Colorado Matters

Why is DIA so far from the city center? As the train to Denver’s airport starts, we get answers from former Denver Mayor and U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Peña. Then, a Grand Junction film crew traveled to Nepal to learn if widespread charges that the Nepalese government is failing to get aid to victims are true. Plus, meet the CU Denver grad who’s responsible for how Game of Thrones sounds. And, a common scene inspires two teen boys to invent a drip-less ice cream cone.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock realizes a dream with launch of the airport train but faces issues including community-police relations and homelessness. Plus, hip hop group the Flobots includes community voices in its new album “NOENEMIES.” And, Mona Awad’s debut novel “13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl,” explores women’s weight issues. Then, citizens write sassy signs to discourage distracted driving.

Responding to the controversy over presidential delegate selection, Gov. John Hickenlooper calls state-administered primaries a “worthy expense.” Then, Columbine survivor Austin Eubanks overcame an opioid addiction and now works with other recovering addicts. Then, it will take two years and $125 million to rebuild Glenwood Springs’ Grand Avenue Bridge, but traffic is a more immediate concern.

Website ByaTeacher.com matches teachers seeking second jobs with employers who need help. Then, residents of Denver’s Westwood neighborhood are part of a national movement to improve outdoor amenities such as parks and paths to encourage people to get outside. And, sci-fi thriller “Water Knife,” by Colorado author Paolo Bacigalupi, takes readers to a water-starved West.

When people in Strasburg, Colorado began to debate whether their high school mascot’s name, the Indians, was offensive, they brought in the Northern Arapaho tribe to help decide. Then, Colombia’s former drug czar wonders whether Colorado pot legalization is an example for his country. And, Denver band DeVotchKa reimagines “Sweeney Todd.”

Electric cars are more attainable thanks to tax breaks in Denver, Boulder and Adams counties, raising questions for taxpayers who pay the bills. Then, as its its 150th anniversary nears, the Denver Press Club faces the challenges of the digital age. A collaboration between Wonderbound and Curious Theatre transports audiences back to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. And, the inspiration for a new musical composition came from the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, Colo.

The train to Denver International Airport starts next week, but a long-waited train to Boulder and Longmont, called the B Line, is years from completion. Then, band Leader Glenn Miller and songstress Lannie Garrett are among this year’s inductees to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. And, blocks called Cubelets are self-contained robots designed to teach kids creativity.

Former Denver Post Editor Greg Moore led The Denver Post at a tough time of circulation declines and employee layoffs — but his tenure also included four Pulitzer Prizes. Then, two Fort Collins filmmakers followed Syrian refugees for the documentary “ALWADI: A Journey of Hope.” And, diabetic kids went skiing to test out a new “artificial pancreas” that delivers insulin.