Kevin Torres

'Unique 2 Colorado' Reporter

Good luck trying to find a town in Colorado Kevin Torres hasn’t visited! Since 2009, the 11x Emmy Award winning journalist has trekked to every corner of the state and nearly every community in between.

Kevin is well known throughout the state of Colorado for his Unique 2 Colorado feature series, which highlights unique people, places and things in our state. Having grown up on a farm in Upstate New York, rural towns and small communities have a special place in Kevin’s heart.

In the Spring of 2015, Kevin joined the KWGN Channel 2 News Team. He also reports for KWGN’s news partner, KDVR FOX31. Kevin’s segment ‘Unique 2 Colorado’ airs Monday-Friday on Channel 2 News at 4pm and Channel 2 News at 7pm.

Before joining the Emmy-Award winning news teams at Channel 2 News and FOX31, Kevin spent five and a half years reporting for 9NEWS in Denver.

Kevin has covered some of Colorado’s biggest stories, including: the Aurora Theater shooting, the Black Forest Fire, the Waldo Canyon fire and the historic floods of 2013 (to name a few). Kevin also traveled to Boston to cover the Boston bombings, as well as Texas for the West, Texas explosion in 2013.

Kevin has won more than 80 awards for his reporting and his storytelling. He’s the recipient of 11 Emmy Awards, including the Emmy for ‘Best Writer’ (two years in a row – 2014 & 2015), Best Live Reporter and Best Narrator. In 2017, Kevin won 2 additional Emmy Awards for his Unique 2 Colorado feature series. Kevin has also been nominated for an additional 31 Emmy Awards and he also won a prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting.

In 2014, Kevin was also named a finalist for the National Press Photographers Association’s ‘Reporter of the Year’ Award.

When he’s not working, you can find Kevin traveling throughout the beautiful state of Colorado. He loves to camp, hike, explore, sleep and watch Netflix.

Originally from Upstate New York, Kevin travels back home quite often to spend time with his two awesome nephews: Merv and Mason.

Prior to working in Denver, Kevin was a Reporter at WSYR-TV in Syracuse, NY and a Reporter/Weekend Anchor at WWNY-TV in Watertown, NY. Kevin studied Broadcasting & Mass Communications at Oswego State University.

The two things he misses most about Upstate New York are his family and Buffalo Wings. His favorite part about living in Colorado? Being landlocked. Kevin is deathly afraid of whales.

Kevin lives in the LODO section of Denver. Like most LODO girls, he prefers boxed wine.

Kevin is always on the road for Channel 2 News, searching for unique, quirky and interesting stories. If you have a story idea for Kevin, let him know! Send him a message on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kevinLtorres or e-mail him directly at kevin.torres@kwgn.com

Recent Articles

  • Freedom Service Dogs is looking for volunteers

    ENGLEWOOD — The Freedom Service Dogs of America is looking for volunteers to join its ‘Puppy Raising Club’. Volunteers are responsible for helping raise and train pups who will hopefully become service dogs for veterans. “Right now we have more than 100 clients that are on our waiting list to receive a service dog,” said Erin Conley, a spokesperson for the organization. “They can help veterans with post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, missing limbs, mobility impairments [to name a few]”. […]

  • Snarf’s flagship sandwich shop forced to move

    BOULDER — Snarf Sandwiches’ flagship location on Pearl Street in Boulder is being forced to move due to new development in the area. According to the popular sandwich shop’s owner, Jimmy Seidel, the property was sold to a developer who plans to build condominiums. “We’re heartbroken about losing our flagship shop on Pearl,” Seidel said. The Pearl Street location replaced the shop’s original location in Boulder — which was known as, ‘the Shack’. ‘The Shack’ opened in 1996, but transitioned […]

  • CU Boulder students rally against alleged rapist

    BOULDER — Students at the University of Colorado Boulder are rallying against a fellow classmate who is accused of raping a woman following a sorority event this past January. Zachary Roper, 19, is facing two sexual assault charges. Roper was arrested last week, but bonded out of jail. On Monday, dozens of students gathered on campus to urge administrators at CU Boulder to suspend Roper from school while police investigate the alleged crime. “And if he is found guilty, we […]

