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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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. -
Another moon has been found orbiting Uranus, making it the 29th discovered around one of the largest planets in the Solar System.
