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Banner Health will build a $59 million, 80,000-sqft Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center at 7333 Westgate Drive in Windsor, with construction set for late 2026 and an opening planned for late 2028 offering infusion, radiation, advanced imaging, specialty pharmacy, and labs.

From a first-grade photo to the Oval podium, Amy Parsons now serves as Colorado State University's 16th president and led campus commencement in May and the Fall Address on Sept.

23.

On Oct. 28, CSU President Amy Parsons announced she will step down effective Dec.

31 after serving since 2023. Chancellor Tony Frank named Rick Miranda interim president starting Jan. 1, 2027, and said Rico Munn will lead the search for CSU’s 17th president beginning in spring 2027.

Colorado State will play Utah State at 1:30 p.m. on Oct.

31 at Maverik Stadium after a 56-49 win over San Diego State in which QB Hauss Hejny returned and threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns, while CSU's defense, which has allowed many points, seeks its first road win.

Colorado State University researchers are testing drought resistant saffron at CSU Spur, Foothills Campus, and Chatfield Farms and have supplied bulbs to Paonia, Pueblo, and Montrose growers; the $80,000 state grant will fund studies of yields, irrigation, and growing saffron under solar panels.

Poudre School District's proposal to close nine schools would move center-based programs (autism, ILS, affective needs) from Johnson, Putnam, and Blevins to McGraw, Tavelli, and Lincoln, and parents told the school board the relocations could disrupt students' routines and learning during implementation.

CSU English Department will host the Writers Harvest at 7 p.m. Nov.

5 in the Never No Summer Ballroom of the Lory Student Center to mark the MFA program's 40th anniversary and collect nonperishable food donations (donors enter a ticketed giveaway; event is free).

The Poudre School District Board of Education is expected to vote on a recommendation to close and consolidate schools at an upcoming board meeting, a decision that could change where students attend next year.