ASCSU visits Colorado State Capitol, Weld County overtakes Larimer County in population, President Trump warns Iran to strike deal

April 7, 2026·28 min·2 clips

President Trump warns Iran that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if they fail to meet his 8 p.m. deadline.

The broadcast starts with the basics. Tyler Weatherwax and George Osothanisiu name the Rocky Mountain Review, give its Tuesday and Thursday airtime, and say it serves Colorado State University students and northern Colorado residents with factual news. Campus news comes first in the rundown. The opening tees up George Osothanisiu's report on ASCSU's visit to the Capitol, local coverage of passenger rail coming to Fort Collins, and events around town. National news comes later, followed by CSU sports and Fort Collins weather. That national segment is the clearest full story in the excerpt. It begins with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visiting northern Colorado to look at water problems and wildfire concerns in person. Republican U.S. Secretary Gabe Evans appears with Burgum at the Signature Bluffs Trail in Greeley. The trail is treated as a place residents care about, but also as an example of work still left to do in Colorado. The report keeps the goals practical: more vegetation and better water quality. It also keeps attribution clear, closing the story with credit to CBS News Colorado, which fits the program's formal news style. A space update follows. Artemis II is described as having close Colorado ties and as carrying humans farther from Earth than any mission before it. The numbers do most of the work. Apollo 13's earlier distance of roughly 248,000 miles is compared with Artemis II reaching 252,756 miles. The report then notes that the crew captured images of the far side of the moon and completed a flyby within 4,070 miles of the lunar surface. NASA's timeline closes the piece: return humans to the moon by 2028 and begin lunar base construction within the next ten years. The episode ends in house style, thanking listeners, naming Damian Castiel for the theme music, crediting KCSU and Rocky Mountain Student Media staff, and sending listeners to the RMR Podcast on KCSU's site and podcast platforms.

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