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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Almost one year after 10 people were killed at a grocery store in Boulder, the building has been redesigned and has reopened for shoppers. Despite what happened there, the return of King Soopers is a positive moment for a community that鈥檚 been dealing with disaster after disaster. -
Louisville鈥檚 City Council is considering how to handle new green building codes, updates that would increase the cost of rebuilding for homeowners impacted by the Marshall Fire. -
Boulder County residents whose homes burned down in the Marshall Fire are now dealing with the complicated aftermath of putting their lives back together. This process includes filing insurance claims, and sometimes compiling detailed inventories of belongings that were destroyed. -
Now that police can be held personally liable for civil rights violations, getting insured against that risk is under discussion. -
Faced with a federal lawsuit and demands for change, the City of Loveland announced a $3 million settlement today in the arrest of Karen Garner, an elderly woman with dementia. -
During the pandemic and amid a national push to reform policing, some departments have lost officers and struggled to fill vacancies. -
From COVID-19 to wildfires to protests and new police reform legislation, officers in Colorado have been dealing with compounding stressors recently. -
While a new study suggests that over 1.5 million kids worldwide have lost a caregiver to COVID, young people in Colorado are grieving similar losses. -
Police officers often respond to mental health-related calls, but don't always have the skills or time to fully deal with these issues. That鈥檚 where co-responder teams 鈥� consisting of an officer and a mental health clinician 鈥� come in. -
As a nationwide shortage of bikes and bike parts continues, so far this year 372 bikes have been reported stolen in Boulder with an average value of around $1,600.
