COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday’s hailstorm will end up being bad for owners of damaged vehicles, but good for repair shops that will get extra work as many businesses continue recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of hailstorms two summers ago caused widespread vehicle damage in south Colorado Springs, Security-Widefield and Fountain. Cracked
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the El Paso County Public Health Department is reporting another rise in COVID-19 cases. This comes after KRDO reported cases had started to stabilize this week. On Tuesday, 90 new COVID-19 cases were reported, and on Wednesday there were 74. “There are multiple reasons why see
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many companies across Colorado are still offering some work from home options for their employees, according to a survey. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce received responses from 50 businesses across 16 different industries in the city. According to that survey, 87% of participants said they offer full or partial work
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (AP) — At a time when many local governments are struggling to overcome budget deficits created by the COVID-19 pandemic, El Paso County’s budget is doing better than expected. During a presentation at Tuesday’s county commissioners’ meeting, Nikki Simmons, the county controller, said it appears that cutbacks, layoffs or furloughs won’t
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for a man accused of stealing two lawnmowers from a local company in Monument. Deputies originally released pictures in early July hoping the public would recognize the suspect, but no new information has come to light. It started on May
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The past weekend was dangerous, even deadly, for some Pikes Peak visitors and busy for first responders conducting rescues there. The trend started Friday afternoon when a helicopter landed on the summit. Responders found Robley Heninger, 59, dead and were trying to find a second person. Police have ruled
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — One year after Colorado Springs officers shot and killed De’Von Bailey, a number of protests and lawsuits have resulted in change. On August 3rd, 2019, two Colorado Springs police officers shot and killed 19-year-old Devon Bailey. Sgt. Alan Van’t Land and Officer Blake Evenson approached Bailey and his cousin, Lawrence
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Switchbacks midfielder Will Vint tested positive for Covid-19, sources told KRDO sports, which was first to report the story. The news comes a week after the Switchbacks were forced to reschedule their game against the Austin Bold after someone in Austin’s organization tested positive. Vint did not play in the
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Tonight: Hit and miss showers and weak thunderstorms are currently moving south through central/southern Colorado. Overall severity of the storms tonight are low, but one thunderstorm did produce over an inch of precipitation across the Spring Creek burn scar prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Warning for the area till 7:45pm.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers should prepare for significant traffic impacts when a $14 million project begins in September. A pair of adjacent 70-year-old bridges on Platte Avenue in east Colorado Springs will be replaced by a single bridge to provide better safety and more options for cyclists, pedestrians and the disabled. The bridges,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) — Josh Fenton, commissioner of The National Collegiate Hockey Conference, says the Colorado College Tigers are still set to open their season on October 9th versus Maine. But he acknowledges the situation is fluid. “We’ve really been in this mode of determining what’s going to come and not come in 2020-21,”
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new guidance Thursday on how schools should respond to COVID-19 outbreaks after reopening. CDPHE is encouraging schools to use cohorts in which students maintain the same group and schedule at all times during the school day, thus limiting how many people are
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Two employees at Royal Gorge Rafting tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks ago, according to owner Ty Seufer. Seufer tells KRDO the rafting employees have been in quarantine at home and have not been to work since testing positive. No other employees have tested positive since. Royal Gorge Rafting,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A package of mysterious seeds from China were sent to a family in Falcon on Tuesday. After checking the mail for the evening, Gregory Pearl noticed a package he didn’t order. “It was fully legitimate, with my name and our address,” he explained. The package labeled as “rings” had
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s a plan that sounds almost too good to be true; one that can create thousands of jobs, repair crumbling infrastructure and revitalize an economy struggling to recover from a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But there’s a catch, and a big one. It requires an investment of between
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many people receiving unemployment benefits because of the COVID-19 pandemic will receive significantly less starting this week, after the weekly $600 federal payment for individuals expired July 25. The benefit was a big help to many workers who were laid off or worked reduced hours due to the pandemic, with
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police need your help identifying a young man accused of breaking into cars back in May. Around 10 p.m. on May 16, a victim came out and spotted a young man breaking into his car and snapped a picture before he ran away. The suspect is described
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Colin Prater might end up being the new cool guy on Doherty’s campus. The former UCCS golfer won the low amateur competition at the Colorado Open. Prater (-12) lead wire to wire en route to the victory. Prater teaches chemistry, biology, and anatomy at Doherty. He’s also the girl’s golf coach
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UPDATE: Alec McKinney was sentenced to life in prison Friday with an automatic possibility of parole after 40 years. Minors who commit crimes cannot be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — After more than seven hours in the courtroom and dozens of tearful victim impact statements, McKinney received
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — With COVID-19 cases on a four-week rise in Colorado and long lines at testing locations, Gov. Jared Polis revealed a plan Thursday to increase the state’s testing capacity. “Let’s stop this trend in Colorado,” he said during a 45-minute news conference at the state capitol. Polis said because of growing demand
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