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

Feds probe Pagosa Springs resort

Owners deny father is laundering drug money through hot springs

Feds probe Pagosa Springs resort in drug money case

Owners deny father is laundering drug money through hot springs

Feds probe Pagosa Springs resort in drug money case

Owners deny father is laundering drug money through hot springs

2014 good for Four Corners in Legislature

DENVER – Southwest Colorado’s lawmakers agree the 2014 legislative session was a good one for the region. It’s a different story from last year, when Republicans left the state Ca...

Senate kills remaining wildfire prevention bill

DENVER – Senators killed the only remaining wildfire prevention bill of the year Friday afternoon, when the sponsor gave up on finding enough votes to pass it. House Bill 1009 wou...

Rules on uranium processing pass House

Coram says they’ll destroy towns

Oprah? Christmas? No, it’s state Legislature

Lawmakers feeling generous with tax credits

Roberts’ ski water bill dies

DENVER – The ski season is over, and so is the Legislature’s latest effort to keep the U.S. Forest Service from claiming ski resorts’ water rights. Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, ...

County salary plan fails in Senate

DENVER – County elected officials will not be getting a raise anytime soon. Senators killed a bill to ask voters to let county commissioners set salaries for themselves and other ...

Senate kills ballot petition plans

DENVER – Western Slope legislators’ latest plans to make it harder to amend the state constitution met a familiar fate Wednesday. Legislators, especially those in Western Colorado...

Bills promise faster Internet speeds

Three bills go to Hickenlooper

Legislators want to give up power over salaries for county officials

DENVER – Fed up with the politically unpalatable task of setting county salaries, state legislators took steps Wednesday to turn the task over to county leaders. Legislators want ...