COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – For many, there’s still a little holiday travel ahead, whether that means hitting the interstate on Thursday or taking a red-eye back home. KRDO13 spent a few hours at the Colorado Springs airport on Wednesday, where the holiday spirit was honestly missing. Most travelers we came across were frustrated about
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– A Colorado Springs woman is hoping to bring her father’s remains home this holiday season. Meagan Heisinger says she spent years searching for information about the father she never knew. Her journey began in January, when she says she finally took a DNA test and was connected with an “ancestry angel,”
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a story that’s Absolutely Colorado, one local non-profit is once again pulling out all the stops to help the less fortunate this Thanksgiving. The Springs Rescue Mission held its annual Thanksgiving banquet downtown on Wednesday. The banquet was open to the public and provided a traditional Thanksgiving meal
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DURANGO, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s official. After weeks of unfavorable weather, Purgatory Resort is ready to open to the public on Friday, Nov. 28. According to a resort spokesperson, there will be a first chair celebration and a complimentary pancake breakfast at Village Express (Lift 1). “We’re excited to officially kick off Purgatory’s 60th season,”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – It’s the seventh year Torie Giffin has hosted her Thanksgiving community potluck at the Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort. This time, she’ll be leaning on the community she tries so hard to uplift after losing her 17-year-old son to cancer earlier this year. “I would rather effort to try to get
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) and other law enforcement partners are out in full force this week in preparation for the unfortunate scenario where drivers may choose to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. Even without alcohol as a factor, roads are expected to be busy over
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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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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office certified election results from earlier this month, but will have a recount for a Colorado Springs School District 11 race. According to El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker, the election was signed off on last week, but D11 has several candidates
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Gabe Cohen, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security has identified the suspect involved in the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members, who remain in critical condition. The suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came to the US from Afghanistan in 2021, DHS said in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has issued a shelter-in-place order for those near the 7300 block of Legend Hill Drive, in northeast Colorado Springs. The alert is in place due to law enforcement activity nearby. CSPD says that there is a suspect refusing to come out of a building
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COLORADO (KRDO) – Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk currently behind bars for tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, will stay in state custody after Colorado’s Department of Corrections (CDOC) declined a Department of Justice request to transfer her into federal custody. “Requests to transfer inmates from the Colorado Department of Corrections
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – A Pueblo man was sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of parole on Tuesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the June 2025 shooting death of a 39-year-old woman. According to the Pueblo County District Attorney’s Office, Moses Wagner, 49, pleaded guilty on Sept. 24 to a
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FRANKTOWN, Colo. (KRDO) – A violent head-on crash on Highway 83 on Monday afternoon left five people dead and two children critically injured, authorities said. We now know four of the people who died in the collision, including three children under the age of 13, were from Colorado Springs. KRDO13 has also learned that the
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) has released the identity of a stabbing suspect who they have in custody. The sheriff’s office alleges that 38-year-old Shawn Thomas Brotherton stabbed a man in Pueblo West last week. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called out on the evening of Nov.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council adopted its 2026 annual budget on Tuesday. The city made cuts in this new budget, with a 2.5% decrease since 2025, according to the city. “To offset rising costs in contracts, health care, and other obligations, City departments identified $31 million in savings through operational efficiencies
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council voted on Tuesday to take a stance against Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration. “The City Council believes that suing the sitting President of the United States is not the productive path forward,” the resolution read in part. In October, the Office of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The county is now a week into a major drainage project that will eventually allow crumbling pavement at a busy intersection to be repaved. Numerous viewers have complained to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior for the past year about the poor condition of North Gate Boulevard at Struthers Road;
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Fire crews said they rescued two people trapped in their SUV and sent them to the hospital after they crashed into a home in northwest Colorado Springs early Tuesday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD), crews responded to a crash near North 30th Street and Centauri Road
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Inmate records confirm Robert Dear, the self-admitted Planned Parenthood shooter, has died in federal custody at the age of 67. According to records, he died on Saturday. Cause of death will need to be released by the medical examiner, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. KRDO13 has reached
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Editor’s Note: We originally reported that the Pueblo City Council voted to pass this agenda item at Tuesday night’s vote. That was incorrect. Instead, they passed a motion against this ordinance, striking it down. Pueblo City Council made a final vote on whether restaurants in Pueblo will need to make milk
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