PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Overnight Tuesday, The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began the fist summer road project planned for the Pikes Peak region. CDOT will make various upgrades to traffic safety along a six-mile stretch of I-25, from Exit 114 just south of the El Paso /Pueblo county line, to Exit 108 (Pueblo
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — We often see makeshift memorials created along local roads, streets and highways where loved ones died in vehicle crashes, and many friends and relatives take pride and find comfort in those creations. However, El Paso County officials say that the collection of crosses, photos, flowers, stuffed animals, and other
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A highly-anticipated project that took nearly two years to complete and cost almost $40 million, officially ends on Friday when officials hold a grand opening for the new Medal of Honor Boulevard. The 3.3-mile, four-lane road will provide the area with its first direct route between the Pueblo Boulevard/24th Street intersection
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers now have an extra week to prepare for repair work that will close the I-25 bridge over Garden of the Gods Road overnight for several weekends. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said that the repairs — originally scheduled to start Friday night — have been rescheduled to next
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday marks the third day for drivers to experience the new traffic changes at the south end of the 8th Street improvements project. As KRDO13’s The Road Warrior reported on Monday, traffic is reduced to one lane between Motor City Drive and Abbot Lane, and no left turns are allowed
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — After a 10–2 season, CSU Pueblo football isn’t taking any time off. Spring ball is underway as the ThunderWolves prepare for another run in the fall, and one of the most intriguing storylines comes at the quarterback position. Senior Brayden Dorman’s journey to Pueblo has been anything but ordinary. Once one
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was with much fanfare late last September that Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced the city’s hiring of 12 public works employees. Although those workers have a variety of duties, Mobolade brought them on to fulfill a campaign promise of devoting more resources to filling potholes. The new crews appear to
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Joe Crispin is a man on a mission: “When I’m on a mission that I believe in, I’m a dangerous dude,” says Crispin. The dangerous dude is a gym rat at heart. “This man lives, eats, sleeps, and breathes basketball. He’s going to be exactly what we need,” says
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many people have picked up a ping pong paddle at some point, thinking the game looks easy — until the ball starts flying back faster than expected. But in Colorado Springs, table tennis has become much more than just a casual pastime. For hundreds of people, it’s a source of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — It looks so great now, that it almost shines, even at night. For the first time in decades, a block-long drainage ditch just east of the Powers Boulevard/Galley Road intersection isn’t an eyesore choked with broken concrete, weeds, trash and debris. Last month, KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior showed
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The twenty minutes after training for the Switchbacks FC is used for yoga. That time can be relaxing or it can be a time for chatting it up, “They do let a lot of the, you know, their guard down and everything. So they know that this is a safe place. I think that’s a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials have spent more than $10 million on several projects to improve the busy corridors of South Nevada Avenue and South Tejon Street. That work should end this week when crews finish installing new traffic and pedestrian signals at the intersection of Nevada and Ramona avenues; a similar installation
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EL PASO/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE, Colo. (KRDO) — When the express lanes opened in the Interstate 25 “Gap” between Monument and Castle Rock in December 2021, the major concern was drivers illegally weaving in and out of the lanes by crossing the double-white-line boundary. Recently, however, that concern has apparently been replaced by tailgaters — drivers
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The explosion of growth in Fremont County’s “24 Fire” has led authorities to lengthen the 18-mile closure of Highway 115 that has been in place since Thursday evening. The closure is now extended two miles north, essentially to Fort Carson’s main gate. That’s where southbound drivers begin seeing cones,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– The women’s lacrosse team at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs is built on more than competition, it’s built on sisterhood. For this team, that word is quite literal. Siblings are everywhere on the Mountain Lions roster. Redshirt junior Brielle Fannin plays alongside her younger sister, freshman Charlotte. And from California
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For the latest updates, click here. EL PASO COUNTY, Colorado (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) are currently manning a roadblock as part of the safety closure of Highway 115 due to a large wildfire in Fremont County. The north end of the roadblock is where the
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The Air Force women’s basketball team hosted Northern Colorado in the WNIT on Thursday night. The Lady Falcons would fall 79-72. Keelie O’Hollaren lead the way with 15 points.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two recent construction projects showed how the discovery of underground, unmarked utility lines delayed progress for several months. However, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) said that a similar discovery on the ongoing 8th Street improvements project should not delay work there. In a release issued last week, city officials revealed that
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Simla High School held a pep rally on Wednesday to celebrate the school winning the Boys 2A state basketball championship and the Girls 2A state championship.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Travelers along 8th Street will see one last major traffic shift on the Fountain Creek bridge starting with work overnight on Wednesday, March 18, as the west side of the 75-year-old structure will close so that crews can continue bridge repairs. Traffic will remain open in both directions during this work.
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