EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In unanimously approving the 2024 road paving list this week, El Paso County Commissioners praised a new data-driven approach used by county engineers to better assess road conditions and increase paving efficiency in the county’s unincorporated areas. Such an approach — already utilized by cities like Fountain and Pueblo
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School lunches are being redefined in Fountain-Fort Carson schools because of one chef. Todd Ganatta isn’t a school cook. He’s a chef. And he is showcasing great cuisine from around the world in the cafeteria. He’s helping more students explore the possibilities of the culinary world through pop-up food stations across the district. These events
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – “The sport of modern pentathlon consists of five events. We have fencing, swimming, horseback riding, running and shooting,” explains Samantha Schultz. Schultz started her run as an Olympian on the USA pentathlon team in 2010. “I think when I first started the sport, it was kind of a shock to me
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Embattled businessman and property owner Brett Taylor received what he hopes is good news regarding the threat of erosion damage to his building that has already closed a nearby road for nearly four years. The Fountain Creek Watershed District (FCWD) tells KRDO 13 that a yearlong project to control erosion along
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — While officials continue to search for ways to reduce impacts of erosion from strong flows in Fountain Creek, Brett Taylor says that he may lose his business in the next heavy rainstorm. Taylor owns a painting and stain business along Southmoor Drive — a section of which closed nearly four years
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Suggestions for road work, safety improvements and related infrastructure upgrades have steadily come in to KRDO13’s new beat, The Road Warrior, manned by veteran reporter Scott Harrison. As of Monday — a week after the coverage began — 24 people had sent emails to KRDO requesting that certain projects be
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Slick roads caused by light snowfall during the Friday morning rush hour led to a vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 25 between Fillmore Street and Garden of the Gods Road. According to COtrip, a Colorado Department of Transportation app that provides travel information and road conditions, drivers were told to
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — With a recent increase in serious accidents at local pedestrian crossings, officials are placing a higher priority on improving safety at many of those locations. Earlier this week, county commissioners approved spending $11 million to conduct safety upgrades at 24 crossings around several schools, fire stations and intersections. Joshua
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Fountain Fort Carson High School had twelve student-athletes sign national letters of intent on Thursday afternoon.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the Pikes Peak region continues to grow, so does its need for more and better infrastructure to include road, street and bridge construction and maintenance, improved safety and decreased traffic congestion. KRDO13 In addition, more drivers depend on the latest information about how transportation infrastructure affects their trips to
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews have started a $5 million south side project near downtown that will improve one neighborhood street, close an adjacent street and ease traffic congestion to and from nearby Interstate 25 and Fort Carson. The project — one of the last facets of the city’s Moving Fountain Forward plan approved by
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It was a first at Banning Lewis Prep Academy on Wednesday afternoon. As Brayden Skinner became the first student at Banning Lewis to sign a letter of intent to play football. Skinner will play football next fall at Western Colorado University.
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Palmer Ridge high school had five student-athletes sign letters of intent on Wednesday afternoon.
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Dozens of drivers hoping to strike it big at the Cripple Creek casinos probably felt unlucky after adverse travel conditions caused by snow delayed their arrival. At around 10:30 Wednesday morning, authorities closed the 18-mile stretch of State Highway 67 between Cripple Creek and Divide after a brief but intense
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Workers recently demolished a bridge built in 1957 across South Cheyenne Creek and expect to finish construction of a new bridge by Memorial Day weekend. Crews started the project last month and tore down the old bridge a few weeks ago — rerouting the creek to flow under the site
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Extending Powers Boulevard south to Interstate 25, using new software to better assess road conditions and upgrading 24 pedestrian crossings were on the agenda of the five El Paso County commissioners Tuesday. The county is currently in its second week of a three-week public comment period on the proposed
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Top prep performances for the week of February 1st.
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The Air Force men’s basketball team will play San Diego State on Tuesday night at Clune Arena. The Aztecs are ranked 24th in the country. Last year San Diego State played for the national championship. The Falcons will be looking to pull off an upset on national television.
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The Air Force hockey were swept by Holy Cross this past weekend. Air Force hockey coach Frank Serratore told us on Monday was he is tired of when it comes to his team.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (KRDO) — The number of potholes and their size have decreased considerably over the past ten years but they still pop up regularly on older sections of I-25, where we often get 40-degree temperature swings or more on the same day. KRDO13 The Colorado Department of Transportation recently completed a maintenance operation
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