Author: Tom Hellauer
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Was the cheeseburger invented in Denver?
Innocuous as it stands — just a 3-foot tall granite marker commemorating the invention of the cheeseburger in 1935 near the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Zuni Street — the structure carries controversy. The monument now rests near a Key Bank, but it’s the former site of the Humpty Dumpty Barrel — considered to be…
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East High School students rally at Capitol for second straight day to press for gun bills’ passage
Two days after 17-year-old student Austin Lyle shot and wounded two staffers at East High School in Denver, hundreds of students protested at the Colorado state Capitol Building.
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Colorado’s Eisenhower Tunnel now 50-years-old
More than 434 million passengers have gone through the tunnel connecting east and west Colorado
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Colorado scientists may have solved Chaco Canyon puzzle by putting their heads together — literally
In a new project, Rodger Kram and James Wilson used devices called tumplines to carry a log weighing more than 130 pounds for 15 miles. Their feat of endurance could reveal new information about how ancient peoples hauled more than 200,000 heavy timbers to a site in the modern-day Southwest called Chaco Canyon. Learn more:…
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Holy cow! A farm bill about farming
House Republicans scored a major victory for transparent government when they passed a farm-only farm bill. For several decades, the farm bill reauthorization was coupled with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. By separating food stamp spending out from agricultural subsidies, House members took a big step toward reversing the growing…