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Police recruit requirements change in Colorado Springs
19+ hour, 49+ min ago (393+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Are you looking to become a police officer in Colorado Springs? Opportunities may be open to a new pool of applicants as changes come to the department. Previously, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) required applicants…...
Colorado Springs shares free Earth Day events and volunteer opportunities
16+ hour, 45+ min ago (233+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- As Earth Day on April 22 approaches, the City of Colorado Springs shares free events and volunteer opportunities focused on the environment. Below is a list of events posted by the city: 29th annual Garden of the Gods…...
Absolutely Colorado: Local company helps homeowner in need with free furnace
15+ hour, 39+ min ago (621+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A local home service company donated a free furnace to a resident facing medical and financial hardships on April 15. Around the Clock stepped up to help homeowner Robert Wilson after a recent hospitalization revealed a partially…...
Colorado Springs Fire Department crew deployed to Schwachheim fire
23+ hour, 25+ min ago (121+ words) LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) has deployed Brush 3, a three-person crew, to assist with the Schwachheim Fire burning in Las Animas County. According to CSFD, Brush 3 received a resource order and deployed in the…...
Exit ramp at Circle & Hancock in Colorado Springs to close for rest of April; expect traffic shifts
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (204+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- For many drivers, the much-needed and long-awaited repaving of Circle Drive can't happen soon enough. And it will begin next week at the south end, near the recently completed project to replace four bridges, according to…...
New FDA tinnitus treatment device helps Southern Colorado patients
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (304+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- There's a new The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved tinnitus technology that's showing great results according to early studies. It's a device that can be used at home, and many in Colorado Springs are already…...
Colorado Springs Police lift shelter-in-place after student allegedly brandished weapon
2+ week, 1+ day ago (252+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A shelter-in-place at Skyway Park Elementary School has been lifted after Colorado Springs police say a student brought a weapon onto campus and threatened staff Tuesday afternoon. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers were…...
The School Buzz: Impressive Colorado Springs senior offered more than $1 million in cumulative scholarships
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (175+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Coltin Bridgmon is a senior at The Colorado Springs School with a million reasons he knows he's going to a top university. Bridgmon has so many scholarship offers (from 13 different schools and counting) that the cumulative…...
Trio of utility projects to close part of Stone Avenue in Colorado Springs for nearly a year
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (220+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The city will spend $6 million to install stormwater infrastructure in an industrial area that often floods because of the lack of proper drainage. Officials said that changes should begin this week on Stone Avenue between Fillmore…...
Weekend overnight bridge closures on Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs delayed until next week
1+ week, 6+ day ago (349+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Drivers now have an extra week to prepare for repair work that will close the I-25 bridge over Garden of the Gods Road overnight for several weekends. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said that the repairs…...