As the state of Colorado faces a lack of nurses, Colorado State University is taking on the shortage. CSU Fort Collins and CSU Pueblo announced their new joint bachelor’s and master’s nursing degree programs (1:15). Georgios Athanasiou brings more campus news on the Little Shop of Physics visit to CSU. The program attracted more than 8,000 attendees, with over 300 hands-on workshops (2:52). Tonight on campus is the Associated Students of CSU election debate with CTV Channel 11, live on YouTube (5:26).

Local news with Tyler Weatherwax covers the firing of a Northern Colorado police officer after he faces multiple criminal charges (5:55). Then, learn more about a car crash in Weld County killing two people (7:18). Finally, Fort Collins Police Services is teaming up with the City of Fort Collins Transfort bus system to make passengers more comfortable (8:05).

Events this week in Fort Collins include a guest artist performance at CSU (10:38), Fort Collins’ art walk (11:21), and Old Town Library’s seed swap (11:39). In national news, with Weatherwax, six U.S. soldiers have been killed in the conflict with Iran (13:43). Then the Clintons gave their deposition on Jeffrey Epstein on Monday (15:10). Finally, learn more about what Gov. Jared Polis said about his consideration of pardoning former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters. Peters is currently serving a prison sentence for election fraud (17:03).

Sports with Athanasiou breaks down the CSU Men’s and Women’s end to their regular season and their upcoming postseason matchups (19:36). Then, learn more about the death of the University of Colorado Boulder quarterback Dominiq Ponder (21:25). Finally, to wrap up the show, Fort Collins has a high chance for snow at the end of the week. Friday could see an inch of snow on the ground, hear the full weekend weather report with Weatherwax (23:28).