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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 Marilyn Gleason brings Tuesday's news, including pushback from Colorado against federal election monitors, Tina Peter's travel and election hazing while on probation, and Drag Time Storytime, an annual happening in Gunnison.
  • News host Katalina brings listeners Thursday's news, including: an update on District 3 US House of Representatives candidate Jeff Hurd taking the lead from challenger Dwayne Romero, a story on the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority's future plans from KDNK's Mike Lemmer, and coverage of the flooding in La Plata County shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
  • News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Wednesday's news, including a tragic plane crash that claimed an Aspen family, wildly successful midterm elections for Democrats including local candidates, whom we hear from on Election Day watch parties, and fall weather preps a potentially dangerous avalanche season ahead.
  • A Valley Voices episode featuring Purplish, where they dive into campaign financing, and a short story following about Proposition 137 from Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: and update on the flooding in the Four Corners region brought on by heavy rains and what Archuleta and La Plata counties are advising, an overview of the Geo Group court case from 2014 that is at last being scheduled for trial, news on the increasing number of mining claims between Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears, coverage about the patient and heath care advocate group traveling across the nation to challenge the health care cuts under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," also known as H-R-1, and a conversation with KSUT's Adam Burke and Governor Jared Polis in regards to the flooding and disaster declaration.
  • News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including a look at a ballot measure aimed at funding local libraries at current levels into the future, and what supporters and opponents of a measure to enshrine hunting in the state constitution say.
  • Voters can extend the pre-existing 1-mill property tax levy, voted for in 2006, which provides approximately $3 million per year to the libraries in Garfield County.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Thursday's news, including: a breakdown of Proposition 137 with Rocky Mountain Community Radio's Caroline Lanes and a report from KDNK's Katalina Villarreal on the State Senate District 8 candidates' positions on balancing energy development and environmental protections.
  • State Senate District 8 comprises a vast swath of Northwest Colorado, including Eagle and most of Garfield counties. Resort communities and energy producers contribute to the economic life of its 10 counties. During the Regional Candidate Forum in Rifle last month, incumbent Dylan Roberts and challenger Corey Marshall discussed numerous questions, including their differing thoughts on balancing energy development and environmental protections.
  • News host Katalina Villarreal brings listeners Monday's news, including: the reminder that today, Monday, October 26, is the deadline to register to vote and receive a mail ballot in Colorado, as well as information on early voting, ballot drop boxes, and in-person voting locations, and a story on the record-breaking flooding in Farmington, New Mexico, as well as a report on the Boulder climate lawsuit currently being considered by the Supreme Court, both reports brought to us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio.