PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Monday is the day many Beulah residents have been waiting for. This weekend, the Pueblo County sheriff announced plans to allow Beulah residents to temporarily return to their homes. A major caveat of the plan is that it’s dependent on the activity of the Aspen Acres Fire. The first evacuees
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The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs will cause traffic congestion along 8th Street, particularly at the Lower Gold Camp Road intersection, due to a major construction project on 89th Street, but officials have advised drivers to use 21st Street as an alternate route and have police conduct traffic control during peak rodeo times.
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CUSTER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A segment of Highway 96 that had been closed during the Aspen Acres Fire will reopen on Monday so that evacuees can return to their homes, authorities said during a Sunday evening community meeting. At 9 a.m., the highway between Siloam Road and County Road 305 is scheduled to reopen
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Editor’s note: Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced that the fire had been extinguished. Colorado Springs and the Fire Department have since clarified that the fire is not out, but is 30% contained. EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) has lifted a pre-evacuation warning as of 12:30 p.m.
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Disasters like the “Aspen Acres” fire are nothing new to Gulf Coast natives Marcus and Kelli Summerford. “We evacuated because of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005,” Marcus said. “We came to Colorado during COVID, and we love it.” → KRDO13’s full coverage on the Aspen Acres
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — On Day 11 of the Aspen Acres Fire, the Beulah area on the east side of the burn presents an interesting contrast. It’s where most of the containment — which fell from 15% to 14 % overnight — is, but also where dozens of homes have been lost. → Follow
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A weeklong ordeal has ended for dozens of people forced to evacuate during the “Aspen Acres” fire, now in its ninth day. Evacuees in parts of Colorado City, along Highway 165 and east of Interstate 25, began returning home Monday night and Tuesday morning. → Check KRDO’s full coverage of
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In addition to restricted access through the Highway 67 checkpoint south of Florence for the ongoing Aspen Acres wildfire, drivers also must adjust to occasional changes in the checkpoint’s location. When authorities placed the ten-mile stretch between Florence and Highway 69 in Custer County on pre-evacuation status last Thursday, the
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Highway 96 through Wetmore in Custer County is closed as part of the latest evacuation from the “Aspen Acres” fire, but on Thursday, many drivers were either unaware of it or were hoping to be allowed through. → Find the most up to date information on the Aspen Acres fire
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo, (KRDO) — Despite fire crews increasing containment from zero to 14% in the “Aspen Acres” fire over the weekend, the intensity of flames on the north side of the burn zone raised the risk to residents north of the Custer/Fremont County line. → Find the latest information from KRDO on the Aspen
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PUEBLO & CUSTER COUNTIES, Colo. (KRDO) — KRDO 13 has a crew in southern Pueblo County to provide an update on the Aspen Acres wildfire, which has burned nearly 87,000 acres. For the first time, authorities report some containment — 6% late Saturday night, and up to 13% as of 7 a.m. Sunday. → Most
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A Red Cross supervisor said that “fewer than ten” new evacuees have arrived since the overnight announcement of a new evacuation zone on the fifth day of the “Aspen Acres” fire in Custer County. LATEST FIRE STATS & EVAC ORDERS: https://krdo.com/news/2026/07/06/aspen-acres-wildfire-updates-evacuations/ “And we expect that more are coming,” the supervisor
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Authorities announced new evacuations and pre-evacuations for neighbors in the path of the Aspen Acres Fire, now in its third day of straddling the Pueblo/Custer County lines. LATEST FIRE STATS & EVAC ORDERS: https://krdo.com/news/2026/07/06/aspen-acres-wildfire-updates-evacuations/ Residents of the Red Creek Ranches area in Pueblo County were ordered to leave immediately. At
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters are hoping for some level of containment Wednesday on the wildfire that grew far less on Tuesday than when it erupted on Monday. LATEST FIRE STATS & EVAC ORDERS: https://krdo.com/news/2026/07/06/aspen-acres-wildfire-updates-evacuations/ Authorities revealed on Tuesday that the fire has grown from 23,000 acres to more than 28,000 as of 3
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COLORADO CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a wildfire that grew from two acres to 23,000 in one day, firefighters battling the Aspen Acres Fire will take any help they can get. And they got more of it on Monday evening. That’s when FEMA — the Federal Emergency Management Agency — approved federal funding for 75%
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Increased speed enforcement begins Tuesday on I-25 through the project in which crews are replacing five bridges at the US 50 East interchange. But you won’t see law enforcement officers on duty there. Instead, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has installed four sets of cameras to monitor speeds along a
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Traffic impacts at the intersection of Stockyard Road and La Crosse Avenue due to an $8 million utility project are expected to be less than anticipated, as crews will not have to dig into the street to install a liner inside a half-mile of existing wastewater pipe.
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Cycling fatalities in Colorado Springs have decreased due to more bike lanes and better trail connectivity, while pedestrian fatalities have increased, with seven deaths so far this year.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two weeks have passed since officials closed four blocks of Uintah Street to repair damage under a bridge over Shooks Run Creek, and we’re now learning specifics about the response. Officials said that the city was the lead entity in the repair response, with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) providing a
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Precious few parking spaces are available here, especially during the busy summer tourist season. But some street parking and sidewalk access near Memorial Park were closed last week and will be again this week for a project around the historic Hiawatha Gardens building. Crews are currently improving sidewalks and repaving
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