Emma VandenEinde
General Assignment ReporterI'm the General Assignment Reporter for KUNC, here to keep you up-to-date on news in your backyard. Each town throughout Northern Colorado contains detailed stories about its citizens and their challenges, and I love sitting with members of the community and hearing what they have to say.
I was formerly KUNC's Reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau — a regional reporting collaboration between several NPR-affiliate stations across the West. Before coming to Colorado, I worked for Arizona PBS and KJZZ, the NPR-affiliate station in Arizona — so public media is running through my veins.
My sound-rich spot work on the Great American Beer Fest recently won first place at the 2025 PMJA Awards. The feature I contributed to our Unseen But Everywhere series about housing insecurity and education among Colorado youth won top honors at the 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, the 2025 Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards and the Top Of The Rockies Awards hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists. I've also been recognized at the National Hearst Championship and the BEA Festival of Media Arts.
When I’m not reporting on your stories, you can find me sinking a disc golf putt, sipping my second cup of black tea or handmaking my own greeting cards.
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Most Americans only know some of their neighbors. Others know none. The Neighborhood Village Project aims to unite communities by training people to host events and create intentional connections. -
Your beloved morning 'cup of joe' may be getting a bit pricier at local coffee shops as tariffs are hitting coffee beans. -
Despite being landlocked, CSU has researchers focused on tropical weather, who closely watched Hurricane Melissa. -
CSU students are preparing for their Halloween Organ Extravaganza. It’s been a staple event in Northern Colorado for 20 years, complete with crazy costumes, music and other surprises. -
The Wild Bear Nature Center is mourning the losses of its animals after a fire burned down their interim facility in Nederland. But the community is grieving with them and stepping up to help. -
A local pilot and teacher at Aims Community College, Bill Standerfer, is being inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame. He's logged 3,300 hours since he started flying in 1970. -
When black bears’ natural food supply is altered by human habits or abnormal weather patterns, they find easy calories in urban spaces. This can lead to more encounters between people and bears. -
Loveland leaders have called for an emergency council meeting Thursday following the closure of the South Railroad Facility. There’s been community pushback on the city’s decision to shut it down. -
Fort Collins Rescue Mission is starting work on a Homeless Resolution Center that will have 250 shelter beds and daytime services. It will take about a year to complete. Meanwhile, other overnight shelter options in Northern Colorado are dwindling. -
President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum, as well as increased immigration enforcement, are having ripple effects in the state’s construction industry.
