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The Rocky Mountain Review delivers news for Thursday, November 21, with Audrey Donow starting off with campus news. Learn about a trash clean-up effort by the Associated Students of Colorado State University, the Student Sustainability Center, and the Coalition for Sustainable Student Organizations. Mice are helping CSU researchers who are working to improve modern medicine. The research looks at the inflation of the brain that commonly leads to the development of Alzheimer's disease. After campus news, Tyler Weatherwax delivers local news.

Learn about closures coming to Interstate 25 that will last until late 2025, impacting areas in Weld County. Police in both Longmont and Greely are looking for answers after two crimes. In Longmont, a juvenile was assaulted inside a Walmart, and police are looking for five suspects. In Greely, a 19-year-old was murdered suffering at least one gunshot wound, the suspected shooter is another man aged 19, but police are still asking for answers from the community. Another break and Donow delivers life and events taking a look at some Fort Collins weekend activities including folk artists Blind Pilot performing at Washingtons here in Fort Collins. There is plenty of opportunity to catch a drag show this weekend as well with Britney Spears-themed drag on Friday at the Coast with Wicked-themed drag on Saturday at the Lyric.

Weatherwax delivers national news with updates on the bomb cyclone impacting thousands in the Northwestern United States. Many in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington are experiencing heavy weather and loss of power. At the Capitol republican representative Nancy Mace with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson proposes a ban on transgender women using federal facilities such as bathrooms or locker rooms. The legislation comes after the first openly transgender person Sarah McBride was elected recently. Mace said the legislation was targeted at McBride. Finally, for national news learn about Ukraine's use of U.S.-made and supplied missiles against Russia for the first time. This comes after Russia threatened that the decision from President Joe Biden could cause World War three.

To wrap up today's show hear from Donow with your CSU sports report. Donow gives a recap of Women's basketball and their recent dominant win. Followed up is a preview of women's swimming, men's cross country, and women's cross country. Finally, Weatherwax brings the Fort Collins weather report for today's show. Learn about the potential for snow this weekend and more. Also, the KCSU news team reminds listeners that next week is fall break at CSU and the next Rocky Mountain Review will be on December 3.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

Today's episode of the Rocky Mountain review starts with campus news. A story on Colorado State University's physiology building containing mold spores causing harm to students, staff, and faculty. Audrey Donow reports on the building's hazardous conditions and what third-party companies found. Campus news shifts to the Associated Students of Colorado State University and their work in introducing a new bill that aims to help the CSU EMS club in funding a student-run CSU EMS service plus ASCSU's efforts to prevent bias on campus.

Tyler Weatherwax brings today's local news with a story on Fort Collins snow plows receiving fun-themed names for a new fleet known as the Frost Fleet. Learn how Poudre School District students worked with snowplow drivers to pick the six winter-themed names. Weatherwax showcases the work of Poudre Fire Authority with their work in saving several animals in the past week. Two dogs trapped in a burning garage and a dumpster-bound kitten were reduced by the Poudre Fire Authority. Finally, for local news, a Fort Collins school, Liberty Common High School, is found to have failed to properly address a racially hostile environment within the school. A student was harassed by two other students including being called slurs and making racist remarks. The student's mother is taking action now.

Donow then brings life and events with a look at what is to come this week in Fort Collins. Learn more about live music happening at the Coast tonight, the Climbing Film Tour, and performances from the School of Music. After the break, Weatherwax brings national news with information on a new E-coli outbreak in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Spirit Airlines announced its plans for bankruptcy protection on Monday as the budget airline has struggled to make a return after the pandemic. Finally for national news tensions increased between Russia and the United States after President Joe Biden announced that Ukraine could finally use U.S.-made and supplied missiles. Learn more about what this means for the war in Ukraine and what the world thinks of President Biden's decision.

