Funding for vaccines to help fight the COVID-19 virus has been granted to researchers at Colorado State University. The researchers will receive nearly $4.6 million. Additional news in the Northern Colorado medicine realm, UC Health has announced expansions in the area to help with the recent increase in patients. Local news includes additional details in the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office’s recent activities, including an armed man being struck on Interstate 25 on Monday and a deputy being cleared of a March shooting.
Life and events takes a look at fun to catch over the weekend, including Dr. Nicholas Glendhill performing at the Organ Recital Hall on campus tonight at 7:30 pm. Alongside Dr. Glendhill, another artist performs further down College Ave, with Soulja Boy taking the stage at the Aggie Theater at 8 pm. Finally, get a look at this year’s FoCo MX festival in Fort Collins starting Friday. Today’s feature story, Hope Caiazza, reports for KCSU news on the recent Y2Gay drag show performance on campus featuring several performers, including CSU students, staff, and Denver performers.
Colorado Republicans are pushing back against recent laws passed by Gov. Polis surrounding gun regulation in the state. Now they’re looking for support from the federal government to push back against the new laws, citing concerns with Coloradans’ right to self-defense and Second Amendment rights. Also in Colorado, the recent announcement of the temporary pause of the deportation of two Venezuelan non-citizens being held in Denver.
CSU sports covers Women’s golf as they wrap up their recent tournament in California today. The men’s golf team travels to Ohio to compete in this weekend’s tournament. The CSU track team split up and departed for their two West Coast competitions. Finally, Boulder Women’s volleyball team heads into Rams country to take on the Rams team on Saturday, April 19. To wrap up with the weather, learn about Colorado’s upcoming snowstorm.
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Original air date: April 17, 2025