Month: August 2025

Celeste Springer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – KRDO13’s Bradley Davis walks us through one of the parade’s heavy hitters: the “Pineview Retreat” in the Flying Horse North community, recently sold for $3,895,969.

The Colorado Springs Parade of Homes starts September 5 with 32 new homes by a variety of different builders, like the Retreat by Alliance Homes.

The parade lasts from September 5 through September 21, and each ticket gets you in to view every house on display. You can get tickets here.

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Celeste Springer

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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a bizarre turn of events, 13 Investigates has uncovered that the Pueblo County Coroner is accused of hiding bodies in a secret room of his privately-owned funeral home, Davis Mortuary.

According to records by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), Brian Cotter’s funeral home was due for an inspection on Wednesday. When inspectors arrived, they noted “a strong odor of decomposition.”

Later, inspectors said they noticed a door was hidden by a cardboard display. When they went to remove the display, inspectors say Cotter asked them not to go inside, according to DORA’s records.

Inspectors did not follow Cotter’s request; when they entered, they said they found bodies in various stages of decomposition.

“Mr. Cotter stated that the bodies were awaiting cremation and admitted that some bodies had been in the room for approximately fifteen years,” suspension records say.

Additionally, Cotter allegedly told inspectors that he “may” have given family members of the deceased fake cremated remains.

Inspectors allege that Cotter failed to take action to embalm, refrigerate, cremate, bury, or entomb human remains within 24 hours.

According to the lead agency, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI), officials have set up a victim assistance line/tip line, which families can reach at (719)257-3359. Families also email the CBI at CBITIPS@state.co.us.

According to suspension records, Davis Mortuary is ordered to cease operations, pending proceedings.

Who is Brian Cotter?

According to Pueblo County, Brian Cotter has over 20 years of experience working with the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office. He was first elected in 2014, with his current term slated to sunset in 2027.

Davis Mortuary is a privately owned funeral home with Cotter listed as the appointed designee, according to DORA records.

The funeral home has been in operation for over 100 years and was purchased by Brian and Chris Cotter back in 1989, according to their website.

“The Cotter brothers brought with them to the Davis Mortuary the ‘old school’ ways of caring for families in need, which they learned from their father, who owned and operated several funeral homes in Kansas, Nebraska, and Southern Colorado,” reads the website.

Striking similarities

Those living in Southern Colorado are likely to notice similarities between these allegations and those in a separate case out of Penrose, Colorado.

There, funeral home owners Carie and Jon Hallford were accused of allowing close to 200 bodies to stack up at their funeral home, Return to Nature.

KRDO 13 Investigates was first to break the story. Our coverage helped contribute to the drafting of new legislation providing oversight in the funeral home industry.

To read all our reports on that case, click here.

For all of our latest reports on the Davis Mortuary case, click here.

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Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Fundraising at the second-annual Olympic City Field Day at Acacia Park will help WHealthy Unlimited launch its free after-school program for families in Colorado Springs.

There will be outdoor games, competitions, vendors and a Children’s Entrepreneur Market on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s free for all children. No signup necessary. Just show up!

The kids who sign up through the Children’s Entrepreneur Market of Colorado Springs will host booths from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHealthy Unlimited is the brick-and-mortar operation for the Community Anchor Academy. The organization said it was inspired to start a free after-school program in part because Harrison School District 2 (D2) announced it had to cut its free after-school program for the current school year.

D2 sent a message to parents blaming funding cuts for the cancellation of the free program. It said the temporary COVID-19 relief funds helped keep the program going. Those expired at the start of this year. It said, despite efforts, D2 has not been able to secure enough funding on the state or federal levels to keep the program running. D2 still offers paid before and after-school programs on a sliding scale with scholarship opportunities.

WHealthy said the field day will be its enrollment kick-off. It said the goal is to make the after-school program free for all children who qualify for free or reduced lunch while providing scholarships for other children who don’t qualify.

The Program is called Sweat and Steam. It’s formatted to teach literacy and STEM through fun activities like workouts and rooms, while also emphasizing money management.

WHealthy said it will give away $5,000 to local non-profits and as prize money for some of the competitions. It will host local business vendors and sell their own food and juice. It said a percentage of their own sales will go toward the after-school program.

WHealthy will also be collecting donations for the program. The founder/CEO has committed to equal the total donation dollars with his own workout reps (pushups, pullups, squats, etc.).

At the field day, WHealthy said there will be bounce houses, giant Jenga, Connect 4 and Tetris. It will host classic competitions like potato sack races and fake egg transport, along with other agility and memory races, boxing and exercise rep competitions. It will also have hula-hoops, jump ropes and sidewalk chalk throughout the park.

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Scott Harrison

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Steel City’s warmer climate allows it to start and end its street repaving sooner and later than most southern Colorado cities.

However, while paving typically begins in mid-spring, it has not yet occurred due to various factors beyond the control of the Public Works Department.

Those factors include two scheduled water main replacements by the Pueblo Board of Water Works, an emergency wastewater line repair, an emergency stormwater line repair, and the removal of 41 trees that have damaged concrete along Saratoga and Lexington roads.

“I haven’t had it where everything pushed,” said Chuck Roy, acting public works director. “I’ve been here just over four and a half years now, and we haven’t had it where everything pushed. We’ve had one or two (in the past) that have had to move because of this.”

Due to the paving delay, crews are more at the mercy of the schedules of the two local asphalt suppliers, who are already busy with other projects.

The city also had to wait for permits from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to perform paving that intersects Interstate 25, and state highways 47 and 50.

Roy said that most of the utility projects should be finished by the end of the month.

The first street on the repaving list is Monument Avenue between 5th and 10th streets, in front of the Risley School of Exploration and Park View Elementary School.

That’s where one of the water mains was replaced, but the final block in front of Park View wasn’t finished in time for school to resume, so it will have to be completed later — which means paving will be delayed on that block.

One benefit of the delay is that the city and the Board of Water Works will split the cost of paving on Monument and on Lehigh Avenue between Northern Avenue and Pueblo Boulevard.

A neighbor, Jo Ann Gutierrez, is unhappy that the Monument project detoured neighborhood traffic through a bumpy alley full of potholes.

“It was closed down for 2-1/2 months,” she explained. “So, you had to come down this side, and this is what you have to deal with. It’s just embarrassing. It’s hurtful to your cars. It cost me $1,500 to fix my muffler.”

Meanwhile, at the other water main project on Lehigh, neighbor Marc Anzlocar, is more sympathetic.

“Yes, traffic is stopped, roads are closed, and it takes time for the road to get repaired,” he said. “But you know, in the long run, it has to be done.”

Roy said that crews still should be able to finish all of the paving before the end of the season — which will depend on when winter weather arrives.

“Last year, the asphalt plants were open until the first week of December,” Roy said.

Other streets on the city’s paving list this year include Bonforte Boulevard and 6th Street; Elizabeth Street, where the emergency utility repairs were made, will be repaved next year.

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