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Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – There are levels to this Halloween thing.

In the past, KRDO13’s Bradley Davis has settled for a pair of dollar-store glasses and a poorly drawn lightning bolt on the forehead.

But not today!

Makeup, contacts and… moss? A professional traveling makeup artist is making a special trip to the KRDO13 studios to show our audience what she can create without a costume.

“I love just admiring the final product. I’m like, ‘wow, what a creep. What a freak!'” Professional makeup artist Misha Valenzuela said.

Valenzuela transformed Davis through the course of Thursday’s morning shows. He certainly came out of the interview looking pretty freaky!

You can find some of Valenzuela’s other work on her Instagram, @makeup.magic.mv.

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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the 11th year of the 2C expanded street repaving program ends, city leaders said that crews resurfaced 17% more lane miles than planned, and expect to exceed that percentage next year.

“We were able to repave 147 lane miles this year and plan to do 43 more than that next year,” said Bryan Wilson, the city’s public works operations manager.

City officials held an event on Wednesday morning to close the 2026 paving season and look ahead to next year.

They gathered at the intersection of Cragmor Road and Stanton Street, in the Cragmoor neighborhood west of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS).

11 of the 18 neighborhood streets repaved this year, were in that neighborhood.

“Not only are we hitting the major arterial roadways,” Wilson explained. “We’re now moving into your neighborhood, as well, and being right in front of your front door.”

Mayor Yemi Mobalade has continued to emphasize the importance and benefits of the 2C program that was envisioned in 2015 by former two-term mayor John Suthers.

Suthers campaigned on a sales tax increase to pay for catching up on years of deferred maintenance that left many streets crumbling and full of potholes.

Suthers won and voters passed the 2C initiative, which they’ve extended twice.

The program still has its critics, however, from residents who believe that 2C hasn’t paved enough streets, and isn’t doing so quickly enough.

But Wayne Williams, the mayor’s chief of staff, said that 2C is doing exactly what city officials promised.

“Part of that process means we have to deliver what we promised the voters we’re going to do,” he said. “And that’s why this is exciting to celebrate. We want to protect what we have. We thank voters for their support.”

Circle Drive and Union Boulevard were among two major streets long overdue for repaving, that were addressed this year; both cross nearly every part of the city — particularly the southeast side, which many residents feel is occasionally overlooked for improvements.

To see the map of next year’s streets to be repaved, visit: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/db395f7befa741aeb58346bfc5f390e6.

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Rob Namnoum

The Air Force women’s soccer team defeated Colorado College in the City for Champions Cup 1-0 on Wednesday night. Annika Jost scored the lone goal for Air Force.

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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) —  A two-block street closure on Tuesday marked the latest phase of an ongoing construction project on Stone Avenue, north of Fillmore Street.

The closure between Fillmore and Fourth Street is scheduled to remain in place until a week before Thanksgiving, as crews build a new stormwater pipe there.

The city’s Stormwater Enterprise (SE) and Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) are teaming up to make several improvements on the northern mile of Stone, between Fillmore and Winters Drive — behind the Birdsall power plant and the former dog racing track.

If the construction was in more of a residential or commercial area, it would be far more impactful than being in the industrial area that it is; crews have generally kept one lane of traffic open southbound on Stone during the project.

Despite limited access for drivers at times, officials say the project remains on schedule for completion early next year.

As the sixth month of this project approaches, SE and CSU have specific objectives.

The first step is for the utility to finish replacing an old iron water main with p-v-c pipe; it will stretch two-thirds of a mile between Fillmore and Nichols Boulevard.

Crews are currently on the north end of the project area connecting local service lines to the new water main segment; that work should end just before Thanksgiving.

CSU is also replacing old fire hydrants along Stone.

The responsibility of SE is to make stormwater upgrades along Stone — specifically, north of the McDonald’s at the Fillmore intersection, which has no drainage infrastructure.

Crews have started building a new underground stormwater pipe.

Owners of the 17 businesses along Stone are glad to see stormwater improvements, saying that previous flooding damaged their parking lots and the street, and occasionally backed up into their businesses.

Much of the construction is now at the south end of the project, but the street remains closed to all except business access and construction vehicles.

The construction mostly affects Planet Granite, a countertop business that occupies several buildings along the west side of Stone, north of Fillmore.

However, an employee there says that crews have been a big help by keeping one lane of traffic open southbound during much of the project.

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Bradley Davis

CASCADE, Colo. (KRDO) – In October, Kevin Holt’s house is impossible to miss for drivers headed through Cascade up Highway 24.

His massive skeletons dwarf the cars below, and his “Haunted Forest” is a must-stop for kids and families on Halloween.

For Holt, though, the most magical day of the season came four days before his favorite spooky holiday.

For five years now, Holt has partnered with the RiseUp school in Colorado Springs to host a field trip and free pumpkin patch for the children.

RiseUp is a school specifically for children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Holt hosts them each year, creating a special memory for both the children and their families.

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Rob Namnoum

The Air Force football team will play UConn on Saturday. This Saturday is Halloween. All we know is that this Saturday Air Force will dress up as football players.

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Rob Namnoum

Air Academy High School was our week four winner of the South Colorado Motors Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award. The Kadet cheer team recently received the South Colorado Motors Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award plaque.

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Rob Namnoum

Air Force quarterback Evan Medders will miss multiple weeks due to injury according to Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun. Air Force plays UConn on Saturday at Falcon Stadium at 1.

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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — KRDO13’s The Road Warrior recently received an email from a viewer expressing frustration at what often becomes “a drag race” at ramp meters along Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs.

And you may have experienced that situation yourself.

The viewer explained that when drivers at the front of two-lane ramps get the green light at the same time, they often race to be the first one to merge onto the single lane to the freeway.

“Why can’t Colorado stagger their meters like Arizona does?” the viewer asked.

The Road Warrior has confirmed that Arizona uses a staggered meter system exclusively, in which only one vehicle at a time — not two — gets a green light.

California and Michigan are other states known to operate such a system.

“Obviously, having two cars trying to get into one lane at the same time is not going to work very well,” said Doug Nick, a spokesman with the Arizona Department of Transportation. “So, that alternating meter is designed to ensure that there’s a reasonable amount of a space, a safe amount of space between the two entering cars as they get onto the freeway. I think it’s a very effective system.”

In response, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said that it uses both staggered and dual meters on freeway ramps, but that staggered meters require an overhead signal, and some ramps don’t have enough space to install them.

Nick said that Arizona uses staggered meters on overhead or roadside signals.

The heaviest ramp traffic along I-25 in Colorado Springs seems to be at the Fillmore Street, Garden of the Gods Road, and Woodmen Road interchanges.

The southbound Woodmen ramp has overhead and roadside signals, and crews are currently installing an overhead signal to supplement the existing roadside signals on the northbound Fillmore Street Ramp.

CDOT didn’t indicate which local ramps are staggered.

Regardless of the type of ramp used, transportation officials rely on drivers to drive properly and safely — and because so many of us do, there are fewer ramp crashes than you might expect.

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Rob Namnoum

Top prep performances for the week of October 23rd.

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