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Katalina Villarreal

News Reporter & Freelance Writer

Katalina Villarreal, born and raised in Carbondale, reports with KDNK for the 5-6 evening news. She also pitches and produces stories for the air and writes with the Sopris Sun newspaper. Katalina believes in the power of education and being informed. Uplifting the community is her priority as a human and journalist. She will graduate from Central Washington University's online English: Professional and Creative Writing program December 2026 and plans to stay in the valley pursuing a career in journalism. Katalina is proud to be a part of KDNK's news department and hopes to grow with it.

  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: a report on Colorado prison population measures from Kyle McKinnon for the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, part one on a series called "Record Low" starting with how farmers are adapting techniques because of the drought from Aspen Public Radio's Michael Fanelli, and a story on a musician honoring his Navajo ancestors through a song called "The Long Walk" from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, for KSUT's Clark Adomaitis.
  • The fun-filled annual Mountain Fair is coming up this weekend, and this year's theme is Camp Bonedale. This is a theme of community, joy, and history. KDNK News Reporter Katalina Villarreal talked with John Thiel and members of the fair’s organizers at Carbondale Arts about the legacy of the fair.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a backed proposal announcement from the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority Board to extend the Hogback route for three years, an update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcing the razorback sucker has been reclassified from endangered to threatened, an announcement from the non-profit Roaring Fork Roller Derby Squad holding a special event this Saturday brought to listeners by KDNK's News Reporter Mike Lemmer, and from Rocky Mountain Community Radio a feature on western Colorado's drought conditions affecting peach orchards.
  • News host Jim Williams brings listeners Wednesday's news, including a walk in the flood zone that closed I-70, mud in the Palm theater in Telluride, and a look ahead and behind at the community, joy, and history of Mountain Fair, coming to Carbondale this weekend.
  • News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Tuesday's news, including: a report on the flash flood between Silt and New Castle, the second part of an interview with KDNK's News Reporter Katalina Villarreal and Public Health Specialist Carrie Godes about preparing for power outages and emergencies, and an update from Rocky Mountain Community Radio on the Babylon Fire.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: an ICE agent shooting a woman protesting outside of a detention facility in Aurora, comments about the 260710 Drought Reform from Mountain West News Bureau, and from Rocky Mountain Community Radio updates on the Colorado River District purchasing the Shoshone water rights.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a monsoon forecast report from Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Caroline Llanes, an interview from KOTO's Julia Caulfield, shared via Rocky Mountain Community Radio, on the Colorado law that prohibits local law enforcement from sharing profile information with ICE agents, and air quality and heat illness information from public health specialist Carrie Godes.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: fire updates on local fire outbreaks over the weekend, updates on the Willow Fire near Leadville, news of another firefighter death, and Gold Mountain Fire updates; and a story from Rocky Mountain Community Radio reporting on the Babylon Fire, and a 4th of July audio postcard from KDNK reporter Amy Hadden Marsh.
  • A flyover makes plain the impacts of drilling in a biologically diverse wilderness like the Roan Plateau, while parcels go up for sale in Colorado amid proposed expedited leasing processes.
  • Over 30 local artists participated in Carbondale's first Art Wander, featuring artists' behind-the-scenes studios.