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Loveland leaders have called for an emergency council meeting Thursday following the closure of the South Railroad Facility. There’s been community pushback on the city’s decision to shut it down.

Fort Collins Rescue Mission is starting work on a Homeless Resolution Center that will have 250 shelter beds and daytime services. It will take about a year to complete. Meanwhile, other overnight shelter options in Northern Colorado are dwindling.

Across Colorado - and the country - fewer people are going to church. Many houses of worship have underutilized buildings and land, and some are exploring ways to repurpose their properties for community good. But these decisions can turn controversial, which is what happened recently with a church in Loveland.

The annual Point in Time count included volunteers in 54 rural and mountain counties who counted people living outside and in shelters. They expect to see higher numbers due to the cold.

Temperatures are expected to drop below zero degrees this weekend. Many cities are offering aid to those in need.

Fort Collins City Council voted unanimously to deny an appeal against the new Rescue Mission development. The facility will provide 250 beds for individuals experiencing homelessness.

A day services center for those experiencing homelessness is set to open in Boulder as soon as next month. The center will operate out of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. It’s been a priority for the Boulder City Council to establish a space where Boulder’s unhoused population can get access to resources during the day. Boulder Reporting Lab reporter John Herrick joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.

Nearly half of all college students nationwide said they struggle to pay utilities or rent while also managing medical, grocery and transportation bills. Thousands of college students succumb to these challenges every semester.

The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about the migrants arriving in their cities. The Democratic leader want to discuss getting federal help in managing the surge of migrants they say are arriving with little to no coordination, support or resources from the president's administration.

The order highlights the legal implications of ticketing people for sleeping outside when they may have nowhere else to go.