EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The first tangible proof of wintry weather expected this weekend happened around 9:30 Saturday morning, in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 24, just east of the Pikes Peak Highway entrance in Ute Pass. KRDO According to the Colorado State Patrol, slick pavement caused by light snow and freezing temperatures
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In a few weeks, the City Council expects to vote on whether to grant a request from El Paso County to clean homeless camps within a mile outside the city limits, on county-owned property. City of Colorado Springs Peter Wysocki, city planning director, said that the county approached the city
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — City officials said that they have doubled the percentage of streets in good condition, and reduced the number of potholes by 50%, in the eight years since the start of the 2C expanded street paving project. KRDO Previous Mayor John Suthers pushed for 2C while campaigning for his first of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a recent trend of reducing rates for natural gas and electricity, Colorado Springs Utilities is requesting an increase in base rates that would become effective in January, if approved. Utilities adjusts its base rates annually; the City Council heard the proposal prior to a unanimous vote Tuesday approving a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A ongoing shortage of call-takers and dispatchers is the main factor in why call-answering times remain below the national average and the worst among six Front Range law enforcement agencies. KRDO That explanation came from Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez, who updated the City Council on the situation Monday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Three blocks of Tejon Street near the Interstate 25 bridge were closed for several hours Friday night as police investigated the death of a man struck by a vehicle that left the scene. KRDO Tejon Street between Las Vegas Street and Motor Way, just south of downtown, were affected by
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – One person is dead after an accident involving a crane Friday morning on the grounds of the EVRAZ steel mill in Pueblo. The Pueblo Fire Department (PFD), the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the EVRAZ Fire Department, and the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) were dispatched to a toppled crane at 11:18
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story contained a photo of a woman not associated with this case. We have removed the image and deeply regret our error. PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The criminal cases lodged against the son of Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar concluded on Thursday, with Douglas Gradisar pleading guilty to misdemeanor
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Five days of detours around Sunday’s train derailment, coal spill, and bridge collapse on I-25 north of Pueblo ended Thursday with the reopening of northbound lanes of traffic. KRDO As of 4:18 p.m. Oct. 19, 2023, all of I-25 reopened north of Pueblo following days of closures after a train derailment
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — How would you feel if your normally quiet country road suddenly became a temporary interstate highway? That’s what neighbors along the Overton Road detour from I-25 around Sunday’s train derailment have experienced for three days. KRDO “Traffic has been going pretty fast, and we’re not used to having all the
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — More drivers appeared to be following the Colorado Department of Transportation’s advice Tuesday, to use Highway 115 and U.S. 50 as the primary detour between Pueblo and Colorado Springs to get around the train derailment that occurred Sunday. KRDO KRDO traveled the recommended detour and found traffic heavy at times
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Hours-long traffic jams on Interstate 25 near Pueblo on both sides of a train derailment, coal spill and collapsed rail bridge resulted in some illegal and even dangerous driving behavior Monday. KRDO The congestion led many southbound drivers to leave the freeway and seek a shortcut by driving across a
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are now on the scene of a deadly train derailment just north of Pueblo. Sunday, a train carrying coal derailed along a bridge over I-25 near milepost 106. In the accident, the bridge collapsed with a semi-truck caught underneath the rubble. The driver,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Months before 115 bodies were found improperly stored in a Penrose Funeral Home, the state was already reviewing funeral home regulations. Now, this multi-agency investigation has thrust the new regulation report into the spotlight. The report, completed by the Colorado Office of Policy, Research, and Regulatory Reform within the Colorado
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – More than a hundred families are worried about what may have happened to the bodies of their loved ones after using Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose. Some told 13 Investigates they’re unsure if the ashes they have are actually their family members. On Oct. 4, 2023, law enforcement
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – The name of the victim in a death investigation along I-25 was released Friday. On Oct. 11, the El Paso County Communications Center received reports of a “physical altercation” between two people on the northbound side of I-25 at mile marker 133; this was just north of the Mesa Ridge Parkway/Highway
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The city’s Planning Commission voted this afternoon to deny a major change to a plan by Colorado Springs Utilities to increase the height of a new, domed water tank on the west side of town from 45 feet to 60 feet. City of Colorado Springs The new tank, currently under
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Coroner’s Office confirms they are assisting Fremont County as the fallout continues from the ongoing criminal investigation linked to a funeral home. Investigators confirm over 115 decomposing bodies were found inside a Fremont County funeral home earlier this month. Now, multiple agencies are working together to
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FREMONT COUNTY, COLO. (KRDO) — Monday was the busiest day yet at the site of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, as the investigation into the discovery of 115 improperly stored bodies entered its sixth day. KRDO During the morning, more personnel, vehicles, and equipment arrived; several tents and similar structures were erected
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Authorities began reaching out Friday to relatives of more than 115 bodies found decomposing inside the Return to Nature Funeral Home along Highway 115 in Penrose. KRDO A victims’ assistance center opened at the Fremont County Emergency Response Center in Cañon City, providing resources and the latest information about the
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