Lauren Paterson
Reporter/HostExpertise: Multimedia journalism, audio editing, documentary film
Education: University of Idaho + University of Oregon
Highlights
- Started out in radio as a DJ for a Top 40 pop music station
- Currently learning drone photography and videography
- Featured internationally for my reporting on the murder of four University of Idaho students in 2022
Experience
I report from Northern Idaho with a focus on socioeconomics and rural communities for Boise State Public Radio. I grew up in the Southern half of the Gem State and now live in Orofino where you’ll find me gardening, hiking or paddleboarding down the Clearwater River.
Email me for news tips or contact me on the encrypted messaging app Signal at pnwreporter.25.
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Tomorrow marks four years since four University of Idaho students – Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21 – were killed at an off-campus home in November 2022. -
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree that was harvested in North Idaho last month is now on tour as it makes its way to Washington D.C. -
This year’s Capitol Christmas tree will come from Idaho. The Engelmann spruce was chosen by the Architect of the Capitol. -
Fourth grader Grace Benson from Salmon is the winner of the 2026 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Youth Tree Lighter Essay Contest. The student from FernWaters Charter School will represent Idaho in Washington D.C. this December and help light “The People’s Tree” in Capitol Square. -
Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty last summer to murdering four University of Idaho students, will not appear in court Thursday. His scheduled hearing has been vacated and will be rescheduled for a later date. -
Thompson first took office in 1992 and has served 34 years as Latah County’s prosecuting attorney from his office in Moscow, Idaho. -
The tour for the Capitol Christmas Tree has been announced. -
The Capitol Christmas Tree, which will be harvested in Idaho this year, has been swapped out because it came down with needlecast disease. -
Human remains discovered Sept. 1 during construction on Snake River Avenue in Lewiston, Idaho were determined to be ancestral remains from the Nez Perce Tribe. -
Unredacted crime scene photos from the killing of four University of Idaho students in 2022 have potentially been released, according to a statement from the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