  • Dozens of vehicles buried in snow and ice

    ARAPAHOE COUNTY — Dozens of drivers found their vehicles stranded after heavy gusts buried them in snow and ice along County Road 194 in Arapahoe and Elbert Counties. “I was coming back home from the gym [Thursday] around 11. As soon as I hit this road, winds blew everything all over the place. [I] couldn’t see maybe three inches in front of me,” said Jon Kreft, who was visiting from Florida. Kreft, as well as dozens of other drivers, spent […]

  • Colorado liver donor and recipient receive national honor

    DENVER — A little boy from Montrose and a former bartender from Longmont were honored by the American Liver Foundation. The organization named Manny Estrada and Aaron Whalen its ‘National Champion’ and ‘National Hero’. Estrada, 8, was in dire need of a new liver. He was born with a rare disease that was destroying his liver. “He would kind of compare himself to other kids his age and ask why they weren’t getting sick and why he was getting sick,” […]

  • Creative mural brings new life to old Oriental Theater

    DENVER — The Oriental Theater in Denver has a new look thanks to Meow Wolf and one of Colorado’s most talented artists. The historic theater has been around since the 1920s. It’s located on Tennyson Street in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood. For decades, the inside of the Oriental Theater featured an Asian-themed mural. Unfortunately, time took its toll on the mural and it faded fast. “The mural that was [up there featured] palm trees,” said John Hastings. “And some Taj Mahal type buildings”. […]

  • Avalanche Danger: “It comes with the territory”

    FRISCO — Plenty of travelers found themselves stuck in Summit County Thursday night as avalanche danger posed a serious threat for wary wanderers in the High Country. “We haven’t seen anything like this in years,” said Myron Treeber, who lives in Breckenridge. “[Avalanches are] scary. No question about it. They can be deadly. They really can”. Despite having experience with wintry extremes, even locals said they were concerned about the number of slides the area has dealt with recently. “It […]

  • Loveland woman claims tree business scammed her

    LOVELAND — A Loveland woman claims she and her husband were bilked more than a thousand dollars after purchasing 15 ponderosa pines from a local tree planting business. Holly Hoxie said she found an advertisement on Facebook Marketplace from a business near Colorado Springs called, ‘Tim’s Timbers’. For $100 a piece, the business offered 6’-7’ Ponderosa pines with free delivery and free planting, plus a 1 year warranty. After reaching out to ‘Tim’s Timbers’, she said owner Tim Stribling arrived […]

  • Denver driver has gun pulled on him during morning commute to work

    DENVER — Greenwood Village Police are searching for the driver of a tan sedan who pulled a gun on another driver who was heading in to work just south of the Denver Tech Center area. “It’s hard to talk about, but it was terrifying,” said Eric Anderson, who decided to share his story after hearing about recent shooting incidents. Anderson was on his way to work last Monday morning (2/18) when an aggressive driver started following him. The incident was […]

  • 5″ of fresh snow overnight in Durango; snow will continue falling until 5pm-9pm

    DURANGO — An additional 5 inches of snow fell overnight in Durango, on top of the 6 inches of snow it saw on Thursday during the day. The snow isn’t letting up, either. It’s expected to continue falling throughout the day until at least 5pm-9pm. Parts of the San Juan Mountains have already seen a couple feet of snow from this storm. Schools in the Durango area were canceled again on Friday. Fort Lewis College also canceled classes. Over the […]

  • Southwest Colorado getting socked by powerful snowstorm

    DURANGO — Parts of Southwest Colorado are getting socked by a powerful snowstorm that’s dumping several feet of snow on the area. In Durango Thursday night, near-whiteout conditions made it difficult for drivers to get around. “It’s coming down pretty hard,” one woman said as she walked through Downtown Durango. “It’s been snowing every hour”. Snow fell throughout the day Thursday and will continue to accumulate overnight into Friday morning. For locals, it’s a blessing — given the dry and […]

  • Snowpack levels are looking really good in Colorado

    GRAND COUNTY — Snowpack levels are looking good across Colorado — a far different scenario than what we experienced last season. On Berthoud Pass Tuesday afternoon, surveyors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were out measuring snowfall levels and the snow-water equivalent. Overall, Berthoud Pass is seeing about 40-45 inches of snow. That number is about near or slightly above average for this time of year. According to experts, numbers across the entire state are up. “Where we’re at right […]

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