Contractor Kevin McGee, the owner of Colorado Springs contracting company ‘Decks R Us’ filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy following accusations that he and his colleagues stole $162K from nearly a half-dozen families. McGee has been the focus of a five-month KRDO investigation that we first broke in July. The initial tip began with five families
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As Colorado Springs continues to grow, it’s no surprise tech companies are beginning to boom here too. Bob Kressin lives and works in Colorado Springs. He owns KS Technology, an entrepreneurial company inventing products to make a little bit easier. “I’ve been connecting sensors to the internet or to computers for 15-plus years, and it’s
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — Mario Estrada has lived in the Midway community of southern El Paso County for 11 years. He emailed KRDO this week about what he described as the poor condition of roads there.
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A couple of little girls got a special surprise this Veterans Day.Their mom Sarah Haas showed the girls a big cardboard box in their house on Monday night.She told them someone had just dropped off the box. Five-year-old Olivia and two-year-old Makenna weren’t quite sure what to make of it.After getting up close to examine
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A Colorado dam safety chief confirmed Monday that a recent investigation by the Associated Press found four dams in El Paso County to be at high risk of failure. The AP investigation ranked nearly 1,700 dams nationwide — and 24 in Colorado — as being in unsatisfactory condition, potentially placing lives and property downstream at
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The UCCS Mountain Lions will host the RMAC championship game on Saturday after knocking off Westminster, 1-0. The Mountain Lions, ranked #1 nationally, earned the win courtesy of Kaitlin Hinkle, who scored the game’s only goal. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Mollee Swift was sensational, earning a clean sheet victory. The Mountain Lions will host Mines in the
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As you start to throw away your Halloween decorations, there’s one thing you’ll want to hang on to.
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Despite goals by David Peters and Kyle Bergmeier, the Rampart Rams were not able to overcome Regis Jesuit on Saturday night, losing 3-2 in the state quarterfinals.
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Colorado Springs Christian holds off Yuma 17-14. Florence falls to Wray 13-10. TCA upset by Basalt 13-7.
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USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – Air Force men’s basketball picked up its first win of the season, defeating Texas State, 78-71, Saturday afternoon at Clune Arena. The Falcons (1-1) made 12 three’s on the day with senior Sid Tomes leading the team with 19 points. Air Force took the lead five minutes in on a Tomes three
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The #11 CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves mauled the Black Hills State Yellow Jackets 58-0 on Saturday. The win is the seventh straight for CSU-Pueblo which improves to 9-1. The T-Wolves will wrap up the regular season at home on November 16 vs Western Colorado.
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We’re only a couple of months into flu season but already, this year is looking a lot better.
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Four months after applying for it, El Paso County leaders learned this week that they will receive an $18.3-million-dollar federal grant to improve transportation around the area’s military installations. The grant will be allocated to the Colorado Department of Transportation and is expected to arrive soon, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, announced Wednesday. KRDO NewsChannel 13
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It was on Election Night 2015 that Colorado Springs voters passed the 2C measure to raise the sales tax to finance expanded street paving, and on Tuesday 65% of voters renewed the tax for a second five-year period. The current 2C measure will raise $250 million for street paving through 2020 but Tuesday’s question asks
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TODAY: Clear skies are in the forecast for your Election Day. Highs will warm into the 50s and 60s for most places around Southern Colorado.
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Officials in southern Colorado have applied for a federal grant to finance a study that would link Colorado Springs and Pueblo to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger rail. The Chief’s route goes between Chicago and Los Angeles, with Colorado stops in Lamar, La Junta and Trinidad. Officials want to create a spur from La Junta to
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A series of waves will bring much colder air and periods of snow to Colorado over the next several days… For now, we only expect a light, wintry mix of drizzle, freezing drizzle and very light snow along and east of the eastern mountains during the day on Sunday, but it will be much colder
Continue ReadingAfter scientists from Denver discovered 66-million-year-old fossils in Corral Bluffs, city leaders say the research and unprecedented find is giving Colorado Springs worldwide attention. Back in 2016, paleontologist Tyler Lyson and paleobotanist Ian Miller struck scientific gold when they cracked open a concretion – a hard compact mass that forms when sediment accumulates over an
Continue ReadingSexual abuse victims and advocates suspect hundreds of other victims will come forward after a report released by the Attorney General’s Office detailed sexual abuse by Catholic priests across Colorado. The report states 166 people were abused over the course of 70 years. Joelle Casetix, who successfully sued the California Catholic Diocese and used to
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Homeowners know simple repairs can add up quickly. A local company is helping families who are hesitant to call for help. Handyman Connection, a locally-owned business in Colorado has teamed up with United Way and it’s support for 2-1-1. The organization connects people with resources of all types, and in this case, it will allow
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