KCSU assistant sports director Trey DuFauchard delivers the CSU sports report including a look at the Rams' win over Wyoming on Friday for the Golden Boot. Following up on DuFauchard's report is KCSU sports director Austin Martin with an interview with CSU football player Dane Olson. To wrap up the show get your Fort Collins weather report from Weatherwax for the week as winds pick up.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

For today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review learn about new tools being created at Colorado State University to help promote sustainability for students at the university and beyond with Audrey Donow in campus news. Then students may face displacement concerns with the closure of Prospect Plaza apartments in Fort Collins for remodeling. Find out how students may be impacted by the apartments closing for the summer. Then for local news, Tyler Weatherwax goes over a wildfire that burnt North West of Fort Collins just near Ted's Gas Station. Then Fort Collins Police Services are asking the community to help in the investigation of an assault that occurred in May that still has questions. To wrap up local news before a quick break, the Food Bank for Larimer County is asking for donations to help the community.

After the break, Donow goes over events for the weekend with performances of indie pop, country, and folk music at the Aggie Theater. Then the annual Fall Dance Concert will take place on campus by students plus a student-led acapella group at the Lyric. Music Directors Mia Templien and Ria Janapat deliver music news taking a look at this year's Grammy nominations. After the Break Weatherwax starts national news with an explosion out of Kentucky leaving two people dead and a neighborhood experiencing the impacts as well. Then tropical storm Sara ramps up as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico out of the Caribbean, find out what impacts it will have in Central America and potential impacts in Florida. Finally, President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump met at the Whitehouse on Wednesday.

Donow returns from the break with the CSU sports report learn about how CSU Women's and Men's basketball have been performing so far, a look at the upcoming volleyball matches and the weekend's football game with the Border Wars at Canvas Stadium versus Wyoming. To end off the show get your Fort Collins weather report from Weatherwax learn about the sunny conditions expected for the weekend and the potential for snow on Monday.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

For today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review KCSU's news team delivers a wide range of stories. In campus news, Audrey Donow delivers a story on the Associated Students of Colorado State University working with the student community to create a safe environment following the national election as well as to make campus safer overall after two stay-in-place orders occurred in October. Then learn about changes coming to buses that many students take to and from campus. Then Tyler Weatherwax delivers local Fort Collins news with a look at a new rescue mission for those experiencing homelessness. Then make sure to slow down when driving through the city as speed trackers will soon no longer issue just warnings for drivers with a need for speed. Finally, for local news, two local high school students receive racist and misogynistic text messages following a number of similar issues across the nation including at least one in Denver. Learn more about the FBI's investigation.

After the break, Donow returns with life and events delivering a look at what's to come this week in Fort Collins including a comedy show to promote sustainable fashion and celebrate members of the LGBTQ+ community. Then learn what jazz and film festivals can be found on campus. A quick break before Weatherwax delivers national news. The popular social media site TikTok is facing increased pressure from Canada as well as other parts of the world. A story out of South Carolina sees 43 monkeys escape from a testing facility. Find out how many have been captured and when the monkeys last escaped from the facility. Finally, for national news, a shooting at Muskeegee University leaves one person dead and 14 others injured. With one suspect in custody, the historic university canceled classes and closed campus.

Trey Trey DuFauchard brings you back to the Rocky Mountain Review after the break with your CSU sports report. Learn about how teams have been performing as well as a look at what's to come this week for Men's basketball, Women's basketball, and football. This weekend is a big one for football with the 2024 Border Wars. Finally, for today's episode, Weatherwax goes over Colorado's largest November snowstorm in decades as well as the week's Fort Collins weather report to wrap up the show.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

In today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review, Audrey Donow starts it off with campus news. Learn about how the Associated Students of Colorado State University are working to assist students and promote student voices as they work with the student union. Then get a look at what's to come on campus for Veterans Day including veteran-made films and more. Then a shift into local news Tyler Weathewax delivers information on a Larimer County Resident who became sick with E-coli after eating at McDonald's after the fast food chain continues to deal with onions from a Colorado onion farm contaminated with E-coli. Then a man was found not guilty after stabbing a man another man at a gas station in Fort Collins, learn more about the case's details with Weatherwax.

