Rae Solomon
Reporter/ProducerEmail: rae.solomon@kunc.org
As newscast reporter I keep Northern Coloradans up to date on all the things they need to know NOW. Whatever’s floating through the zeitgeist at the moment, I’m on it.
Working in public radio is a huge passion that dates back to my youth in the suburbs of NYC, where I was surrounded by a wealth of great public and free-form radio stations. I love the immediacy of radio and I pride myself on quickly gathering information and finding ways to frame stories for maximum impact and engagement.
Before coming to the radio light, I was a licensed architect, practicing in Los Angeles, New York and Colorado. I launched my radio career as an avid volunteer KGNU, community radio for Denver/Boulder.
When I’m not at work, you can find me hiking, camping and making bagels with my son and daughter. I also make an award-winning podcast called Range and Slope, which features creative audio documentary from around Colorado.
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NewsParamedics unnecessarily sedated hundreds of people with ketamine during confrontations with police officers in Colorado, exposing them to potentially life-threatening complications associated with the drug. That’s according to an estimate from Dr. Mark DeBard, a professor emeritus of emergency medicine at Ohio State University and expert in cases of “excited delirium.” -
HealthLocal courts and law enforcement are still interpreting the CDC's new eviction moratorium. Meanwhile, local sheriff's say they haven't stopped carrying them out.
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Colorado Edition celebrated its first birthday this week and to mark that milestone, we decided a little gift was in order… for you, dear listeners. Don’t worry, it’s nothing expensive, just a little token of our appreciation: We’re offering a glimpse behind the curtain so you can see a day in the life of Colorado Edition — how the show comes together from concept to completion.
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NewsOn Saturday, the state's top public health official announced a “thorough review” of the system that allows medics to sedate people in confrontations with police. This week, an architect of Colorado’s sweeping law enforcement reform bill is hinting at further action, at the same time citizens are pushing the state to pause its ketamine waiver program.
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EducationIt’s back-to-school time for students around Colorado. But some families have decided that they just don’t want to send their kids back to school in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. For these families, school districts are providing a 100% virtual learning option. KUNC's Rae Solomon looked into plans at three Northern Colorado school districts.
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Many backyard gardeners along the Front Range are facing disappointment this year, as they search in vain for the products of their labor among the leaves and vines. Many fruit-bearing plants, like tomatoes and cucumbers, seem to be growing well, and they might even be producing plenty of flowers this year. But that hasn’t translated into a robust harvest.
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NewsA growing number of people want Colorado officials to pause or ban medics from using ketamine on people during escalated confrontations with police. The list includes two men who were given the powerful anesthetic when medics and police decided they showed signs of “excited delirium” or extreme “agitation.”
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NewsMore than 100 agencies across Colorado have approval from the state to allow medics to use ketamine, an anesthetic, on people who show signs of what's often dubbed "excited delirium," a practice that is now drawing national criticism from anesthesiologists and psychiatrists.
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NewsThe recent protests against police brutality and systemic racism across the country have led to a lot of soul-searching — including here in Colorado —…
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PoliticsProtesters plan to take to the streets across the Front Range again this weekend, with calls on social media for mass gatherings in Denver, Boulder, Fort…
