Leigh Paterson
Senior Editor & ReporterAs KUNC's Senior Editor and Reporter, my job is to find out what鈥檚 important to northern Colorado residents and why. I seek to create a deeper sense of urgency and understanding around these issues through in-depth, character driven daily reporting and series work.
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When you look at a gun, what do you see? To better understand why the topic of guns is so polarizing, we spent time with a Colorado rancher and his family. -
New data show that overall life expectancy for Americans has declined, in part, due to the ongoing increase in suicide deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
The creators of Man Therapy believe the program meets men where they are with digest slogans like, 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 fix your mental health with duct tape." -
Analysis of Everytown for Gun Safety鈥檚 2018 endorsements by Guns & America shows that 79 percent or 45 of the 57 candidates for U.S. House endorsed by Everytown this year won their respective races. -
You might have seen the Hug-a-Hunter or Hug-an-Angler ads on TV or social media over the past year. Through both messaging and humor, the campaign aims to鈥� -
Thousands of people turned out for an interfaith vigil to remember the 11 people killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue.There was a strong police presence at鈥� -
Our partners at Guns & America wanted to better understand crimes involving guns in Colorado, so they analyzed 15 years worth of crime data , sent into鈥� -
The man who shot and killed three people at a Thornton Walmart last year has been sentenced to three life terms in prison without parole, plus an鈥� -
As election day approaches, national gun violence prevention groups are spending big on the competitive race in Colorado's 6th Congressional District, and鈥� -
The St. Vrain Valley School District has decided against a proposal to safely store long-range guns inside two schools to be used in emergency situations.鈥�
