Colorado State University recently announced the decision to increase tuition prices, make budget cuts, and introduce layoffs. Georgios Athanasiou covers the full extent of the changes made by CSU in campus news to begin today’s show (1:23). After learn more about research at CSU on dog dementia and how it could help humans (4:16). Local news with Tyler Weatherwax begins with updates to road closures happening this week in Fort Collins (6:00). Before the break, over 100 veterans were sent to the capitol to tour the monuments made in their honor. The veterans left from Northern Colorado Regional Airport through donations from the community (6:38).

Returning from a short break, Athanasiou covers events happening at Fort Collins this week (8:55). National covers an executive order signed by President Trump to accelerate FDA reviews of psychedelic drugs (11:17). Then learn about the legal battle between the state of Colorado and a Catholic school over a disagreement over funding and religious rights (12:03).

Join KCSU Sports Directors Adam Gross and Devin Imsirpassic with CSU sports, including CSU track and field’s weekend, the end of CSU spring football, and the end of CSU volleyball’s spring season (14:38). Finally, to wrap up the show, Fort Collins is expected to see winds over the next week as well as fire warnings in the area. Weatherwax delivers the weather report with more details (18:43).

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: April 21, 2026