves as a shortcut to Pueblo West, while the eastbound
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — On Tuesday, Pueblo County Commissioner Miles Lucero announced the Davis Mortuary investigation has, so far, cost taxpayers $762,000. The information came as commissioners voted once again to extend the emergency declaration surrounding the infamous funeral home. The business was at the center of nationwide controversy after Department of Regulatory Agencies
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many drivers may be pleasantly surprised on Monday to find that a popular route between Academy and Powers boulevards has partially reopened for the first time in nearly two years. On Friday afternoon, crews reopened the left lanes of Galley Road between Murray Boulevard and Wooten Road after completing a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While El Paso County is wrapping up its improvements on South Academy Boulevard between Interstate 25 and Milton E. Proby Parkway, a similar project is intensifying on the city’s side of the corridor between the parkway and Fountain Boulevard. The city’s project resumed last month after a year-long break to
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council unanimously followed the recommendation of a citizens’ advisory council and will spend $450,000 to repair and reopen a neighborhood road that has been closed due to erosion concerns since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Council members voted for the move during Tuesday night’s regular meeting, selecting one
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Wednesday morning, for the first time, traffic began moving across the new Airport Road bridge over Powers Boulevard. Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said on Monday that they weren’t sure if they’d open the overpass during the overnight hours or “first thing” Wednesday morning. However, as
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A mystery has developed regarding the mile-long east end of Space Village Avenue between Highway 94 and Marksheffel Road. “It’s been closed for several years,” said Brenda Perkins, a Yoder resident who contacted KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior about the situation. Perkins said that she and her husband, Jerry,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s something that drivers have waited more than two years for, and now it’s only a few days from happening. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) says that it will open the new overpass on Airport Boulevard across Powers Boulevard on Wednesday. It’s a development that local leaders have anticipated
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GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Ski resorts across Colorado are reporting a nice new layer of snow, just in time for the weekend. A spokesperson with Crested Butte Mountain Resort says the area received about two feet of fresh snow this week. Courtesy: Katie Lyons/Crested Butte Mountain Resort Down south, Purgatory Resort is reporting a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and neighbors are adjusting to detours and daytime construction noise as Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) starts the first of two phases of a water line replacement. Work began on Wednesday on 19th Street, between King Street and Koshare Avenue, covering two blocks on the city’s west side. CSU is
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — On Wednesday, a crew began removing old concrete panels in a block-long drainage ditch that was crumbling and had accumulated thick brush and piles of debris. The ditch is between the intersection of Ford Street and Seneca Road, and Valley Street to the south, in the Cimarron Hills community
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Tickets to see comedy headliner John Mulaney at the Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs go on sale on Friday. According to a spokesperson with AEG Presents, Mulany will be joined by Fred Armisen and Mike Birbiglia. The show will be on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Presale tickets are open now,
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UPDATE: As of 5:18 p.m., Black Hills Energy said it has restored power to the impacted customers. PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Black Hills Energy has announced that it has temporarily shut off power for 90 customers in the north Pueblo area due to heavy winds and elevated wildfire risk. The Emergency Public Safety Power Shutoff
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STATEWIDE, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is officially back open. The offices were set be closed for over a week due to upgrading software, but it announced that its major digital upgrades have completed early. The My DMV online services and the express kiosks are up and running, and
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