Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Kinder Morgan hit with $220,000 fines for violations ‘Pattern of rulebreaking’ drew attention

DENVER – Kinder Morgan will pay up to $220,000 in fines for a pattern of environmental violations at carbon dioxide wells it drilled last year between Cortez and Dove Creek. The problems ranged...

DATE: June 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ken Salazar to open Denver office for national law firm

DENVER – Ken Salazar, the San Luis Valley native who stepped down as secretary of the Interior in April, is returning to private law practice and opening a Denver office for a national law firm,...

DATE: June 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Governor signs renewable-energy mandate

DENVER – Rural utilities will need to double their renewable energy usage under a law signed Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper’s signature on Senate Bill 252 put an end, for the...

DATE: June 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State dinged on staff evals

DENVER – The state government needs to do a better job tracking its employees’ performance for their annual reviews, an audit released Monday said. The state’s various departments do their own...

DATE: June 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lobato decision disappoints Re-1

Disappointed. Deflated. Depressed. That’s how two Cortez teachers felt when they learned their side had lost a massive school funding lawsuit at the Colorado Supreme Court this week. Cortez Middle...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shoults pleads guilty

DENVER – The former bookkeeper at a Cortez business supply store is probably headed to prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to four counts of income tax fraud. Brian K. Shoults of Mesa, Ariz.,...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘The hard part starts now’ Local governments still can ban marijuana retailers

DENVER – The Legislature and governor have had their say on marijuana. Now it’s everyone else’s turn. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed six marijuana-related bills into law Tuesday. They specify how...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

'The hardest part starts now' Local governments still can ban marijuana retailers

DENVER - The Legislature and governor have had their say on marijuana. Now it's everyone else's turn. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed six marijuana-related bills into law Tuesday. They specify how...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Electric cooperatives wage battle with Tri-State

DENVER – Southwest Colorado’s electricity cooperatives were ready to start a legal battle with their power supplier this week, but now they will have to wait until June. Empire Electric...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

School funding measure signed

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the first update in a generation to the way Colorado funds its public schools. The new system promises full-day kindergarten, a longer school year...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Spruell part of 2nd Amendment lawsuit

DENVER - Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell stood with 17 other uniformed sheriffs Friday in a packed lobby of a Denver office building to announce a Second Amendment lawsuit against Gov. John...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Hydropower bill will not help Mancos New measure will address 11 unique water projects

DENVER - Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his two years in Congress last month when the House overwhelmingly passed his bill to promote small hydroelectric projects on canals...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

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