COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Springs contractor faces seven felony charges for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from customers and leaving projects unfinished. However, alleged victims worry the contractor might get off with a light punishment. Robert Hedden hired Erica Johnson in November 2021 to remodel his home. He said Johnson’s company,
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) – After years of waiting, construction is underway in Pueblo West for its newest fire station. Fire officials believe this new station will improve response times. Fire Station No. 2, which is being built at 715 S McCulloch Blvd., will cost $5 million to build. According to Pueblo West officials, the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A District 49 school board seat is now vacant after board member Ivy Liu was disqualified from running for reelection this November. To run for the District 49 school board, a candidate must meet two criteria — they must live in the area they’re representing and turn in a petition
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A new traffic configuration at a busy and historic downtown intersection will likely confuse or frustrate many drivers in the beginning. After the possibility was first raised a year ago, the city’s traffic engineering department has decided to prohibit left turns from Platte Avenue onto Nevada Avenue, under the the
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — A rehabbed Yerba Santa Nichols Drive through southwest Pueblo West is one of the first major project completed by Pueblo County this year, after accepting responsibility for public works from Pueblo West. KRDO The project smoothed out the bumpy “washboard effect” on a gravel road in a neighborhood full of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The City of Colorado Springs ordered Colorado Springs Utilities to stop work on its controversial water tank in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. The Code Enforcement division issued a stop work order on Aug. 30, stating it is “unlawful to to use any building, structure, or land or to erect, move,
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ROCKY FORD, Colo. (KRDO) – On Sept. 1, Rocky Ford City Councilman Duane Gurule was arrested and charged with harassment and criminal mischief. Gurule is currently serving as Mayor Pro Tem and campaigning to be Rocky Ford’s next mayor. In a video posted to Gurule’s professional Facebook account, he shared his perspective on the arrest
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo students will get to ride city buses for free this school year thanks to the continuation of a program that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to city officials, that was made possible by ridership costs being covered by Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) funding, and Pueblo
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado State Patrol’s annual survey of seat belt use by drivers and passengers shows the best-ever statewide results but disappointing numbers for El Paso and Teller counties. Colorado State Patrol The study, released Tuesday morning, finds that Colorado has a use percentage of 88.6% — a 1.6% increase from
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – Numerous healthcare facilities in Colorado Springs and Pueblo are receiving grants to improve access to integrated primary care, mental health, and substance use services. Tuesday, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) announced it awarded grants to 147 organizations statewide. Officials said the grants were made possible by the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A deadline looms for healthcare company Kaiser Permanente (KP) and its 3,000 union workers as both sides try to avoid a strike before the current contract expires Sept. 30. The union is the Denver-based Service Employees International Union Local (SEIU) 105; virtually all of the KP union members in Colorado
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Organizers say that hot, wet weather during the 11 days of the 151st State Fair shouldn’t stop them from approaching the attendance record of 500,000. KRDO “If it’s slow Monday, we’ll still be fine,” said Scott Soller, in his sixth year as the fair’s general manager. “But we’re expecting a good
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Three viruses spreading at the same time, and a flu season expected to peak a month earlier than usual, has caught the attention of UC Health hospitals across Colorado. UCHealth Most of us likely aren’t thinking much about flu season during Labor Day weekend, yet UCHealth issued was concerned enough
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the past week, KRDO has reported on two construction projects that are having higher-than-expected costs because of inflation. KRDO El Paso County is applying for a $10 million grant to cover costs of expanding the south end of Academy Boulevard, and a planned renovation of the historic City Auditorium
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A reported staffing shortage of special education and mental health education staff in Colorado is impacting the Pikes Peak Region. In some cases, students who need extra support aren’t able to get the services required for their individualized education program. One District 11 parent told KRDO they received a letter
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Springs woman is grappling with the sudden loss of her husband after he was hit and killed while walking out of a grocery store near their home. Thursday morning, the Colorado Springs Police responded to the King Soopers parking lot off Academy Blvd. and Woodmen Rd. According to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A nonprofit health care organization that provided health screenings and other services for free or at little cost, is closing its offices across the state. The board of directors for 365 Health — formerly known as 9 Health Fair — announced the decision Thursday and the closures are effective Sept.1.
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – A Fremont County family is mourning the loss of a 17-year-old boy who died after getting in a car crash. Late on Aug. 23, Landen Owens and two other teens were involved in a single-vehicle crash along Poplar Ave., just north of Highway 115 in Cañon City. The two unidentified
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police said that speeding and alcohol were not factors in the death of a man who died after being struck by, and pinned under, a car in a busy shopping center parking lot on the city’s north side. KRDO According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the accident happened near
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers can now start applying for incentives to trade in their gasoline-powered vehicles for cleaner, more efficient electric vehicles (EVs). At 9 a.m. Thursday, the state’s new Vehicle Exchange Program begins; it’s intended to provide rebates that will help cover the up-front costs of buying or leasing an EV. Colorado
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