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COLORADO SPRINGS — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office held a flag raising ceremony on Friday in front of the downtown Sheriff’s Office. The ceremony honored Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Peery, who was killed in the line of duty on August 7. A former Marine, identified as 26-year-old Alexandra “Alex” Paz was also found dead at […]

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A flag raising ceremony will be held on Friday in Colorado Springs to honor the life and service of El Paso County Deputy Andrew Peery. Peery was shot and killed in the line of duty over the weekend in the Widefield-Security area south of Colorado Springs. The person who shot him is believed to also have killed a woman before apparently killing himself. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. outside the sheriff's office at 27 East Vermijo Avenue. The flag that will be raised will be used to drape Peery's coffin at his...

A grand jury indicted State Senator Pete Lee of District 11 on class 5 felony charges on August 4th.

Andrew Peery was no stranger to service. He served his country as a soldier and he served his community as a law enforcement officer. During his Army service, Peery served as an airborne infantryman. From 2001 to 2004, Peery was a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and stationed in Italy. On Sunday, Peery was shot and killed while responding to a shooting in Security-Widefield.

As drought persists throughout the West, river and reservoir levels have dropped and water managers are scrambling to figure out how to serve millions of people and millions of acres of farm land in a time of declining water supplies. Levels of the Colorado River, the chief source of water...

News 5 Anchor Dianne Derby talked to Rachael Flick about the life-changing call she got and how hope is possible after such a terrible tragedy.

The Zoology Foundation's camels, Chewbacca and Han Solo.The Zoology Foundation. (Larkspur, Colo.) If your drive takes you down Highway 105 through Larkspur, you’ve likely seen a couple unusual faces: Chewbacca and Han Solo.

COLORADO SPRINGS — The suspect from an hours-long standoff in Colorado Springs on Monday reportedly threatened to kill police if they responded to a domestic disturbance he was involved in. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers with the Stetson Hills division responded to the area of North Academy Boulevard and North Carefree Circle […]

Colorado’s housing crisis hurts the poor, whether they are Black or white. It wasn’t always like that. Before the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, we had rampant race-based housing discrimination. Merely affording a home wasn’t enough. One often had to look a certain way.

Colorado Springs City Council has voted 6-3 to allow Kum & Go to build a 24-hour gas station on South 8th and West Brookside streets, reversing a June decision by the Planning Commission to stop the development. The decision came during a three-and-a-half hour Council hearing late on Aug. 9....

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Foothills Trail in Garden of the Gods Park has reopened after eight months. The Foothills Trail had been rerouted for eight months to allow for the installation of a new roundabout for the park entrance, a new storm sewer system, and a trail underpass beneath Gateway Road. This was part of […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - An early morning house fire in southwest Colorado Springs is now under control. A neighbor called 911 around 5:30 Wednesday morning after seeing flames shooting out of a nearby home. “The smoke was coming from the roof and the fire was coming from the attic...

The fight over a proposed Kum & Go gas station near the Ivywild neighborhood in Colorado Springs is over with a 6-3 vote, as the store now prepares to break ground.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Wednesday, Colorado Springs Fire Department is responding to a working house fire. Crews received the initial call at 5015 block Neal Ranch Rd., just after 5:30 a.m. #ColoradoSpringsFire is on scene of a #workingfire at 5015 Neil Ranch Rd. Engine 16 is on scene reporting fire showing from the front The post Crews respond to working house fire off Neal Ranch Rd. appeared first on KRDO.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A new program called, Survive & Thrive: COS Grant has launched in an effort to help Colorado Springs small businesses affected by the negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Colorado Springs in partnership with Exponential Impact will be focusing on small businesses that were effected from the The post City launches new program to help Colorado Springs small businesses affected by negative impacts from COVID-19 pandemic appeared first on KRDO.

Air Force sports fans will have one more outlet to watch their favorite college sports team this season. The Academy has signed a two-year deal with Altitude Sports to broadcast select games across the broadcaster's 10-state region. The deal starts off September 3rd at 11:00 a.m. with Air Force football's season opener against Northern Iowa. That will be the sole football game broadcast on Altitude this season. Other games, including men's and women's basketball and men's hockey will also be broadcast, with specific game schedules being announced later in the year. "We are very proud to be associated with the Air Force...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - An armed robber remains at large after holding up a dollar store Monday evening. Staff at the Family Dollar off Airport and Academy told police the suspect strolled into the store just before 7:30 p.m. and made a beeline for the register. Fixing his gun on the employees, he helped himself to cash.

A new challenge is in the works with Pikes Peak as the focal point. The trail called "Ring the Peak" will completely encircle America's Mountain.