Colorado Matters

There’s a cafe on East Colfax in Denver with an unusual approach to combating hunger, and it’s new leader plans on growing the model. Then, the story of Bobo’s bars. An FCC crackdown brings a curtain of silence down on Colorado pirate radio stations. And Boulder’s Tom Wasinger turns from producing others’ records to recording one of his own.

Rep. Faith Winter reflects on attitudes about sexual harassment at the Colorado Capitol, and what may come next. Then, Dr. Larry Wolk, the head of Colorado’s public health department and E.R. Dr. Emmy Betz talk about gun violence research. Joshua Dunn, a conservative professor at CU’s Colorado Springs campus, talks about the experience of like-minded academics. And, the 10-year-old Epic Pass has a new rival. What does that mean for skiers?

A Colorado group wants courts to intervene, at the request of family members or friends, to keep violent people from getting guns. And, the 2013 legislature’s gun control laws still cast a political shadow. Then, Chipotle hopes its new CEO sparks a turnaround. Plus, a Mongolian immigrant’s struggles surface in her art. Also, a chat with winning Colorado Olympians.

State Rep. Patrick Neville survived the Columbine shooting. He makes the case for expanded gun access and training for teachers and staff in schools. Then, after CSU ousted Larry Eustachy, we ask: What’s the price for a winning team? Also, should Colorado cyclists be allowed to roll through red lights? And, we get a tour of the re-opened Kirkland Museum.

Rob Kelley was a safety for the Saints. Emily Kelley, his wife, the unexpected turn her family’s life has taken. Then, genetic coding, isotopes and Bitcoin-like databases may be used to keep tabs on the origins of marijuana plants. Your Pomeranian is descended from wolves. And, how did the crazy Front Range housing market get this way?

The school shooting in Florida last week in which 17 people died broke Avery Griggs’ heart, because she lived through the Arapahoe High School shooting. Then, getting the word out to non-citizens about deportation dangers around working in the weed business. What it takes to resurrect and redevelop relics from Colorado’s sugar beet gold rush days. And we get a sneak peak inside Google’s new Boulder campus.

Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, talks about what’s next for the outdoor industry. Forget the Gold Rush, what about the White Gold Rush in the late 1800s? Also, Thousands of immigrants detained in Aurora move forward with claims they were forced to work for little or no money. And Lois Fink of Fort Collins lost her colon to Chron’s disease. She writes about her new life in “Courage Takes Guts.”

Troy Riggs, Denver’s new director of public safety, talks about issues including police shootings, and abuse cases that have occurred in the Denver Jail. Then, Greeley reporter Mike Peters tells Colorado Matters there’s one story that’s haunted him for the past 40 years: The murder of a 7-Eleven clerk that’s only recently been solved.