Kaleb Roedel
Mountain West News Bureau ReporterKaleb is an award-winning journalist who joined KUNR as a reporter in November 2021.
As KUNR’s Mountain West News Bureau reporter, Kaleb covers issues related to the environment, wildlife and water in Nevada and the region.
A graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, Kaleb has reported for media outlets in a variety of locations, covering everything from sports to music to business news. Before joining KUNR, he reported on the economy for three years at the Northern Nevada Business Weekly in Reno.
When he’s not cultivating stories or trying to keep up with his kids, Kaleb enjoys noodling on the guitar, going to concerts, and skateboarding.
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As the climate warms, some mountain trees are moving higher up, while others are spreading downhill. Scientists say something inside the trees may explain why. And that split could reshape watersheds and wildfire risk. -
Scientists have a new name for a weather pattern reshaping how the West gets its water: so-called “snow-eater” heat waves. -
Twelve fires are over 100,000 acres. -
As communities across the West keep a close eye on water supplies and wildfire risk, a new federal drought forecast highlights where relief may be on the way, and where dry conditions are likely to continue. -
Coal-fired power generation jumped 13% in the U.S. last year, according to a recent report from the federal Energy Information Administration. That helped push carbon emissions from the power sector up about 4% — the first rise after years of declining emissions. -
As federal officials negotiate new rules for sharing the Colorado River's shrinking water supply, scientists are expanding efforts to better measure one of the basin's biggest sources of water loss: evaporation. -
Scott Allison could have taken the shortest route from Las Vegas to Reno. Instead, he drove nearly 50 extra miles through California. The detour wasn't for the scenery. It was for the chargers. -
The U.S. is building more solar farms than ever. But as projects expand, they're also raising questions about where they belong. A new industry analysis suggests one of the biggest concerns — that solar is consuming too much prime farmland — may be overstated, especially in the American West. -
Prescribed fires can reduce wildfire risk while also improving wildlife habitat, according to a new study from the Nature Conservancy. -
For the first time on record, solar power generated more electricity than coal in the United States during a full calendar month — a milestone that underscores how quickly the nation's power system is changing.
