COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The northbound lanes of I-25 are back open between US 85 and Exit 135 – South Academy Boulevard between Fountain and Colorado Springs. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the closure was due to an incident involving a semi-truck pushing the barriers into the southbound lane.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) –Navigating traffic outside this busy north side Walmart will be challenging for the next three weeks as crews repair a sewer line in front of the store. The tricky part is that the project will be on Dillon Drive — between the two entrances for the store — and that segment will
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LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) — A 19-year-old is still missing after a day-long search in the Arkansas River in La Junta. Multiple agencies are still looking for Devlin Cambeul who was last seen jumping into the Arkansas River around 5:00 yesterday morning. According to a close friend, Cambeul was trying to help two others who had
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COLORADO (KRDO) — Ever wonder how you could make a difference to an endangered species? Well, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is seeking public feedback to select the species of greatest conservation need. They are the most vulnerable of species that require conservation support to maintain healthy ecosystems. CPW maintains that public feedback ensures consistency with
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LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now assisting the La Junta Police Department (LJPD) with an apparent murder-suicide that occurred in the late hours of June 11, 2024. The CBI says that La Junta police officers were called to a home at 11:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — People will have to cope with an eight-mile detour for the next several weeks because of upgrades to the Curtis Road bridge over Black Squirrel Creek. The project began last week and is expected to continue for another five weeks; crews are replacing the bridge deck and will repave
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COLORADO (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is announcing a new category of fishable waters. It’s called Colorado quality waters. These are publicly accessible and include 53 lakes and streams to provide a top-tier experience for anglers. Overall, this includes 6-thousand miles of streams and more than 1,300 lakes and reservoirs. CPW’s team of fish management biologists nominated these waters
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — For those of you on the west side of Monument, you might see some smoke in the area later today, June 12. But there is no reason to be alarmed, multiple agencies are teaming up for a prescribed burn. The effort will take place over three days and will be focused on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Concrete pavement generally is more durable than asphalt pavement, but it’s also more expensive and even it can develop cracks and potholes occasionally. Overnight Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) started a project to repair damage in two of three southbound lanes of Interstate 25 between Fillmore Street and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Starting last night, a CDOT crew began focusing on potholes south of Fillmore Street. The work started last night at 10:00 p.m. and ended for the day at 5:00 this morning, but will continue for a few overnights. It’s happening in the southbound lanes of the interstate, just south of
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Flying Pig Farm in Manitou Springs is opening its doors to kids for the first week of their farm and art summer camp. Second graders through 8th graders get to go. They experience an agricultural and arts-based curriculum everything from animal care to food harvesting while high schoolers will learn cooking and leadership skills as assistant
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BLACK HAWK, Colo. (KRDO) — Prosecutors dismiss the charges against a woman accused of stealing $500,000 in cash from Monarch Casino. She was likely involved in a conspiracy that tricked her into taking the money. In March of 2023, Sabrina Eddy was captured on video grabbing bricks of $50,000 from the casino’s cage vault. She walked out, got into
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — By dawn Monday, floodwaters had receded from a section of Interstate 25 and streets west of the freeway but a muddy mess remained as drivers headed to work. Most of the flooding from Sunday night’s downpour affected an area between the Ilex Street exit and Minnequa Avenue — south of downtown
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation is temporarily closing the north and southbound lanes along I-25 starting tonight, June 10. The closure will be between Santa Fe Avenue and Mesa Ridge Parkway up until Friday. Crews there will be applying lane striping to the roadway going northbound while milling and applying new asphalt paving southbound. There will
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A couple of weeks ago Colin Prater was wrapping up the school year, he teaches biology to freshman at Cheyenne Mountain High School. The freshman teacher somehow snagged one of the final spots in the U.S. Open on Monday in a U.S. Open qualifier in Bend, Oregon, “Luckily, I play a lot of golf on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) hopes to prevent a repeat of last July, when 90 people died in crashes. That was 12% of the state’s 716 highway fatalities last year. It’s why state troopers will join forces Friday with local law enforcement agencies to increase enforcement of dangerous driving habits
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After almost two decades the PGA tour will return to Castle Pines Golf Course. In August, Castle Pines will host the BMW championship. It’ll mark ten years since the tour has been anywhere in Colorado, “It’s a renowned course. It’s been on tour before. We’re so excited to have it back. I think everyone’s just
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Interstate 25 through Colorado Springs and Pueblo isn’t the only local highway getting some repaving work; a segment of US 24, northeast of the Springs, also will receive upgrades. On Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) started a 13.5-mile repaving project between Garrett Road in Falcon and Smith
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Jon and Carrie Hallford the former owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose are expected back in court today, June 6. Following their last court appearance Carie has with G.P.S. monitoring and an unsecured bond while their federal fraud case continues. Jon is being held at a federal prison. The
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From Vanguard, to CU, to CSU, Nique Clifford has established himself as a straight up baller. So much so that he was invited to the NBA combine, and worked out for his home-state Nuggets, and his favorite team, the Lakers, “Coming from a small school here in Colorado Springs, you know, I wasn’t supposed to
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