Campus news begins with Audrey Donow covering the issues of flooding inside the Natural Resource building at Colorado State University. The flooding has caused the relocation of classes and the closure of the building. Plans to reopen the building are unknown with the planned date being yesterday. In housing news, Donow shares updates on student concerns surrounding the Prospect Plaza apartment buildings. The redevelopment of the plaza has been reduced with plans to reopen to house students slated for the 2027 fall semester.
In the Fort Collins area, a continuing story with Tyler Weatherwax, one of the two bodies found within a drainage tunnel has been identified. After the Fort Collins Coroner’s Office officially received the bodies, they were able to identify one of those found in the tunnel as 56-year-old Aaron Cole. Along with Cole was another 54-year-old man who has not yet been identified, along with the cause of death. In crime, a Fort Collins man has been sentenced to 48 years of prison time for the kidnapping of a woman and two children in February 2023. The woman stated she never felt threatened by the man and cited his mental health struggles as part of the reason for his actions that day. The man requested the minimum sentence time and apologized to the woman and the two children. Finally, for local news on Wednesday evening, a main water break occurred on West Prospect Road. The water break closed parts of the street off to drivers. Concerns now point to the water condition in the area while crews work to repair the break.
The School of Music Theater and Dance in Fort Collins will be hosting a dance performance, Body/Speak. The performance is set to take place February 7 and 8 at 7:30 pm to showcase and explain what’s occurring in dance across Colorado and Wyoming. Donow continues life and events covering the Fort Collins Symphony who are set to perform at the Lincoln Center from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on February 8. To wrap up life and events Gus Arnold and Donow deliver music news with a recap of this year’s Grammys and a look at the Super Bowl halftime show.
President Donald Trump has taken aim at transgender people within the United States with his newest executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girl’s and women’s sports in the country. The order will be enforced by federal agencies and require immediate action by schools and sporting organizations. The order would also apply to the 2028 Olympics set to take place in Los Angeles. Colorado has made national news with the mass deportation operations taking place early Wednesday morning in Denver and Aurora. Soon after the operations, thousands took to the streets of Denver to protest the Trump administration and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The protest saw a split with some remaining at the capitol while others moved across Broadway and Colfax Avenue.
CSU basketball continues its season with both men’s and women’s teams traveling in New Mexico. The men’s team suffered a loss. Meanwhile, the women’s team scored a win for the first time since 2017 in The Pit Arena. Coming up for the Rams is a home game in Moby Arena against San Diego State on February 8 for the team’s orange-out game. Softball has an assortment of games coming up, heading to the New Mexico invitational to compete. Finally, in sports, CSU women’s tennis will be competing in Minneapolis before heading to Missouri. To end today’s Rocky Mountain Review, get your Fort Collins weather report with Weatherwax. Snow chances are on the horizon for the weekend and into next week, with temperatures hitting a low of 10 that evening.
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Original air date: February 6, 2025