Join KCSU news for the first Rocky Mountain Review of the school year at Colorado State University. KCSU news has a new voice on air with Georgios Athanasiou joining the team as assistant news director. Also joining the news team behind the board is Seth Cumley, taking over as news producer for the Rocky Mountain Review. Athanasiou begins campus news by taking a look at the possible budget cuts to the Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) and how they could impact the CSU branch of the organization. To follow up on CSU news, the university received a record-breaking number of new students this year, with 5,400 new students.
After campus news, KCSU News Director Tyler Weatherwax covers local news with the events of a kitchen fire at the local Fort Collins Rescue Mission, leaving 82 people without shelter. Following in local news are efforts by Fort Collins Police Services, who are searching for a missing 13-year-old girl named Mia. To wrap up local news, a driver in the Fort Collins area is facing charges from Colorado State Patrol following dangerous speeds and driving in the wrong direction on Interstate 25.
Life and events with Athanasiou highlights live music coming up in the Fort Collins area, such as the video game-themed rock band, Bit Brigade, and the CSU Virtuoso Series concert at the Center for the Arts Building. Weatherwax brings national news with updates on the death of a man at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. National news out of Eastern Colorado included the collision of two planes, causing the death of one person. Finally, in national news, President Donald Trump and his administration announced today the official movement of the U.S. Space Command Center from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama.
KCSU’s newest sports director, Adam Gross, delivers the CSU sports report now that sports are officially back in session. Gross covers several CSU games, including CSU volleyball’s season opener at home, Rams football and their loss in Washington, and volleyball’s first road game of the season, going to the University of Northern Colorado tonight to compete. Finally, to wrap up the Rocky Mountain Review, get your Fort Collins weather report 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.
Original air date: September 2, 2025