Joe Hanel
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (303), 839-1765

State gets shorted on royalties

Nickels and dimes add up to a $1.5M loss for year

Governor throws cold water on air corps

Cost is prohibitive,<br/>Hickenlooper says

Deadly Ouray mine hit with 97 violations

Federal mine inspectors have written up 97 violations for the Ouray County mine where two miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning last month. Inspectors for the Mine Safety and H...

FLC makes headway in effort to fund Natives’ tuition

DENVER – Fort Lewis College is making headway in Congress in its attempt to get federal funding for Native American students, President Dene Kay Thomas told state legislators Thursday. ...

Broadband for Mancos set for January

DENVER – Broadband connections to Mancos and Dove Creek will be ready by January, and a line from Durango to Silverton will be built by next September, an executive with Eagle-Net, said Mond...

Pot cops preview tracking system

DENVER – Colorado’s marijuana police will carry guns like no other in law enforcement. They look like oversize versions of the handheld scanners at the Home Depot checkout. Pullin...

Colo. job growth is expected in 2014

State expansion ranked in top 5 in U.S.

Parents who skip vaccines targeted

State task force recommends remedial education if kids aren't vaccinated

State job growth expected in 2014

Colorado growth ranked in top 5

Mancos broadband scheduled to be set by Jan.

DENVER - Broadband connections to Mancos and Dove Creek will be ready by January, and a line from Durango to Silverton will be built by next September, an executive with Eagle-Net, said Mond...

State job growth expected to be strong in 2014

DENVER – Colorado will be among the top five states for job growth next year, economists from the University of Colorado predicted Monday. And unlike the first tentative years of ...

House passes Tipton’s energy bill

Rep. Scott Tipton celebrated the passage of his Planning for American Energy Act through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill requires the secretary of the Int...