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White House Correspondent Jon Decker talks about the challenges of finding a new Speaker of the House.

ABC News Correspondent Tom Rivers talks about tens of thousands of women and nonbinary people in Iceland are expected to participate in a one-day strike, which organizers called the country's largest effort to protest workplace inequality in nearly five decades.

Here are some of the latest headlines on Monday, October 23rd, with Dan Cochell.  KRDO 13 Meteorologist Merry Matthews notes a few more mild days before a big drop in temperatures later this week.

During Monday's edition of KRDO's Afternoon News, Dan Cochell talked with Jake Lemberg at Big Splash Car Wash and their Haunted House Car Wash taking place at 5760 North Academy Boulevard this Friday and Saturday night, just after 6:30pm each night, with $5 of each car wash benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Colorado.

During Monday's edition of KRDO's Midday Edition, Dan Cochell talked Alex Trefry, Public Information Officer with the City of Manitou Springs, previewing the annual running of the Emma Crawford Coffin Races on Saturday, and the best places to park in the area, including shuttle service available from 1675 Garden of the Gods Road.

Andrew Rogers was joined on 'The Extra' by Erica Meltzer,  Bureau Chief of Chalkbeat Colorado, to discuss the importance of voting for school board members and how those positions have become increasingly politicized over the past few years. 

Chalkbeat is a non-profit journalism outlet focusing on education. 

Halloween Safety....

With the warm weather and blue skies, the farthest thing from your mind is probably a winter blizzard – but this is exactly the right time to be thinking about winter. That’s because the best time to get ready for a weather emergency is BEFORE it happens. Tobi Blanchard is with us today. She is the Deputy Director for Pikes Peak Regional Emergency Management and she’s here to talk about getting prepared.

White House Correspondent Jon Decker will take a look at the ongoing efforts for Republicans to find a Speaker of the House.

As Israel prepares for a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, tensions are rising along its northern border and in the contested West Bank. Israel has ordered the evacuation of 14 additional communities near the Lebanese border as the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah intensifies its attacks. Aid workers and officials fear that Israel’s call for an evacuation of the northern part of Gaza is precipitating a humanitarian disaster as electricity and other supplies have been cut off in preparation for what appears to be an imminent ground offensive. Another small convoy of humanitarian aid trucks crossed into Gaza from Egypt Sunday, after twenty trucks carrying medicine and food were allowed to enter on Saturday. But aid workers say it’s just a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed to address the approximately two million Palestinians fleeing their homes. In particular, they say, fuel is needed to power generators for hospitals and water desalinization plants.