Larimer County health officials expressed concern about rising levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations as flu season approaches.
According to an Oct. 9 press release from the Larimer County Department...
Residents of the City of Fort Collins were encouraged to shut off their outdoor irrigation systems by Oct. 1 through the 2021 Shift Your Water Challenge.
This initiative, according to a press release...
In an Oct. 8 press release, Transfort announced there would be further service reductions, this time on the MAX Bus Rapid Transit Service. The MAX, which serves midtown, the Colorado State University...
On Oct. 5, the Fort Collins City Council held a meeting that addressed at least five major items including the 2022 recommended budget, which included a public hearing and a one-time payment for City...
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Hundreds went out to Library Park off Mathews Street for a revived Women's March protest on Saturday, Oct. 2.
The 11 a.m. protest...
The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment is now offering a COVID-19 booster shot for eligible residents, according to a Sept. 29 press release. The booster shot, which is...
On Sept. 28, the Fort Collins City Council held the second work session to discuss the 2022 recommended budget. Mayor Jeni Arndt was not present for the work session, with Kelly Ohlson from district...
The intensive care units in Larimer County are at full capacity as we move toward flu season and the COVID-19 delta variant continues to thrive among the unvaccinated.
In the last three weeks, ICUs...
On Sept. 21, the Fort Collins City Council discussed the 1041 Regulations Project and the involuntary designation of a historical landmark in the City, among other topics. Councilmember Julie Pignataro...
Fort Collins residents are no strangers to waking up with scratchy throats from poor air quality. Fort Collins was recently ranked the 17th-worst city in terms of high ozone days, according to a new report from the American Lung Association, bypassing its 2020 placement of 19th-worst.
“The primary sources contributing to ground-level ozone pollution are oil and gas and transportation,” Lea Schneider, Larimer County environmental health planner, wrote in an email to The Collegian.
Jeffrey Pierce, a professor at Colorado State University's department of atmospheric science, explained that nitrogen oxide from car pollution mixes with volatile organic compounds leaked from the oil and gas industry in Colorado on hot days, creating the ozone we experience in Fort Collins.
On Sept. 18, the Hughes Land Back initiative held a gathering and press conference to address the deconstruction of a sweat lodge that was used by Native American people.
“Our fires...
Fort Collins City Council met Sept. 14 to conduct a work session that discussed the proposed 2022 City budget.
Tuesday’s meeting was the first of three planned work sessions to discuss the budget,...
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