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

Wolf Creek decision delayed

Forest Service officials are delaying a decision on a land swap for the Village at Wolf Creek. Dan Dallas, supervisor of Rio Grande National Forest, said he needs to see additiona...

Colorado’s childhood poverty rate climbing

Increase is highest of all but two states

Senator sets sights on firefighting planes

CENTENNIAL – Wayne Coulson’s C-130 used to fly with Air Force One, dragging a communication cable through the ocean so the president could to nuclear submarines. On Wednesday, it ...

Is this the year for rural Internet?

Coram says jobs are at stake

Childhood poverty rate rises

DENVER - More Colorado kids are living in poverty today than in the worst years of the recession. That's the finding of the annual Kids Count report, which revealed Monday that 22...

Ideas abound for cash at Capitol

DENVER – You can patch a lot of potholes for $75 million. Or send thousands of kids to college on scholarships. Or give out some nice tax credits for parents with child care expen...

Obscure law might force pot tax refunds

DENVER – Voters in November decided to levy hefty taxes on Colorado’s new marijuana industry when they passed Proposition AA. Now, the state might have to give all the money back....

Lawn-watering bill morphs into a study

DENVER – A water-efficiency bill from Southwest Colorado lawmakers narrowly survived Wednesday, providing a hint of the debate Coloradans will have this year about how they should use their ...

Bill increasing school funds advances at state Capitol

DENVER - A public school funding bill advanced at the Capitol on Wednesday, even though school districts are still clamoring for more money than legislators are willing to provide. ...

Bill increasing school funds advances at state Capitol

DENVER – A public school funding bill advanced at the Capitol on Wednesday, even though school districts are still clamoring for more money than legislators are willing to provide. ...

Legislators turn back effort to raise state smoking age

DENVER – Legislators failed Wednesday to raise Colorado’s smoking age to 21. Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, provided the decisive vote when he joined six Republicans o...

Tipton's ski-water bill OK'd by House

Bipartisan support largely collapses amid White House's veto threat