Lauren Paterson
Journalist, Inland NWRaised along the Snake River Canyon in southern Idaho, Lauren Paterson covers culture, socioeconomics and crime across the Inland Northwest, with a focus on rural, working-class, and tribal communities.
A graduate of the University of Idaho and the University of Oregon, she began her career as a Top 40 radio host and documentary filmmaker before moving into regional reporting.
Her work has been featured on NPR, Here & Now, KUOW Seattle, Oregon Public Broadcasting, NewsNation, ABC 20/20, and an Amazon Prime docuseries for her reporting on the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. Her stories are regularly shared on NPR member stations throughout the West.
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Climate change is causing hotter and drier summers in the Northwest. Scientists are trialing exotic species of Christmas trees to see if they fair better than native varieties amid regional droughts. -
There’s a new Amazon delivery station in Pullman, and it’s part of a $4 billion push to get orders to rural areas faster. -
A new $25 million ‘Rails, Keels and Wheels’ grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology will fund new electric vehicles to lower diesel pollution across the state. -
People in the U.S. are predicted to spend a record $13 billion this Halloween. Nearly a billion of that is on costumes for pets. -
"No Kings 2.0" protests are planned in cities big and small across the Northwest. -
The only co-ed high school soccer team in Idaho has to play against all boys teams from bigger schools. But the Orofino Maniacs have been winning, and they're closer than ever to a shot at the state championship. -
The federal government is still shut down, and that’s affecting national programs like WIC, a program that provides food and nutrition help to mothers and children up to five years old. -
A judge has ruled that graphic crime scene photos from the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022 will not be released. -
After a slew of firings and deferred resignations last winter, the loss of federal workers left holes throughout the Northwest. But agency leaders in North Idaho found a way to get more fire information out to the public despite staffing losses. -
The first feature film made in Idaho was shot more than a century ago. But a new version of it is scheduled to premiere again.
