The School Buzz: D20 middle school continues media literacy tradition with KRDO13’s Josh Helmuth

One local middle school is teaching students how to separate fact from fiction — and they’re getting some help from a familiar face here at KRDO. KRDO13's Josh Helmuth was back in the classroom at Chinook Trail Middle School for the 5th straight year, teaching 8th-graders media literacy last Friday. Hundreds of eighth graders. 90

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Crews place first girders on 1 of 4 bridges in the Powers Boulevard extension project in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs officials will hold an event Tuesday to mark a milestone in the Powers Boulevard extension project as crews begin placing girders for a new bridge at Flying Horse Club Drive.

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Local college students watch SpaceX launch their experiment to International Space Station

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Students with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) and Pikes Peak State College (PPSC) looked on early Tuesday morning as SpaceX rocket Falcon 9 lifted off with their experiment. Multiple students made the trip to Cape Canaveral in Florida to watch the launch in person, while the rest watched

Coronado High School forfeits football game against Lutheran High School amidst racism allegations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - District 11 says Coronado High School says it is forfeiting its upcoming game against Lutheran High School, now the second team to do so in two weeks. District 11, of which Coronado High School is a part, announced the decision on Monday ahead Thursday's previously scheduled game, saying in part

Big changes ahead this week

Expect mostly quiet conditions heading into the evening, with mostly clear skies. Winds will remain breezy at times from the southwest, creating a downsloping effect and helping keep temperatures warm. Winds will begin to lighten up tonight, and with skies remaining mostly clear, overnight lows will drop into the upper 40s and low 50s for

Pueblo Police provide update on officer-involved shooting over weekend that killed one

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) is providing an update on the two injured in an officer-involved shooting that killed one man over the weekend. According to PPD, Officer Justin Ortiz sustained a graze wound to their ankle. The second officer involved, Officer Jonathon Woehler, suffered gunshot wounds to both legs and

Closures on Union Boulevard bridge over Cottonwood Creek could last eight weeks

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The City of Colorado Springs is warning drivers to expect road closures on the Union Boulevard bridge over Cottonwood Creek for around eight weeks. The city says the closure will start on Wednesday, October 14. There will be temporary lane closures between Woodland Hills Drive and Deliverance Drive for around

Heavy winds, possible microburst leaves downed tree in its wake in Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- In the west part of Pueblo off of Park Avenue is just one of the homes that was hit hardest by big wind gusts. Stormtracker13 Meteorologist Steve Roldan saw the damage for himself where a tree had been uprooted. The resident of the home where the tree came up from the