Laura Palmisano
Laura joined KVNF in 2014. She was the news director for two years and now works as a freelance reporter covering Colorado's Western Slope. Before moving to Colorado, Laura worked as a reporter for Arizona Public Media, a public radio and television station in Tucson. She's also worked at public radio station KJZZ and public television station KAET Arizona PBS in Phoenix. Her work has aired on NPR, the BBC, Marketplace, Harvest Public Media, and on stations across the Rocky Mountain Community Radio network. Laura is an award-winning journalist with work recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Broadcasters Association, and RTDNA. In 2015, she was a fellow for the Institute for Justice & Journalism. Her fellowship project, a three-part series on the Karen refugee community in Delta, Colorado, received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Laura also has experience as a radio host, producer, writer, production assistant, videographer, and video editor. She graduated summa cum laude from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
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Grant Houston has run the Lake City Silver World in the tiny town Lake City for nearly half-century. He’s now ready to sell, but is looking for the right person to take on the paper. -
Alyisa Kraft of the The Patti Fiasco discusses the band's latest album with KVNF's Laura Palmisano before a show in Ridgway, Colorado. -
For nearly thirty years, Railroad Car 211 transported people and goods to and from the remote mountain town of Lake City, until the service stopped in 1933. Now this important piece of regional transportation history is in Durango for restoration. Laura Palmisano takes us to the train workshop for an inside look at the repairs. -
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Remote Lake City in southwestern Colorado is a popular destination for outdoor activities such as hiking and fly fishing. But now, a new sport is taking off in town: powerlifting. The tiny community held its first powerlifting competition in late September. -
In late July, over 50 musicians from across Colorado and the country came to the tiny mountain town of Lake City. They were here to put on a band concert. It's not a paying gig. They do it for the love of music. As Laura Palmisano reports for KVNF, they had two days to prepare for the show. -
Dr. Gloria Beim will be the head team physician for Team USA at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris. This will be her fourth time at the games working as a medical provider. She's also served at four Paralympic Games. -
According to recent state data, vaccination rates in Colorado for K-12 schools are still below pre-pandemic levels. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment hopes to reverse that trend. The agency sent out notices to parents whose children are behind on vaccines. Its mobile public health clinic is also hitting the road this summer to provide vaccines in undeserved areas. -
A Lake City physician assistant discusses his medical mission in Ukraine and a Grand Junction doctor talks about her most recent humanitarian trip to Gaza that abruptly ended when war broke out. -
The bridge closure on U.S. 50 has some drivers using Gunnison County Road 26, also known as the Lake City Cutoff, as a detour. The road is not open all the time so people need to plan ahead and expect delays. Here's what a couple of motorists using the cutoff had to say about it and an update from emergency response officials.
