Series and Special Reports

KUNC engages with our communities several times a year through longer form series and special reports. These in-depth stories dive deeper into topics that we believe are important to our communities with the web pieces supplementing the stories and series that run on our airwaves.

A white man wearing blue jeans and light blue button down shirt stands between two vertical wooden posts, and rests his hands on them, in a dry creek bed underneath U.S. Highway 287. To his right are four more vertical posts spaced 15 inches apart. To his left is a barbed wire gate that can be opened for cattle to pass through. To the left of that is a set of about 15 vertical wooden planks that swing back and forth, allowing water to pass through.

Stephanie Daniel

KUNC

Crossing Paths

Crossing Paths is a three-part series on what happens when people and wildlife collide and how they can coexist.

A band teacher is at the front of the classroom joking with students.

Jennifer Coombes

KUNC

Getting Creative

Getting Creative: Arts education is struggling in many Colorado communities. Meet the people who are keeping it vibrant.

Who Watches the Watchdog?

This story is part of an occasional KUNC investigative series this year exploring the power of Colorado sheriffs. Robyn Vincent is a reporter with KUNC’s Northern Colorado Center for Investigative Reporting.

Jennifer Coombes

In Crisis: Colorado's youth continue to struggle with stress, anxiety and depression

A four-part look at why Colorado children are suffering from serious anxiety, depression and thoughts of self-harm and what communities are doing to help.

Months after the Marshall Fire, charred trees and ashy soil were all that remained where a neighborhood once stood in Superior. Climate experts say it's a warning sign that climate change is pushing fires closer to cities and the infrastructure that keeps them running.

Leigh Paterson

KUNC

Fire Risk

As blazes in Colorado threaten more homes and people, KUNC’s three-part series explores how Front Range communities are adapting.

Greener Pastures

Climate change is having a big impact on Colorado’s rural mountain communities. The job markets there are evolving to keep up. Greener Pastures is a three-part KUNC News series about building this climate workforce.

Northwest Colorado could soon be home to a nuclear waste storage facility, but planning is still in the early stages.

Toxic waste or economic fuel? Effort quietly underway to bring nuclear to rural Colorado

As nuclear waste piles up around the country, many communities are saying ‘no’ to taking it. In a rural corner of Colorado, however, some see the prospect of storing this spent fuel as an economic opportunity. This is a three-part series by our Northern Colorado Center for Investigative Reporting.

Unseen but Everywhere: A three-part look at housing insecurity and education among Colorado youth

In our new series, Unseen but Everywhere, KUNC visits with young people across Northern Colorado to hear about their lives and academic experiences.

The Air We Need

A three-part look at the obstacles Northern Colorado residents are facing as they pursue cleaner air in their communities.

Emma VandenEinde

KUNC

Saving Amache: The community effort to preserve a bitter history

It’s been 80 years since thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to live in internment camps in our region, based on fears of loyalty to Japan during World War II. The Amache camp is located right next to the town of Granada, Colorado. Some camps have received recognition, while others are being preserved by survivors to ensure their stories stay alive even after they pass away. Now the National Park Service is developing plans to restore Amache and shed light on a history that should never be repeated.