Good morning, Fort Collins.

The inaugural NoCo Collector Con held Labor Day weekend at The Drake Centre brought families, couples, and friends together to enjoy trading card games and local artwork.

Event coordinator Maddy Fritzel plans to expand future events (targeting January and May) to further unite collectors in the community.

On Aug. 31, El Centro and the Black/African American Cultural Center celebrated 50 years with the 'Echoes of Home' tour at Museo de las Tres Colonias.

The event highlighted the intertwined histories of Black and Latine communities — featuring panel discussions that shared accounts of segregation and cultural resilience.

CSU associate professor Emily Hardegree-Ullman teaches 9 a.m. astronomy lectures and leads public stargazing nights at Madison-Macdonald Observatory for students and community members.

In November, she will host a telescope event at Old Town Public Library (celebrating the Voyager missions).

On Sept. 2, the ASCSU Senate at CSU held its fourth meeting, ratifying returning BSOF members, electing new caucus chairs, and hearing senator Trowbridge allege CSU ignored its legislation by planning visits from Woodward and Northrop Grumman — the Senate will reconvene Sept.

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CSU off-campus students face rising gas prices and expensive parking as Transfort adjusted bus routes effective Aug.

17 to improve campus transit. Many are opting for fare-free buses, biking, and walking as they shift toward more affordable, sustainable travel across Fort Collins.

CSU made campus dining changes this semester by closing Braiden Dining Hall due to low usage and removing Grubhub robots after Starship shifted focus to grocery delivery — a new all-day mini market will open in Braiden this fall while staff are reassigned to expand service at Ram’s Horn.

Fort Collins Science Center released KWICer, an open-source program that helps public land managers create annotated bibliographies by summarizing scientific literature quickly.

The tool was published March 3 (using KWIC analysis to reduce research noise) and is now available for public use on local public lands.