Bachelor’s degree in journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional background:
Hayley Sanchez joined Colorado Public Radio as a Max Wycisk News Fellow in 2018. She worked alongside reporters, producers and editors to sharpen her radio and reporting skills before earning a full-time position as a general assignment reporter and producer.
Previously, Hayley was a digital producer at The Arizona Republic, where she produced the paper’s politics podcast, The Gaggle, and helped manage digital and multimedia content. She’s interned at The Denver Post, The Bulletin in Bend, Ore. and D.C. Witness in Washington. Hayley was also part of the Chips Quinn Scholars and Dow Jones News Fund programs.
The lawsuit was filed before the Forest Service has completed its own official investigation into the fire's cause. It claims that train management was “careless."
Higher temperatures and low humidity may challenge firefighters later this week. Otherwise, fire restrictions and fires overall are slowing down in Colorado.
Smoke from fires continues to hover above the Front Range and northwestern Colorado on Friday. The most active wildfires in the state have grown little this week.