After the break get a preview of what's to come this weekend in Fort Collins such as jazz and heavy metal music in the city. Performances in Fort Collins will also take place this weekend with the Lincon Center's The Moth. After life and events, the KCSU news team takes a moment to go off script to talk about KCSU's fundraiser event DJ-athon.

Returning from the break is Weatherwax with national news updates on wildfires in California. Learn where the fires are burning and why they're struggling to put out the flames. Then, Australia places bans on social media usage for children under the age of 16. It will be one of the world's first social media restrictions on children as more and more people become concerned with children's social media usage.

Donow returns for your CSU sports report. Get updates on women's soccer, volleyball, and tennis. Then, get a preview of CSU football's big showdown with Wyoming, which is coming up in Fort Collins soon. KCSU sports director Austin Martin interviews CSU football kicker Jordan Noyes. Hear his experience with playing football in college as 32 year old and moving from the United Kingdom to the United States. Then to wrap up the show find out if snow will roll into Fort Collins this weekend with Weatherwax.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

In today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review, Audrey Donow delivers, campus news with a story on Colorado State University president Amy Parsons and Associated Students of Colorado State University president Nick Desalvo breaking ground on the new construction of Clark B. Then learn about ASCSU's new work on campus safety efforts. Tyler Weatherwax brings you local news with information on a man in Loveland arrested after being suspected of murder as well as a story out of Greely with a woman shot in the parking lot of a hospital. After the break get a look at what Fort Collins has for events in the next week with Donow.

After the break, Weatherwax presents national news. Learn about storms impacting Oklahoma as tornadoes have caused power losses for thousands. Then learn about a series of eruptions in Indonesia killing at least 10 people. Then get your CSU sports report from Trey DuFauchard. Finally, for the episode find out if Fort Collins will get more snow this week with Weatherwax. 
About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

In today's Holloween episode of the Rocky Mountain Review, Audrey Donow delivers campus news. Learn about how Colorado State University students are receiving resources to help them stay safe and still have fun on campus or anywhere in Fort Collins. Then Donow goes over several CSU research teams selected to receive funding for their work. Tyler Weatherwax brings local news, find out where and how to make it to drop boxes on election day in Fort Collins. Then an update on the Fort Collins woman shot in the leg after confronting two armed men breaking into her car. Finally, for local news learn about the $66 million federal grant that aims to help connect Colorado residents with a high-speed rail stretching from Fort Collins to Pueblo.

After the break, Donow delivers this weekend's Halloween events and beyond in Fort Collins. Learn about events including dance, photography, musicals, and more. Then find out what artists are playing in Fort Collins venues with genres such as folk, rock, alternative and more. Then for national news updates continue on two drop boxes targeted with incendiary devices in the United States, learn about the suspect and what messages were written on the devices. Then both candidates in this year's presidential election gave their closing arguments. Learn about what both candidates said and what their campaigns are working on ahead of election day. Then Colorado voting machines' passwords were leaked online causing some distrust among Colorado voters, find out why and how the leaks don't pose a risk. Finally for national news children in Iowa will trick or treat on Halloween for the first time in over 80 years after a law created in 1938 made it so the city of Des Moines, Iowa would host a different holiday the day before Halloween.

Donow returns for the CSU sports report taking a look at recent CSU sporting events such as Men's golf. Then get a preview for both Women's and Men's basketball season which are fast approaching. Then a quick look at the Rams' soccer team. Finally for today's show Fort Collins saw it first snow of the season on Wednesday, learn about what the weather looks like for the rest of the week with Weatherwax.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

In today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review for October 29th, Audrey Donow delivers campus news with information on the Associated Students of Colorado State Univeristy's work of combating bias and racism on campus but the internal conflict has caused the efforts to slow. Then learn about CSU's third shelter-in-place in the last two weeks occurring on campus resulting in arrests. Then finally for campus news, former dean of the College of Liberal Arts Ann Gill passed away at the age of 73.

