COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — April marks the 65th anniversary of the Thrift House of the Episcopal Churchwomen, and it also signals the end of the longtime business on Tejon Street, just south of downtown. “We’ve been hurt by some of the very people we try to help,” said Manager Holly Gomez. KRDO The Thrift
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PROWERS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A fire between Lamar and Granada that began Wednesday afternoon burned more than 5,000 acres, authorities confirmed. According to Prowers County officials, Prowers County Rural Fire was paged to a grass fire on March 22 at 3:58 p.m. burning along Highway 50, east of Lamar at mile marker 443. Viaero
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PEYTON, Colo. (KRDO) — The National Mill Dog Rescue launched a fundraiser to expand and open on a Midwest property the organization acquired in early 2022. According to the NMDR, the property will allow it to expand its reach and double the number of dogs that can be helped. Thursday, NMDR launched its “Double the
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D20 fifth-graders are learning the impact one book can have on other kids. For the second year in a row, kids at Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary are teaming up with Children’s Hospital Colorado to donate 500 books to their neonatal care unit. The school is having a read-a-thon, while also encouraging families to donate new
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Wednesday, Doug Price celebrated receiving the Spirit of the Springs Lifetime Achievement Award by expressing optimism about the current and future state of the area’s tourism industry. KRDO Price, the longtime president and CEO of VisitCOS, the local convention and visitors’ bureau, has been on the job during a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police have identified 32 businesses which they say are based solely on operating illegal gambling machines, but a new enforcement effort is concentrating more on education than arresting. Because of that, police say that they are not identifying the affected businesses identified as possibly operating illegal gaming devices or maintaining
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — Over the weekend, the Woodland Park Senior Organization hosted a chili cook-off and invited everyone in the community to come in and grab a bite. Saturday’s event had diet and vegan options and cornbread to help wash it all down. Organizers Judy Dunn said the event was a great way
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Classic Communities asked for and received more time from commissioners Tuesday to re-submit a request to build 450 homes in Black Forest after the proposal was recently denied by the county planning commission. KRDO The proposed sketch plan would build homes, commercial space, and open space on 142 acres
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris joined other national leaders in the nation’s capitol to announce new funding to help protect high-risk communities, including here in Colorado, from wildfires ahead of this year’s fire season and in the future. The White House Harris held a 1 p.m. MDT media phone briefing
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — According to Colorado Springs Utilities, crews responded to a reported outage in downtown Colorado Springs affecting more than 600 customers. A utility spokesman said that the outage was first reported around 9:30 a.m.; below is a look at the outage map at 10:20 a.m. Due to the outage, multiple traffic
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department plans to have four extra patrols on duty on Friday and Saturday night to promote and enforce traffic safety for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Police said that the patrols will focus not only on downtown — where many bars and nightclubs are — but
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KRDO Newschannel 13 Sports Director Rob Namnoum gives you a guide on the eight teams who will be playing in the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament beginning on Friday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — An intersection known for flash flooding and rescues for decades, will finally be addressed as part of an agreement finalized this week between city officials and El Paso County officials. The troubled intersection is at Siferd Boulevard and Date Street, just north of the busy Academy Boulevard/Austin Bluffs Parkway intersection,
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A Palmer Ridge High School student may be a once-in-a-generation talent after being named All-State to all four musical categories. Raleigh Eversole, a senior, has been named All-State in choir, jazz, orchestra, and band. Instrumentally, he plays bassoon and tenor saxophone. Raleigh says earning the All-State honors has been mostly hard work, spending countless hours
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials revealed Wednesday that workers have finished a third of the project to build a $56 million facility for cadet education and research on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Air Force Academy The Academy broke ground last summer on the Madera Cyber Innovation Center in summer 2021; the project
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The Colorado College hockey team will play their rival Denver in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday. If the Tigers win the NCHC conference tournament, they would earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
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The Air Force football team thinks about their service academy rivals, Army and Navy even during spring football.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) said changing the clocks for Daylight Savings Time is also a good reminder to check the batteries in smoke alarms. CSFD CSFD said working smoke alarms save lives: Make sure you have a working smoke alarm on every level of your home and in each sleeping
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to strictly regulate six specific toxic substances in groundwater — the same chemicals that affected water quality in Fountain, Security-Widefield and other communities in El Paso County. EPA The chemicals are acids called PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) that also
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Top prep state championship performances for the week of 3/10.
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