Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Wildfire panel looks at emergency radio system

DENVER – Although it’s water, not fire, that’s plaguing Colorado at the moment, state legislators are determined to come up with better ways to address the growing threat of wildfires. As they do,...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eagle-Net plans mixed for Four Corners Durango to Silverton broadband line OK’d; Bayfield to Pagosa isn’t

DENVER – Construction of a broadband network between Durango and Silverton will happen next year, executives of a group that has a federal grant to build the line told legislators Wednesday. But...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Economists forecast slow improvement in state

DENVER - Although thousands of Coloradans remain worse off than before the recession began in 2008, a slow recovery is starting to gain momentum, state economists said last week. Colorado is doing...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Roberts: Radio system an issue Firefighters sometimes need 2 or 3 communicators

DENVER - Although it's water, not fire, that's plaguing Colorado at the moment, state legislators are determined to come up with better ways to address the growing threat of wildfires. As they do,...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Economists forecast slow improvement in Colorado

DENVER – Although thousands of Coloradans remain worse off than before the recession began in 2008, a slow recovery is starting to gain momentum, state economists said Friday. Colorado is doing...

DATE: Sept. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State to help pay for flood recovery

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper wants the state treasury to pay half of the local share for recovery costs from last week’s Front Range floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency usually pays...

DATE: Sept. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado will pay for Front Range floods

CENTENNIAL – Monetary damage estimates from massive floods on the Front Range will not be available for at least two weeks, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Monday, Sept. 16. Even as search-and-rescue...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife agency needs to cut $10M

The fading popularity of hunting and fishing is catching up to Colorado’s wildlife agency, which needs to cut about $10 million out of its budget next year. Colorado Parks and Wildlife...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shoults sentenced to 21 months

DENVER – A personal bank statement left on his desk after a layoff provided the first clue that unraveled a three-year scheme by a Cortez bookkeeper to defraud his employer. The resolution to the...

DATE: Sept. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate panel looks at state’s pot laws

U.S. Justice Department leaders doubted that a lawsuit to overturn marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state would succeed, so they felt they had little choice but to accept the laws,...

DATE: Sept. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Recalls generate calls for reform

DENVER – In the wake of historic recalls of two Colorado state senators, partisans and analysts from coast to coast busied themselves Wednesday with predictions on what the election means. Spin...

DATE: Sept. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State launches disaster-preparedness effort

DENVER – Colorado leaders want their citizens to be prepared. Prepared for what? Well, maybe for a pandemic. Or an earthquake. Or a blizzard. Or other nasty stuff. Terrorism. A cyber attack....

DATE: Sept. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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