High School football players protest around the state
High school football players, coaches and parents protested around the state today to protest the fact that high school football is not being played this fall.
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Annual Colorado Springs Parade of Homes begins Friday despite changes due to pandemic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The 66th annual Parade of Homes in Colorado Springs started Friday, a month later than usual and with other changes in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors can buy tickets to tour 24 new homes showing current trends and new innovations in home design. Homes range from affordable styles
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Students place one flag for every life lost at Colorado Springs 9/11 tribute
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Cheyenne Mountain High School students are placing 3,000 American flags at the Norris Penrose Event Center, to honor every victim in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The students hope the public will be able to admire the tribute. The Cheyenne Mountain Stampede Cross Country Event is hosted there this
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Moisture from recent storm a blessing for gravel road maintenance in El Paso County
MIDWAY, Colo. (KRDO) — The moisture from this week’s early winter storm did more than lower the fire danger and help plants and trees; it also soaked county gravel roads that were dry, hard and bumpy because of the hot summer weather. Gravel roads, mostly in rural areas, comprise half of the county’s network of
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Emergency calls to Colorado Springs Fire Dept. back to pre-pandemic levels
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department says emergency call volumes are back up to normal following a historic drop in April and May. “We saw call volume drop for about an eight-week period,” said Capt. Mike Smaldino, a spokesperson for the fire department. “So from about the middle of March to
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No ball in the fall. CHSAA votes not to move football from the spring to the fall
The enthusiasm for a fall football season once again turned faster than the weather. In less than 24 hours we went from possibly having a fall high school football season to CHSAA putting an end to it. Choosing to carry-on with it’s plans for a spring season, “It was kind of like canceling Christmas twice
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‘Flex zoning’ concept could increase housing availability in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council discussed a preliminary plan during Tuesday’s work session that would allow residential developers to provide a wider variety of housing within the same development, and do so without requesting a zoning change. Under the “flex zoning” concept, zoning for housing developments would be based on the number
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September school snow day possibility in a pandemic: What does that look like?
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With freezing cold temperatures and snow accumulation in the forecast for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, schools in the Pikes Peak region have been forced to think about snow day plans historically early. “So in normal years we have a very consistent snow closure and delay policy, but this year
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Winter storm could be fourth major weather event in past year to damage trees in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The season’s first winter storm will bring not only cold temperatures and snow, but a risk of further damage to trees. With two weeks of summer remaining, most trees have yet to drop their leaves — and if the snow is wet and heavy, it could break branches and limbs
Continue Reading High School Football in the fall? The season could start the first week of October
With each day it appears as if we are getting closer to having high school football in the fall. What the KRDO Newschannel 13 sports department has heard is that the CHSAA board will be voting or has voted on whether or not to ball in the fall. If the season does kickoff in the
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Winter blast bringing early snow to Colorado Springs
On Sunday, Colorado Springs and Pueblo set September high-temperature records, but in all likelihood, we’ll soon break low-temperature records as a mind-boggling cold front passes through the state. Here’s the breakdown of what we could be getting from Tuesday to Wednesday morning: Colorado Springs: 2-5″Monument: 4-8″Woodland Park: 4-8″Falcon: 3-6″Peyton: 4-8″Fountain: 1-3″Pueblo: Trace-2″Canon City: 3-6″Salida: 5-10″Trinidad:
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Early winter storm in late summer: Expectations, preparations for high country in Pikes Peak Region
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Higher elevations in Monument and Black Forest usually experience the strongest impacts from winter storms, and the storm expected overnight Monday is no different. But what preparations — if any — will be necessary a day after 90-degree temperatures in the area and road surfaces still at least 100
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UPDATE: Geoff Esper wins slopper-eating contest Saturday at Pueblo State Fair; Joey Chestnut second
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The winner of second-annual slopper-eating contest Saturday at the Pueblo State Fair this year is Geoff Esper of Massachusetts. Esper set a new world record in the event by consuming 37.5 sloppers in eight minutes. The runner-up was Joey Chestnut, the world’s top-ranked professional eater, who polished off 32 sloppers in
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Politics, pandemic, panic: A look at what’s behind the ammo shortage in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The owner of Paradise Sales in Colorado Springs could hardly catch his breath between phone calls Friday. People want to know if the store has ammunition in stock. Paul Paradis says it’s been that way for six months since the coronavirus pandemic hit southern Colorado. COVID-19 is impacting ammunition production
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3 bear rescues in Colorado Springs this week highlight start of more active fall period
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The tranquilizing and relocation of a large bear Thursday should be a reminder that the animals are entering a more active period during which they search for food to add weight before winter hibernation. The bear was in a homeowner’s tree near Austin Bluffs Open Space — not far from
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State health department falsely reports COVID-19 outbreak at Monument school
MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — There is no COVID-19 outbreak at Monument Academy, despite a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment report mistakenly saying so Wednesday. “We received information on an outbreak and because of a miscommunication, we identified the wrong school,” a spokesperson for CDPHE said. “It was human error, and we apologize for
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New study indicates parts of Rocky Mountain forests to be slower or unable to recover from wildfires
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The recent trend of warmer, drier weather in the West will make some wildfire recovery in southern Rocky Mountain forests more difficult, if not impossible, according to a new study. Kyle Rodman, formerly a geographer at the University of Colorado and now at the University of Wisconsin, was lead researcher
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Colorado Springs overcomes paramedic shortage despite pandemic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As states across the nation report paramedic shortages often made worse by COVID-19, the Colorado Springs Fire Department and its ambulance services partner say they’re in good supply. “There’s really a paramedic shortage across the nation,” said Jesse Baker, the operations manager for American Medical Response in Colorado Springs, which
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Colorado Springs, developer discussing possible annexation plan along Woodmen Road
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A plan to annex nearly 900 acres along the east end of Woodmen Road into the city has been recommended by the city’s planning commission and now awaits consideration by the City Council. The plan, known as Banning Lewis Ranch North, would be a development that includes nearly 3,000 homes,
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Pikes Peak receives season’s first snowfall overnight Monday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The calendar says the start of fall is three weeks away, but the summit of Pikes Peak received an early dose of snow late Monday and early Tuesday morning. Jack Glavan, manager of the Pikes Peak Highway, said the snow was only a light dusting and most of it melted
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