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In Colorado Springs, Journey of Hope riders bike in paceline formation, in order to conserve energy and travel faster by riding in the draft of the riders in front. (Photo courtesy of Sean Szymczak)

CSU Pi Kappa Phi members bike across country in support of those with disabilities

Samantha Ye July 22, 2018

Biking 4,370 miles across the country may take an entire summer, but when it’s to help those with disabilities, fraternity brothers of Colorado State University and dozens of other college men are...

College of Business completes first Global Business Academy

College of Business completes first Global Business Academy

Samantha Ye July 22, 2018

Any summer school featuring whitewater rafting, baseball games and advanced high-tech business simulations is a unique learning opportunity indeed--at least that’s what the organizers of the first Global...

Joy Organics celebrates grand opening of THC-free cannabis medicine store

Joy Organics celebrates grand opening of THC-free cannabis medicine store

Erik Petrovich July 22, 2018
Joy Organics, a new cannabis medicine and hemp product store in Old Town, celebrated its grand opening July 21 with live music, CBD sampling, and catering by Jay's Bistro. Rather than sell cannabis to just get high, the new store instead offers THC-free cannabis-based medicine and hemp goods.
(Photo Credit: Flickr)

Man found deceased after falling out of apartment window

Austin Fleskes July 22, 2018

A man was found deceased after appearing to have fallen from a window of the State apartment complex, according to Fort Collins Police Services.  FCP dispatchers located the male resident when sent to...

Community members gathered and spoke in front of city council to support a proposed pilot project that would potentially supply lockers for the homeless to use. Many in support of the project wore stickers that said, "Lockers? Yes!" (Photo by Olive Ancell | Collegian)

Fort Collins approves homeless locker program without operating restrictions

Samantha Ye July 20, 2018

Over a year after the idea’s initial conceptualization, the Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship has the go-ahead to begin a self-funded 24/7 locker program for homeless individuals. The City Planning...

The homeless lockers are located outside Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship on E Oak St. (Natalie Dyer | Collegian)

ACLU claims Fort Collins violated rights of church trying to start locker program for homeless

Samantha Ye July 19, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union has now joined the controversial battle about installing lockers for the homeless population outside a local church. In a letter sent to Fort Collins City Attorney...

Confront Corruption vigil speakers discuss democracy, Trump administration

Confront Corruption vigil speakers discuss democracy, Trump administration

Matthew Bailey July 19, 2018

Dozens of people gathered at the Old Town Square Plaza on July 18 to attend the "Confront Corruption, Demand Democracy" vigil, in which several speakers voiced their concerns on issues pertaining to the...

Trump administration's affirmative action rollback will not affect CSU

Trump administration’s affirmative action rollback will not affect CSU

Emma Iannacone July 18, 2018

Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rescinded the Obama-era guidance documents on the issue of race in college and university admissions. However,...

Larimer County Coroner releases identity of cyclist killed in US 287 collision

Larimer County Coroner releases identity of cyclist killed in US 287 collision

Natalia Sperry July 18, 2018

The Larimer County Coroner's Office has identified a bicyclist killed in a collision that closed U.S. Highway 287 for five hours on June 30 as Gene D. Vickers. The Coroner's Office determined the manner...

Mosquito transmitting a vector-borne disease.

Fort Collins mosquitos test positive for West Nile virus

Ravyn Cullor July 17, 2018

Mosquitos caught in Fort Collins, Weld County and Berthoud have tested positive for the West Nile virus (WNV), according to a news release from the City of Fort Collins. According to the release, a variety...

Gas line break prompts evacuations, road closures in Fort Collins

Gas line break prompts evacuations, road closures in Fort Collins

Ravyn Cullor July 16, 2018

Evacuations started in Fort Collins at the intersection of College Avenue and Horsetooth Road after a construction vehicle struck an 8-inch gas line around 12:32 p.m. Horsetooth road between...

The Blue Mountains (Photo Courtesy Michelle Buser)

Search continues for CSU student missing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Meagan Stackpool July 15, 2018

Hiker Brian Perri has been declared missing in the Mount Meeker area of Rocky Mountain National Park, according to a release from Rocky Mountain National Park Public Affairs officer Kyle Patterson.  Perri...

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