COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Summer closings of Prospect Lake in 2019 and 2020 have led the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department to consider installing an aeration system to prevent the growth of toxic blue-green algae. The algae blooms killed many fish in the lake and posed a health hazard to people and pets.
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Woodland Park, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday morning, parents and students in Woodland Park protested a decision to move sixth-graders to the elementary schools. This outcry comes one day after nearly 30 teachers called out sick in protest. “I’m an alumnus. My whole family has gone through this district. Some of the things they’re taking away
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With the city’s municipal election a month away, there’s already talk that a second election will be necessary to whittle down the field of a dozen candidates. KRDO KRDO has learned that the city clerk’s office is already preparing for the possibility of a May 16 run-off election to determine
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Lawmakers are now debating a bill that educators believe could help solve the state’s massive teacher shortage. The proposed bill would make it easier for out-of-state licensed teachers to work in Colorado. Currently, out-of-state licensed educators cannot teach in Colorado Public Schools. The Interstate Teacher Mobility Act would change that. District 11
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado College, the highly-regarded liberal arts college just north of downtown, announced this week that it has pulled out of participating in U.S. News & World Report’s yearly list of best colleges and universities. Colorado College CC explained its decision in a release issued Tuesday; the college was tied for
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday, the State House passed a new bill on a vote of 44-19 that will save Coloradans money when applying for rental properties. HB23-1099 builds off the ‘Rental Application Fairness Act’ that passed in 2019 by allowing prospective renters to reuse a rental application for up to 30 days without paying
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — United Way is working on making its resources more accessible to Spanish speakers in the Pikes Peak region. According to officials, United Way hired three new Spanish-speaking navigators at 211 following a significant increase in calls from Spanish speakers. Currently, the organization receives anywhere from 75 to 100 calls in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A gradual, overall increase in cases involving dangerous or aggressive dogs has led The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) to ask the City Council for stronger enforcement and penalties for the owners of such dogs. The Council heard a presentation Monday from Jamie Norris, director of the
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CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Hundreds packed into the Buena Vista High School gym Sunday afternoon, to honor and remember 19-year-old Private First Class Christopher Hutchings. While the U.S. Marine Corps pronounced Hutchings dead on Feb. 5 in his barracks at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, his home is in Buena Vista, Colorado. Residents lined
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A parent at Widefield School District 3 hails an elementary school teacher as a hero after saving her daughter’s life. Friday, Jasmine Luna said her daughter’s teacher saved her eight-year-old’s life after performing the Heimlich maneuver. “She was like, mom, I’m fine. I’m fine, mom,” Luna recalls after reuniting with her
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers and neighbors who had hoped the new Centennial Boulevard extension on the city’s west side was finished, must now prepare to adjust to the final phase of the project. KRDO On Monday, crews will close the northbound entrance and southbound exit ramps to Interstate 25, where the south end
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — January marked the lowest number of a single-family home, condo, and townhome sales in the Pikes Peak region in the last two years, according to the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors. The data covers El Paso and Teller counties and shows not only are sales low, but inventory is also
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On his first official day as the new chief executive officer of Colorado Springs Utilities, Travas Deal spoke with the media about what his goals are and what the utility’s future plans will be under his leadership. KRDO Deal discussed his strategy regarding utility rates and water supply, the next
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The descendants of the original Chisman family, who moved to the town of Ellicott in the mid-1920s, are preparing to auction off remnants of several family businesses — offering a unique opportunity to acquire pieces of local history. KRDO The family owned five buildings including two houses, a blacksmith
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security are now looking into the wave of disruptive school threats across the state Wednesday. 16 different schools across Colorado went on lockdown for either a fake mass shooting threat or a bomb threat. From Estes Park to Denver, and all the way down to the southwest corner of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The upcoming Spring Break period, along with the following summer vacation season, often result in higher demand and prices for gasoline but demand this year could be significantly reduced by prices that are among the highest in the country. KRDO Tatiana Bailey, founder and director of Data-Driven Economic Strategies, in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As officials with the Pikes Peak Library District cope with the recent discovery of some restrooms contaminated with the illegal drug methamphetamine, plans are going forward to install sensors in each of its 53 public restrooms at 16 libraries. Officials said that the devices, called environmental sensors, will immediately alert
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the city’s third major economic announcement over the past two months, a local computer-related manufacturer revealed plans Friday to expand its operations producing silicon and silicon carbide components. KRDO Microchip Technology, Inc., has had a presence in Colorado Springs for 34 years but will now invest $880 million to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– For over a century, the City of Pueblo governed itself without the help of an elected city mayor. Now, less than four years after voters chose Nick Gradisar to revive the office, some are looking to go back to a city manager style of government. The regularly scheduled Pueblo mayoral election is set
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — By an 8-1 vote this week, Council members passed the first major update to its unified development code since the 1960s.. The code creates a modern and more user-friendly approach to zoning and subdivision regulations. City of Colorado Springs City officials said that the code regulates how property owners can
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