SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (KRDO) — A wildfire shutdown eastbound I-70 Thursday night while crews work in the area. Colorado State Patrol says the fire is just south of the interstate, between the Eisenhower Tunnel and Silverthorne. Drivers are asked to avoid the area and take Highway 6 over Loveland Pass as an alternate route. #BREAKING I-70
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Fire crews responded to reports of a fire in Jefferson County, northeast of Buffalo Creek and East of Foxton in the Ramona Gulch area. Fire suppression is being provided by the United States Forest Service, a Type 2 Helicopter, two Airtankers, and one Air Attack. The USFS is referring to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wildfire season is essentially year-round in Colorado, but late spring to early fall marks the season’s peak and preparing for it brought Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, to town. Lamborn toured a new air tanker base being built on the south end of the Colorado Springs Airport. The base will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Why did some City Council members vote for and against the proposal to build 420 apartment units in an existing office park at the intersection of 30th Street and Garden of the Gods Road? Each council member explained his or her vote just before voting on the matter Tuesday night.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The wildfire that started Monday in North Cheyenne Canyon southwest of Colorado Springs is now 100% contained, according to US Forest Service fire crews. The fire started at about 4 p.m. Monday near Gold Camp Road. Our tower camera on top of Cheyenne Mountain caught smoke rising from a gulley
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A wildfire sparked in Cheyenne Canon Monday afternoon, and crews were called to the area near Gold Camp Road. Colorado Springs Police confirmed that multiple calls had been received about smoke coming from the canyon area at around 2:15 p.m. Our tower camera from Cheyenne Mountain saw a small amount
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A black bear cub, rescued from the Cameron Peak Fire, is back in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The cub was found on someone’s porch northwest of Masonville in December of 2020. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers say the cub was only 16 pounds and it was severely dehydrated, starving, and
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DURANGO, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews began battling a wildfire along CR 250 Friday evening. Just after 8 p.m., Durango Fire Protection District announced a wildfire was on the east side of the Las Animas Valley, up on Missionary Ridge. According to DFPD, the wildfire is threatening structures and the forest. Wildfire on CR 250. East
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday, the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station Fire Department underwent fire training exercises. They are the latest local fire fighters getting ready for the upcoming wildfire season. The training helps ensure emergency responders are prepared for a variety of incidents on and off the station. If you saw smoke
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A petition to ban traffic on Lower Gold Camp Road through North Cheyenne Cañon Park has gathered nearly 200 signatures in less than a week. The petition, posted on the website change.org, is titled “Keep Gold Camp Road Closed” and seeks to permanently keep traffic off a stretch between the
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Cameron Peak fire, west of Fort Collins, became the largest fire in Colorado’s history last summer. It took 112 days before the fire became 100% contained. While the flames may be out, the destruction and ashes remain. However, a Northern Colorado man is turning some of those ashes into
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Despite snow showers in May, the Colorado Springs Fire Department warns that precipitation levels are still dangerously low, meaning wildfires could be destructive again this year. “We’ve been in a long-standing drought,” said Steve Wilch, Battalion Chief with the Colorado Springs Fire Department. “Southeastern Colorado is seeing that, and we’re
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PARK COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A man faces a series of charges following a wildfire in the area of County Road 56 over the weekend. According to the US Forest Service, the fire was reported Sunday, May, 1, at 11:56. near Park County Road and Forest Service Road 813, roughly 4.2 miles east of Jefferson.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With summer approaching, more people likely will visit local campgrounds, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic stopped, limited or discouraged camping activity last summer. What should you know if you, friends and family are making plans to go camping this summer at Rocky Mountain National Park, Cheyenne Mountain
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a limited reopening last year, the popular Flying W Ranch, a tourist attraction and local institution, plans to be back in full swing for the upcoming season. The ranch, founded by Russ Wolfe in 1953, was destroyed by the Waldo Canyon Fire in June of 2012. Ranch staff spent
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control revealed the state’s 2021 wildfire preparedness plan on Thursday. Officials anticipate another tough year ahead, following one of the most active wildfire seasons in Colorado’s history in 2020. “We’re having fire years, not fire seasons anymore,” Director Mike
Continue ReadingCOLORADO (KRDO) — A bill that would allow the Division of Fire Prevention and Control to hire inmates that fought on the front line of wildfires is headed to the Governor’s desk. During the 2020 wildfire season, a crew of inmates worked as part of the State Wildland Inmate Fire Team, also known as SWIFT.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — If you have mixed emotions about snow during springtime, you’re not alone. Officials with the Colorado Springs Fire Department said snow totals contribute to the risk of wildfire in our region. Fire officials said wildfire season in Colorado Springs is 365 days a year, which may come as a surprise
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE The planning commission, by a 4-3 vote Thursday, approved the project to build a 420-unit apartment complex at the intersection of 30th Street and Garden of the Gods Road. Commissioners discussed the matter for six hours and listened to public comment for two hours — most of which opposed
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HUERFANO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents said that heavy snowfall starting Tuesday night and ending early Wednesday morning made up for what they didn’t get during last weekend’s storm that hit much of the rest of the state. Residents said that while 4 to 6 inches fell in Walsenburg and the immediate area, they measured
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