COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — One man is dead after a fatal shooting Thursday evening at the Westview Apartments in southeast Colorado Springs. Another person was injured but is expected to survive. Police received the call about the shooting at the complex on University Drive around 7:19 p.m. When officers arrived, they found one man
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While the idea behind contactless delivery is intended to keep people safe, it comes with its own dangers of attracting wildlife here in Colorado Springs. Holly Vergunst ordered pizza delivery Tuesday night but then found the pizza box was empty by the time she opened it. Vergunst watched her security
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A two-week road closure starting Friday in Security will allow workers to install part of a pipeline that will ultimately connect to a filtration system to remove toxic chemicals from the community’s groundwater. The neighboring communities of Fountain and Widefield already have had filtering systems installed, after it became
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The Doherty Spartans have a lot of new faces. They don’t have many returning starters but that doesn’t mean they lack confidence, “We are really young so nobody knows this yet. I’m just excited to get out there and show them what we got,” says Doherty wide receiver Drew Reichart. They’re young but they’ve got
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Republican incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner has spent only about $6.5 million of the $17 million his campaign has raised while seeking re-election on Nov. 3, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. It’s considerably less than the $10 million spent of $14 million raised by his opponent John Hickenlooper, who’s
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After getting to within a game of the state championship, Pueblo West was jacked for the season to start back up but after the season was delayed, it only made the Cyclones hungrier, “We’re just so excited. Everybody was sure it was going to be in spring. We didn’t even think it was a possibility
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two candidates yelling at, interrupting and insulting each other; lack of control by the moderator; and disgusted TV viewers were the hallmarks of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate before the 2020 election. Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden didn’t make a good impression among many voters, and
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The Woodland Park softball team defeats Widefield 7-5.
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SALIDA, Colo. (KRDO) — The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office reports trained dogs alerted authorities to possible human remains on three different properties during the most recent search for Suzanne Morphew, who went missing from Salida on May 10. The private search effort organized by Morphew’s brother, Andrew Moorman, ended on Tuesday. “I guess I’m a
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DENVER (KRDO) — Gov. Jared Polis had three guests speaking with him during his weekly briefing on the state’s COVID-19 response Tuesday, and the focus was on schools and education. Joining Polis was Katy Anthes, state commissioner of education; Rico Munn, superintendent of Aurora Public Schools; and Dr. Chris Rogers, a child/adolescent psychiatrist and medical
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Fountain-Fort Carson football coach Jake Novotny is thankful that his team will get to play in the fall but not for the reasons you may think, “I’ll tell you what my wife is the most excited. Our baby is due the first week of February or the first week we would have started football in
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Two years and two months into construction, the new summit house atop Pikes Peak is starting to look like what we thought it would in the beginning. The most recognizable feature so far is the grand staircase, which visitors will descend when first entering the building while enjoying an extraordinary view toward Mount Rosa to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County is fighting to keep its bar, restaurant, and travel freedoms as new data shows COVID-19 cases trend upward, but one positive thing that came out of April’s stay-at-home order restrictions was a decrease in calls for service to Colorado Springs police. The Colorado Springs Police Department got
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — You can add Old Stage Road, a winding, bumpy gravel road in the mountains above southwest Colorado Springs, to the list of local outdoor gathering places that have become more popular during the current pandemic. But the situation has created problems, some people say — such as increased trash,
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo Public Health is asking people to answer their phones, or at the very least, to call them back. The health department says people are ignoring their calls from COVID-19 case investigators or contact tracers because they think it’s a scammer calling. The health department could be calling to tell someone
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Vandalism and other damage to the Paint Mines Interpretive Park near Calhan in northeastern El Paso County will be repaired with approximately $328,000 from federal CARES Act funding. Earlier this week, El Paso County commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the allocation, with commissioner chairman Mark Waller absent. Waller has previously
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — If you’re looking for a great way to enjoy the nice weather this weekend and clean up your community, then the annual Creek Week event is for you. A nine-day volunteer cleanup of creeks, streams and other waterways across southern Colorado begins Saturday, in the event hailed as the biggest
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — We’re not going to put a number on how many Chihuahuas a man can love, but there is a limit on how many can be in a home in Colorado Springs. Animal law enforcement officers with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region were called about a whole lot
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With special education happening mostly online this year, some parents and educators reached out to KRDO concerned that students with special needs are falling through the cracks. Academy District 20 began the year with two special education staff members for all of the district’s K-8 grade online learning programs. “The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — At a time when budgets are tight because of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city is investing a considerable sum in replacing old parking meters with new, smarter versions. The City Council has given preliminary approval to allocating $1.1 million to finish the process of upgrading 3,000
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