For a fifth year in a row, Colorado State University has earned a platinum rating for sustainability. The award comes from the Association of Sustainability in Higher Education (1:19). Georgios Athanasiou continues campus coverage with researchers at CSU using cow burps to measure methane (3:22). Local news with Tyler Weatherwax covers a new hotline in Northern Colorado to help people report hate crimes (5:15). Local coverage takes a look at the charges a motorcyclist faces following a fatal crash involving a cyclist (6:22) and a newly opened addiction treatment center (7:17).
Athanasiou showcases the upcoming events this weekend in Fort Collins with a Grateful Dead tribute band (9:41), a grand opening of a new church (9:54), and a virtuoso series at the university (10:15). National news with Weatherwax continues the Rocky Mountain Review’s coverage of the winter weather impacting the southern United States (12:18). Colorado’s population growth sees a drop in growth after years of continued growth (13:45).
Sports coverage with Athanasiou reviews both men’s and women’s losses to San Diego State in basketball and their upcoming games (16:12). To wrap up the show, Weatherwax breaks down the all-time low in snowpack in the state. Then get a look at the Fort Collins weather report for this weekend (18:53).
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Original air date: January 29, 2026