COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Daniel Williams avoided serious injury Saturday when a large chuck of concrete pavement flew through the windshield of the car he drove on northbound Powers Boulevard, just south of the Aeroplaza Drive intersection. “It went through the passenger side,” he said, as he held the the piece of concrete. “It
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Although he has yet to be officially identified by authorities, the family of Ronald Ray Valdez, 34, confirmed Saturday to KRDO 13 that he was the man shot to death by police officers Wednesday night. The details from police: At around 7:45 p.m., they they responded to a report of a
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — For the second time this month, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close I-25 in both directions between Mesa Ridge Parkway and Santa Fe Avenue this week, during the next few overnight periods. CDOT spokesperson Amber Shipley said Thursday that equipment issues have put the project to finish repaving and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After rain stopped just minutes before the start of the Western Street Breakfast downtown, spectators had two things on their minds. Street closures and parking. People new to the annual event may not have realized that some streets were temporarily closed to make room for it; barricades were set up
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly two years after building an overpass and interchange at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Research Parkway, a similar project will start next week at the intersection of Powers and Airport Road. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will spend $46 million on the project that officially begins Monday
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Local governments advise citizens to contact them directly when reporting potholes or other infrastructure concerns. But occasionally, it’s difficult for people to know whether a city, county or state agency has jurisdiction over a certain area. It’s a situation that has recently developed in and around Pueblo. A viewer notified KRDO13
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) is in the final month of a project it started in March, moving a mile of overhead power distribution lines to under a stretch of Nevada Avenue north and south of Fillmore Street. The lines are being relocated between Harrison and Commerce streets — near Common
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Along with numerous projects on city streets this summer, the Steel City also has or will have three major projects on highways through town. The newest project starts Sunday, on three miles of Highway 47 east of the US 50 interchange, where asphalt pavement turns into concrete pavement. The Colorado Department
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) –Navigating traffic outside this busy north side Walmart will be challenging for the next three weeks as crews repair a sewer line in front of the store. The tricky part is that the project will be on Dillon Drive — between the two entrances for the store — and that segment will
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LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now assisting the La Junta Police Department (LJPD) with an apparent murder-suicide that occurred in the late hours of June 11, 2024. The CBI says that La Junta police officers were called to a home at 11:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — People will have to cope with an eight-mile detour for the next several weeks because of upgrades to the Curtis Road bridge over Black Squirrel Creek. The project began last week and is expected to continue for another five weeks; crews are replacing the bridge deck and will repave
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Concrete pavement generally is more durable than asphalt pavement, but it’s also more expensive and even it can develop cracks and potholes occasionally. Overnight Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) started a project to repair damage in two of three southbound lanes of Interstate 25 between Fillmore Street and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — By dawn Monday, floodwaters had receded from a section of Interstate 25 and streets west of the freeway but a muddy mess remained as drivers headed to work. Most of the flooding from Sunday night’s downpour affected an area between the Ilex Street exit and Minnequa Avenue — south of downtown
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) hopes to prevent a repeat of last July, when 90 people died in crashes. That was 12% of the state’s 716 highway fatalities last year. It’s why state troopers will join forces Friday with local law enforcement agencies to increase enforcement of dangerous driving habits
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Interstate 25 through Colorado Springs and Pueblo isn’t the only local highway getting some repaving work; a segment of US 24, northeast of the Springs, also will receive upgrades. On Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) started a 13.5-mile repaving project between Garrett Road in Falcon and Smith
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Is the project to repave a half-mile of I-25 in both directions running into delays, or has the schedule changed? That’s what many drivers may be wondering after the second night of a northbound closure between Santa Fe Avenue and Mesa Ridge Parkway ended an hour early, while the first night
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will soon begin working on its third paving project on I-25 between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. The agency will repave 5.5 miles of the interstate from the Ray Nixon Power Plant exit, past the Pikes Peak International Raceway, stopping just short of the
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers should prepare for another travel inconvenience this week, on top of the many road projects already in progress. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will repave a half-mile stretch of the interstate in both directions, requiring temporary overnight closures of I-25 between Mesa Ridge Parkway and Santa Fe
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO13) — A heavy police presence was along South Nevada Avenue, just north of I-25 this morning, Thursday, May 23. Officers said that they were investigating a shooting that happened just around 6 a.m. Police initially got a call about an auto-pedestrian accident but when they got to the scene they found
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A state trooper visited KRDO 13 this week to answer a variety of questions posed by viewers in the fifth month of The Road Warrior coverage. Many of the topics posed to Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Patrick Rice relate to why there isn’t more enforcement of traffic violations such as
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