Joe Hanel

Position: Herald Denver Bureau

Parents who skip vaccines targeted

DENVER - Parents who don't want to vaccinate their children should have to sit through an education session first, a state task force recommended Tuesday. Colorado has more kids who skipped their...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Colorado seeks money from illegal gold mine

DENVER – The state spent more than $49,000 to stabilize mercury-tainted material at an illegal gold mill in Mancos. Now the state mining board wants Red Arrow Gold Corp. to repay the money, and it...

DATE: Nov. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can U.S. Forest Service shift fire focus?

For years, Davey Pitcher pushed federal foresters for permission to protect trees just outside of his family’s Wolf Creek Ski Area from the invasion of the spruce beetle. Even though local...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Udall: Water conservation makes business sense

DENVER – Sen. Mark Udall laid out a pro-business case for conservation of the Colorado River on Friday, Oct. 18, and he also threw cold water on the idea of building new large dams on the Western...

DATE: Oct. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jump in natural gas production bypasses San Juan Basin fields

DENVER — The Four Corners, which sat at the center of previous energy booms, is largely being left out of the action as a revolution in shale gas drilling ripples across the world. Christof Rühl,...

DATE: Aug. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Report: Medical use exposes kids to pot

DENVER – More Colorado kids have ended up in the hospital after accidentally consuming marijuana since 2009, when medical marijuana became widely available, according to a study published Monday in...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dems vote to expand rural renewable-energy mandate

DENVER - Top Democrats in the Legislature moved Monday to expand renewable-energy mandates in rural Colorado, which has more lenient requirements than urban areas.Senate Bill 252's biggest effect...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Civil unions signed into law

DENVER - Gays, lesbians and their allies celebrated a long-sought victory Thursday when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the civil-unions act, giving same-sex couples most of the rights of...

DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Some legislators carry concealed arms

DENVER - When state representatives debate gun-control bills in the House today, some of them will come armed with more than a quick wit and a law degree.They'll be packing heat.For years, the...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Some legislators carry concealed arms in Capitol

DENVER - When state representatives debate gun-control bills in the House today, some of them will come armed with more than a quick wit and a law degree.They'll be packing heat.For years, the...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Party-line vote blocks audit of Gessler

DENVER - Legislators deadlocked along party lines Tuesday on whether to audit Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who is accused of misusing his office's funds.Gessler already faces a criminal...

DATE: Jan. 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Torrent of water bills in the Legislature

DENVER - The drought might be drying up streams across Colorado, but it has unleashed a torrent of legislation at the state Capitol.Legislators are considering changes to Colorado water law that...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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