Tyler Weatherwax delivers local news with information on Rocky Mountain National Park's key road closing for the season. Then find out which one of Fort Collins' favorite events is happening this week and the process behind it. Finally, for local news learn about the city of Fort Collins' third most expensive city project in city history aiming to prevent a past Fort Collins disaster. Then after the break, Donow covers what is coming this week as Halloween approaches including film festivals, dance parties, and Halloween organ extravaganzas.

Today's feature story features Weatherwax and Katie Borsting on the plaza of CSU's campus. Hear what students have to say about the tuition increase and their feelings on certain fees that may be unnecessary. Then after the break, Weatherwax delivers national news covering election season as Election Day is only one week out from today. Learn about the backlash a comedian is receiving after making a controversial joke at a rally for Donald Trump. Then find out who has regained the lead in the polls for president and finally, two ballot drop boxes were lit on fire by incendiary devices in what officials are calling "a direct attack on democracy".

Trey Dufashard returns after the break to break down your CSU sports report then Austin Martin interviewed two start CSU athletes. Listen to the full show to find out who Martin interviewed. Finally for today's Rocky Mountain Review Weatherwax updates the chances of snow this week in Fort Collins and what the weather is predicted to do between rain, snow, and sunshine.

For October 24, 2024, learn more about an incident that took place on campus at Colorado State University sending police alerts to students on campus Tuesday night from Audrey Donow in campus news. Then Tyler Weatherwax delivers local news with information on a man arrested near a Fort Collins elementary school for carrying a BB gun. Also in local news, a man was arrested for selling drugs to children and sexually assaulting one of them in Fort Collins plus a story on a man who was shot outside of a Fort Collins house party early Saturday morning. Donow returns after the break to give listeners a look at what is coming up this weekend in Fort Collins with life and events then KCSU music directors Ria Janapati and Mia Templien deliver your KCSU music news report.

After the break, Gus Arnold delivers the episode's feature story of the day. Arnold sat down for an interview with Frayne Vibez after he opened for Grammy-winning artist Lupe Fiasco in Fort Collins. Frayne Vibez goes over their inspirations for creating music such as other indie pop artists as well as being in Fort Collins for the first time. Then learn more about their journey with Lupe Fiasco on the tour. Arnold goes over a wide range of topics with the artist.

After the break, Weatherwax returns with national news covering an outbreak of Ecoli in the U.S. and in Colorado. Learn more about how Colorado has become the most impacted state, how the burgers were infected, and what steps are being taken to prevent more people from getting sick. Then for national news, Weatherwax covers Kamal Harris's closing arguments speech set to be delivered Tuesday, learn about what the vice president plans to talk about one week before election day. Finally, for national news, the U.S. has confirmed that North Korea has sent troops to Russia to fight against Ukraine. To wrap up the day's episode Donow delivers the CSU sports report looking at the weekend home football game and Weatherwax delivers the Fort Collins weather report for the parent's weekend on campus.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

In today's episode of the Rocky Mountain Review, Audrey Donow delivers campus news to begin the show with coverage of the Associated Students of Colorado State University who are working with CSU President Amy Parsons to help find a way to decrease the amount of racism occurring on campus. Parents' weekends has coverage by Donow as she goes over all the events for the weekend. For local news learn how Fort Collins residents are being charged for a service they never plan to use with Tyler Weatherwax. Then two deadly crashes over the weekend are being investigated by Fort Collins police. Finally, learn about a woman who was shot while two thieves were attempting to break into her car. Donow returns after the break for coverage on what's to come this week in Fort Collins.

Then after the break Rocky Mountain Review reporter Sam Providence brings your feature story on the professors of CSU who were displaced to trailers after the university has continued construction of Clark B. The process involves the destruction of the old building before building a new one forcing professors and more faculty to move to trailers. Hear from professors, grad students, and more.

Weatherwax returns after the break to deliver national news including news on a helicopter crash in Houston that left four people dead, leaked information on Israel's planned attack on Iran and Cuba's power outage. Then a quick break before KCSU sports director Austin Martin breaks down your CSU sports report and an interview with CSU football player Tanner Morley. Finally, for today's show, Weatherwax breaks down the Fort Collins forecast for the week.
About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.