COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) announced early Monday afternoon that this project is now delayed. In a statement released just before 2 p.m. Monday, CSU said that lane closures on two of three westbound lanes of Austin Bluffs Parkway between Goldenrod Drive and the exit ramp to Union Boulevard will
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Currently, the closest thing to a highway roundabout in southern Colorado was built several years ago, on an exit ramp at the junction of US 50 and Highway 115 in Fremont County. But the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is preparing to construct a traffic circle on a major
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) says that two people have died in a crash, which has shut down southbound Marksheffel Road at North Carefree Circle. The CSP says that the crash happened around 7:47 a.m. between a pickup truck and an SUV. The pickup truck caught on fire, and two
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly a year after crews finished building a new bridge on Voyager Parkway, they’re preparing to construct three more in the latest phase of the continued extension of Powers Boulevard north to Interstate 25. The new extension segment will eventually be laid out under the Voyager bridge and connect to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Around 40 neighbors on the city’s northwest side recently attended a public meeting to learn more about two upcoming projects designed to improve travel there. KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior first reported on the projects in early December: An extension of Sun Mountain Boulevard, north from 24th to 31st streets; and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Snow accumulation and sub-zero temperatures on Monday morning led officials to postpone one of two planned road closures related to construction projects. The closures were officially to start at 6 a.m. on a three-mile stretch of Las Vegas Street between Janitell Road and Highway 85/87, and on the eastbound on-ramp
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews with the county and with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) routinely use salt brine to pre-treat streets and roads before winter storms arrive. However, in preparation for this late-week storm, the county applied the brine, but CDOT decided against it. The difference in strategy, apparently, relates to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — John Wei lives in the Pinecliff neighborhood north of the Interstate 25/Garden of the Gods Road interchange, and recently contacted The Road Warrior about what he believes is a safety concern in the area. Wei said that the situation is gradually worsening around the three-way intersection of Rusina Road, Popes
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials said that temporary closures are possible starting Wednesday along a narrow road at the entrance to Rampart Park on the city’s northeast side. A city crew will install an underground drainage pipe along 300 feet of an open channel between the road, a sloped buffer zone, and a retaining
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The Coronado boys basketball team defeated Palmer on Tuesday night 59-57.
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A Southern Colorado coaching legend received a great honor on Tuesday night. Every time you step foot into the gymnasium at Palmer High School from this day forward there will be a banner recognizing Dan McKiernan. Coach McKiernan coached basketball at Palmer High School for 31 years, winning two state championships. The court at Palmer
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A street improvement project that was supposed to end this summer has started back up this week after a year-long break. We’re referring to the second and final phase of work along two miles of South Academy Boulevard, between Fountain Boulevard and Jet Wing Drive. Crews are making major drainage
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colder temperatures and the federal Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday aren’t keeping crews from making progress in the ongoing improvement project on 8th Street. Until now, it has generally affected northbound 8th Street, on the bridge over Fountain Creek, and the eastbound US 24 Frontage Road to Cimarron
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A project that The Road Warrior first reported on last April, and was scheduled to start the following month, is finally getting underway at the interchange of US 24, Peterson Road, and Space Village Avenue. Officials stated that the right southbound lane of Peterson, between the US 24 overpass and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In case the holidays kept you too busy to see The Road Warrior’s report a week before Christmas, updating the nearly three-year project to improve a 1.5-mile stretch of I-25, we’re bringing you another look at the progress to date. Work started in the fall of 2023 and is scheduled
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With an extended full closure of Galley Road already frustrating many neighbors and drivers, the last thing they want to hear about is more lane closures on that street. But on Monday, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) closed a lane in each direction on Galley between Parkway — the south entrance
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — Dry and mild weather in the second half of last year wasn’t enough to help crews catch up on delays caused by wet weather in the first half of the year on road construction here. Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crews paused for the season just before Christmas, on a
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The Pueblo West girls basketball team defeated Pueblo County in the Canvas Community Classic on Wednesday night 36-32.
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If you had a nickle for every time a Nickell made a play at Peyton High School, you’d be rich, “I started playing for Peyton in second grade, but as soon as we could walk, we got in YMCA basketball,” says Sammi Nickell. Sammi Nickell is the star player for the Peyton girls hoops team.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, (KRDO)–A long list of new laws that are now in effect in Colorado. One of which is providing an added sense of security to parents who give birth to premature children. Across the United States, preterm birth rates and intensive care admissions have gone up. Since 2016, Colorado has seen around 11% increase in premature births. That’s according
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