Author - The Durango Herald
Joe Hanel
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (303), 839-1765

Pot stores to make history on Jan. 1

State to allow retail sales; 3 shops to open in Telluride

Once a Democrat, Durango candidate looks to GOP

McMillan aims to appeal to libertarian wing of party

Law puts younger teens on voter rolls

But 16-year-olds can’t actually vote until 18

Colorado gets shorted on gas and oil royalties

Colorado again is getting shortchanged by the federal government on gas and oil royalties, and the nickels and dimes add up to a $1.5 million yearly loss for the state. Montezuma ...

State insurance enrollment ticks up

Health exchange set to surpass worst-case scenario

Forecast predicts a fat year at state Capitol

Budget surplus predicted for 2014

Feds tag Ouray County mine with 97 violations

Durangoan died there in Nov. 17 accident

Guv: Firefighting air corps too costly

Train rural residents as first responders, Hickenlooper suggests

Fort Lewis tuition waiver has backers

Limits sought for tuition hikes

Pot cops preview tracking system

High-tech method all about good data

Task force scrutinizes vaccine exemption

Group calls for education for parents who opt out

More jobs for Colo. in ’14, economists say

La Plata County forecast mixed