Colorado Court of Appeals hears at CSU, Fort Collins fire restrictions, Western States concerned with Colorado snowpack

March 26, 2026·23 min·2 clips

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Co-hosts Tyler Weatherwax and Giorgio Sothanasiou introduce the March 26th broadcast. Campus news opens with the Colorado Court of Appeals' visit to CSU on March 10th as part of the Courts in the Community program during the university's Democracy Summit. Judges Chief Judge Gilbert Roman and Judge Craig Welling are CSU alumni. The court heard two cases: SMB Advertising Inc. v. City of Boulder, a civil case challenging whether cities can charge news outlets fees for public records requests, and People v. Albat, a criminal appeal arguing ineffective assistance of counsel for not pursuing a voluntary intoxication defense for a client convicted of first-degree murder. A second campus story covers a study by CSU professors Chetal Jathar and Christian Laronge, conducted with CU Boulder and funded by NOAA, finding that modern building materials like plastics emit up to 10 times more carbon dioxide and toxic volatile organic compounds than wood alone during wildland-urban interface fires. Local news includes the opening of The Hive, a new family justice center in Fort Collins at 421 Parker Street providing counseling, victim advocacy, and housing resources for domestic violence survivors. A semi-truck crash in Owl Canyon on Larimer County Road 72 killed the driver and raised concerns about an oil spill, prompting closure of nearby roads. The Fort Collins fire restriction segment provides specific details on what is prohibited and what exceptions apply. The events segment covers CSU's fourth annual International 5K Color Run in partnership with the Indian Students Association and a rock concert by Bad Sons at Aggie Theater. National news covers Pentagon plans to deploy 82nd Airborne troops to reinforce U.S. presence in the Middle East, where more than 9,000 aircraft combat flights have occurred, alongside a proposed 15-point peace deal with Iran. The snowpack story covers record-low conditions in Colorado and Utah, the significance of April 1st as peak snowpack date, potential legal conflict among Colorado River basin states, and Denver's Stage 1 water restrictions. Sports covers CSU softball hosting Boise State and the NCAA hockey tournament beginning, with the Blue Arena in Loveland hosting two regional games. The weather forecast shows temperatures reaching near 80 degrees by the weekend after cooler early-week conditions.

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