COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two studies published this week show heart damage in patients after they’ve recovered from the coronavirus. It provides new evidence about the lasting impacts of COVID-19. The studies from JAMA Cardiology claim 78 of 100 patients identified from a testing site in Germany revealed cardiac involvement after recovering from the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday’s hailstorm will end up being bad for owners of damaged vehicles, but good for repair shops that will get extra work as many businesses continue recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of hailstorms two summers ago caused widespread vehicle damage in south Colorado Springs, Security-Widefield and Fountain. Cracked
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One minute, we’re on the cusp of the high school football season, the next we’re not. CHSAA’s historic decision to move the football season to the spring doesn’t come without its share of issues, “I don’t envy being in their shoes. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes. They made a tough decision, but
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As back-to-school approaches for students across Colorado, tutoring services are seeing an influx in interest from parents working to catch their kids up to speed. Huntington Learning Center in north Colorado Springs tells KRDO the phones have been busier with clients wanting ACT and SAT prep heading into the new
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After collaborating with the governor’s office, CHSAA announced today that the high school football season will be moved to the spring. It means instead of Friday Night Lights in the fall, they will begin in the spring.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The past weekend was dangerous, even deadly, for some Pikes Peak visitors and busy for first responders conducting rescues there. The trend started Friday afternoon when a helicopter landed on the summit. Responders found Robley Heninger, 59, dead and were trying to find a second person. Police have ruled
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Courthouse will be mostly closed to the public and operating on an emergency basis for the next two weeks after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a chief judge order issued on Aug. 2, in-person proceedings are canceled through Aug. 14,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In a move that signals how concerned some teachers are about their lack of safety heading back to the classroom in a few weeks, the Pikes Peak Education Association has planned a will-signing event at Centennial Hall Monday. The president of the local teacher’s union, Aubrey Huey, tells KRDO the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers should prepare for significant traffic impacts when a $14 million project begins in September. A pair of adjacent 70-year-old bridges on Platte Avenue in east Colorado Springs will be replaced by a single bridge to provide better safety and more options for cyclists, pedestrians and the disabled. The bridges,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) — Josh Fenton, commissioner of The National Collegiate Hockey Conference, says the Colorado College Tigers are still set to open their season on October 9th versus Maine. But he acknowledges the situation is fluid. “We’ve really been in this mode of determining what’s going to come and not come in 2020-21,”
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new guidance Thursday on how schools should respond to COVID-19 outbreaks after reopening. CDPHE is encouraging schools to use cohorts in which students maintain the same group and schedule at all times during the school day, thus limiting how many people are
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Are you willing to pay a small fee for plastic bags while shopping in Colorado Springs to help support environmental programs in the city? Colorado Springs City Councilor Yolanda Avila is asking for the public’s opinion on a potential ballot measure she hopes will go before voters on Nov. 3.
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Two employees at Royal Gorge Rafting tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks ago, according to owner Ty Seufer. Seufer tells KRDO the rafting employees have been in quarantine at home and have not been to work since testing positive. No other employees have tested positive since. Royal Gorge Rafting,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s a plan that sounds almost too good to be true; one that can create thousands of jobs, repair crumbling infrastructure and revitalize an economy struggling to recover from a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But there’s a catch, and a big one. It requires an investment of between
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many people receiving unemployment benefits because of the COVID-19 pandemic will receive significantly less starting this week, after the weekly $600 federal payment for individuals expired July 25. The benefit was a big help to many workers who were laid off or worked reduced hours due to the pandemic, with
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — During Gov. Jared Polis’ update to the state of Colorado Tuesday, he announced schools will be receiving what he called outbreak handbooks. Polis says the handbooks are designed to guide administrators in the event a student or staff member is diagnosed with COVID-19. The handbook is meant to alleviate some
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As COVID-19 becomes more prevalent in El Paso County, Colorado Springs City Council on Monday asked the leaders of local hospitals how they’re faring with personal protective equipment, capacity levels, intensive care units, and if they’re taking in patients from out-of-state. Though COVID-19 cases have been increasing for about a
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Colin Prater might end up being the new cool guy on Doherty’s campus. The former UCCS golfer won the low amateur competition at the Colorado Open. Prater (-12) lead wire to wire en route to the victory. Prater teaches chemistry, biology, and anatomy at Doherty. He’s also the girl’s golf coach
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LAMAR, Colo. (KRDO) — Several businesses in the southeastern town of Lamar say they won’t give customers a hard time for not wearing face masks inside their stores, despite being located in one of the Colorado counties in jeopardy of losing its variance. A viewer sent in what appears to be a screenshot from a local
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On Thursday, the Department of Defense announced that Russia recently tested a new type of satellite already in orbit that is believed to be capable of targeting and taking out other satellites. It’s the latest confirmation that threats in space to our way of life and military operations are real, serious, and increasing. However, this
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