Award-winning and acclaimed photojournalist Leah Millis is making her way to Colorado State University to speak with students (1:28). Then, for the remainder of campus news with Georgios Athanasiou, learn about an increase in whooping cough cases here on campus at CSU this semester (3:38). Local news with Tyler Weatherwax covers the official Weld County Coroner’s reports on the deaths of six people at a dairy in Weld County over the summer (5:54). Here in Fort Collins, as Northern Coloradoans struggle with changes to food benefits, one butcher shop is stepping up to help the community. Friendly Nick’s Butcher has given away an estimated $10,000 so far in free meat and has received double that in donations from others (6:56).
Life and events with Athanasiou bring event coverage for this week in Fort Collins, including two concerts set to be performed at CSU (9:30). Two funeral home owners in Colorado have been denied a plea deal by a federal judge. Within the funerahome, 191 bug invested bodies were found, and families say that the plea deal is not acceptable (12:50). To wrap up national news, the Trump administration has announced changes to food benefits across the nation after two federal judges blocked a complete cut-off to the budget (14:05).
In CSU sports, KCSU Sports Director Adam Gross takes a look at CSU’s start to the university’s basketball season (16:02), plus special guest Gideon Aigner gives a breakdown of what is happening in the world of Colorado high school sports (18:50). To wrap up the show today, get the Fort Collins weather report for this week with Weatherwax (21:27).
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Original air date: November 4, 2025