COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The first Extreme Risk Protection Order was filed in an El Paso County Court on March 30. A family member claims one of their relatives is posting “Facebook rants and threats to various family members.” KRDO is choosing not to identify the parties in this case. The petitioner claims she
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — When the COVID-19 outbreak started taking effect nationwide, law enforcement agencies started putting together plans for how they’d manage the virus among their employees. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office created an Incident Command Team that would track the effect of the coronavirus it has on their department. Jeff
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — We know how hard protective equipment is to acquire for frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, but was that a factor in a recent break-in at a Pueblo business? The owner of LTS Resource, an industrial supplier on the city’s east side, said 75 protective suits, 10 respirator masks and
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With more than 1,500 inmates packed into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center, the same social distancing that helps protect the public from the coronavirus is virtually impossible. So, over the past three weeks, the Sheriff’s Office has reduced the population of the jail by more than 400 inmates, a spokesperson confirmed to KRDO
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents of a neighborhood in Peyton say they’re falling victim to the same porch pirate and need help identifying him. On Friday, April 3, a man approached a home along Royal Melbourne Circle around 4 p.m. in the Meridian Ranch area. A doorbell surveillance camera caught the man parking
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Funerals are canceled for the time being and it’s impossible to cry on a loved one’s shoulder from six feet away — but one Colorado family has found a way to honor their passed loved one and bring some togetherness during this uncertain time. When Steve Gard’s parents fell ill
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Of the more than 450 cases of COVID-19 in El Paso County, Cara Johnson is one of the people who has successfully fought off the virus. She was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in March and says her symptoms appeared overnight. “I felt fine on the Saturday before I started
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As a community, we’re all handicapped by the COVID-19, but it’s nice to know we can go to the golf course and work on our handicap. The City of Colorado Springs has reopened two golf courses: Patty Jewett and Valley Hi. Reservations are more spread out for obvious reasons, but
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Toilet paper is tough to find right now, but one local pizza joint has you covered. Hell’s Kitchen Pizza has three locations across town. If you order pizza at any one of them, they will hook you up with a roll of toilet paper. “We kind of argued about who was going to present it
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In its second month spreading across Colorado and the rest of the nation, the coronavirus pandemic reached a new milestone Friday with two separate recommendations to expand the use of facial masks as added protection against the deadly outbreak. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, both strongly advised an increased
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to KRDO that one of its deputies has died from complications due to COVID-19. The Sheriff’s Office identified the deputy as Jeff Hopkins, 41. A news conference was held early Thursday afternoon. Watch below: Sheriff Bill Elder said that Hopkins’ most recent assignment
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With millions of Americans unemployed and many wondering where their next meal is coming from, the Pantry of Fremont decided to help. Thanks to a big time assist from the Care and Share food bank, the Pantry of Fremont and Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Canon City held a food drive for hundreds of families. All
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Adam Hale presently has a lot to deal with; supporting a girlfriend who’s unemployed because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, a belief that he may have contracted the virus and an upcoming move to Texas. As if that wasn’t enough, he recently quit his job as a truck driver after only three months on the
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As authorities in the Colorado Springs area prepare for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients at hospitals and other medical facilities, an effort continues to help another vulnerable segment of the population. The old City Auditorium downtown has been converted into an isolation shelter for homeless patients infected by or exposed to the virus. Green
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A man from Colorado Springs who now teaches English in Bogota, Colombia says he can’t get home to take care of his loved ones who are suffering from COVID-19. Malcolm Jordan said he’s seeking a humanitarian evacuation flight but hasn’t been able to secure a seat on a plane coming
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It’s been nearly a month since the arrival of the coronavirus in El Paso County, and the county’s first death — as well as four of the 11 fatalities from the virus so far — are connected with a bridge tournament in Colorado Springs. Since then, the county’s health department has released little information —
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Local elected leaders revealed during a briefing Thursday that they were not consulted by Gov. Jared Polis before the state’s top leader issued a Stay-at-home order Wednesday to address the coronavirus crisis. “The city did not (know in advance), said Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, without further comment. Mark Waller,
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DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis gave an update Friday on the current status of COVID-19 in the state and implored people to obey the stay-at-home order issued this week. Watch below: Polis reported Friday that the state now has 1,734 positive cases of coronavirus, with 239 hospitalized and 31 deaths. More than 11,000
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DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has issued a statewide stay-at-home order that will begin at 6 a.m. Thursday and go until April 11. Polis spoke to the media Wednesday to provide an update and answer questions in the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See what a stay-at-home order means here. Essential personnel
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The need to follow social distancing rules — particularly in city parks — to contain the spread of the coronavirus was emphasized Tuesday by Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. As he first mentioned in a media briefing Monday, Suthers repeated Tuesday that too many people are gathering in groups of 11 or more in parks,
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