COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Temperatures below zero overnight Wednesday and Thursday have already frozen exposed water pipes that eventually will crack, break and leak as the weather warms up. KRDO One local plumber said that a customer’s pipes froze while installing a new water heater. “After the installation, we had to thaw the pipes
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)–Hundreds of people in Colorado Springs will flock to shelters to keep warm during these subzero temperatures. The Colorado Springs Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the Springs Rescue Mission all opened extra-warming shelters for the homeless community. The Springs Rescue Mission now has a second warming shelter open to help hundreds of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County board of commissioners said it’s willing to help migrants who are seeking asylum. However, there are certain stipulations as to who commissioners are willing to help. In a statement released Wednesday, the board said, “we believe in the rule of law and will work to keep
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A specialized police unit will once again do what it does during periods of extreme cold and snowy weather, and hope that people experiencing homelessness will heed the message to go to an indoor shelter instead of staying outside. KRDO Members of the police department’s Homeless Outreach Team started Wednesday
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For the second time in less than a week, local leaders gathered to reveal details about an employer’s plan to create hundreds of jobs in the city. The Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation issued a release describing an event Tuesday to “announce the largest advanced manufacturing project in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While a federal order that stopped immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States hangs in the balance, Colorado Springs non-profits prepare for the possible influx of people needing help in the area. Title 42, which prevented people from seeking asylum to enter the U.S. to prevent the spread of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) said that it arrested at least three people Monday morning during routine enforcement of a city ordinance that bans camping within 100 feet of a creek or other waterway. KRDO However, police said that they took the suspects into custody not
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — What’s described as a major economic development company expansion that will create hundreds of high-quality jobs in the Pikes Peak region is coming to the city. Chamber of Commerce Mayor John Suthers, El Paso County Commissioners’ chairman Stan VanderWerf, Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation president and CEO Johnna
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Denis McDonough, head of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the U.S. met with veterans and VA employees Thursday at the Colorado Springs VA clinic. During his visit, McDonough discussed new resources available for the millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic chemicals while fighting for our country. KRDO McDonough is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Plans are underway to remodel an old Colorado Springs middle school into a homeless family shelter. This comes after a lack of funding prompted the closure of two other shelters in the city. With more than 200 El Paso County families struggling to find housing right now, officials said there is a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A decision in 2019 to cease pursuing fleeing drivers except in the most serious cases has led to a disturbing increase in drivers who fail to pull over for officers during traffic stops. City of Colorado Springs “Word spread quickly that we weren’t pursuing drivers as much as as we
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City Council, wearing its other hat as the city’s Utilities Board, received more information Monday about a proposal to mandate how much of the city’s water supply should be guaranteed for current demand and future development. KRDO Colorado Springs Utilities has suggested that a figure of 130% of its
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– A Colorado Springs non-profit is getting ready to head to Denver to help the more than 100 migrants that arrived there this week. From what we know most of those migrants are coming from Venezuela looking for a better life. Currently ‘Community Works’ in Colorado Springs is coming up with a
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COSTILLA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In this town of 400 just east of Alamosa, people have a new sensitivity regarding the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. And for good reason. KRDO A man who appeared to be a stranger walking suspiciously through town Wednesday afternoon, ended up using two assault rifles
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A Pueblo man was arrested after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a chase stretching two counties which ended in an hours-long standoff in Douglas County. At 9:40 p.m., officers with the Colorado Springs Springs Police Department (CSPD) Stetson Hills Division were dispatched to assist a bail bondsman with contacting
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The increase in respiratory syncytial virus is affecting school district across the Colorado Springs and Pueblo area.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is offering a five-figure reward to anyone who can provide information that’ll lead to an arrest in a July homicide. On July 6, 2022, the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at the El Morro Mobile Home Park around 10:47
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — For the third time this year, a staff shortage has caused a branch of the Pikes Peak Library District in El Paso County to close early, but not because of worker shortages common during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest situation happened Tuesday evening at the PPLD’s Fountain branch, resulting in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– Colorado Springs School District 11 is making college more accessible to all. Students can now apply to historically black colleges for free. Thanks to a new partnership between the ‘Common Black College Application’ and the school district. This partnership makes it much easier for students at district 11 to apply to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The holiday season and limited vaccination options are combining to significantly increase the spread of the COVID-19 virus in 16 Colorado counties, according to a report Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the report, Pueblo and Fremont counties in southern Colorado are among those having
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