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

  • Massive boulder in SW Colorado becomes tourist attraction

    DOLORES, Colo. — When two large boulders tumbled down the side of a mountain onto a popular highway in southwest Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation knew it had quite the mess to clean up. Now, that mess is turning into a tourist attraction. One of the boulders was roughly 2.3 million pounds and 30 feet tall. The other was much larger: about 8.5 million pounds and 50 feet tall. The smaller boulder was destroyed and crews have been clearing […]

  • Lake City wants tourists to know it’s open for business

    HINSDALE COUNTY — Lake City isn’t as concerned about flooding as it was a couple weeks ago, when the community started filling thousands of sandbags to protect area homes and businesses. The fear of debris clogging waterways pretty much washed away when Hinsdale County officials realized their mitigation efforts had been working. “All that work that was done in the backcountry has made huge strides!” said Sandy Hines, Hinsdale County Administrative Assistant & Public Information Officer. Hines said the big […]

  • Denver girl who sold lemonade to replace stolen bike gets a new set of wheels

    AURORA, Colo. — A little girl from Denver who earned money by selling lemonade to replace her stolen bike received a special surprise on Thursday — thanks to your help! Nay Vigil and her mother reached out to the FOX31 Problem Solvers earlier in the week to share their story. Christy Vigil, Nay’s mother, bought her daughter a new bike for her birthday. Unfortunately, someone stole the bike a couple of weeks ago. “It made me really, really sad because […]

  • Mines students create Iron Man suit for national TV show

    GOLDEN — Some engineering students helped re-create the suit worn by famed superhero: Iron Man. Adam Savage, host of the hit TV show, ‘Myth Busters’, visited the Colorado School of Mines several months ago and approached Craig Brice, who serves as the school’s Director of Advanced Manufacturing Program. “And he [Savage] asked him: ‘Craig, would you build me a 3D Titanium Printed Iron Man Suit? Of course, Craig couldn’t refuse that opportunity. Who would?” explained Jesse Adamczyk, a PHD candidate […]

  • Little girl sells lemonade to buy new bike after old one was stolen

    DENVER — A 9-year-old girl from south Denver is selling lemonade so she can buy a new bike to replace the one a thief stole from her a couple weeks ago. Nay Vigil’s stand is setup at the corner of Federal Boulevard and Mexico Avenue. For fifty cents, you can get a cup of lemonade and help support a heartwarming effort. “It was one of my favorite birthday presents I’ve ever got,” Nay said of her bike. “And then I […]

  • Dog with 3 legs needs your help winning Instagram contest

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A three-legged dog from Englewood needs help winning a national competition that would ultimately benefit rescue animals. Courtnee Pedone adopted ‘Nelliee’, a cattle dog with three legs, from the Denver Dumb Friends League this past year. Pedone believes ‘Nellie’ lost her leg after a car hit her. “I can’t imagine her with 4 legs, because she just acts completely normal!” Pedone explained. ‘Nelliee’ was recently selected to compete in the Pibborafi Rescue Hero plushie competition. Pibborafi is […]

  • At 92, this Colorado softball player is a hit!

    LAKEWOOD — He very well could be one of the best softball players in Colorado history. His name is Harry Iwakiri and he’s 92. That’s right: 92-years-old. “I`m 92, born in 1926. I`ll be 93 in October!” Iwakiri said with excitement. Iwakiri didn’t start playing softball until 1990 when he was 65-years-old. Before softball, he simply enjoyed running. “Years ago, when my wife was living, I would carry her backwards up a hill and that kept my legs in good […]

  • Game of Thrones’ author’s new job will bring him to Denver

    DENVER — The author of the book series and hit HBO show, ‘Game of Thrones’, has a new job and it will eventually bring him to Denver. George R.R. Martin has been named the new, ‘Chief World Builder’, for Meow Wolf. The Santa Fe based arts and entertainment collective is building a permanent installation in Denver in 2020. Meow Wolf is well known across the country for ‘The House of Eternal Return’ in Santa Fe, which has been described by […]

  • 2019 expected to be a banner year for Colorado tourism

    GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The Colorado Tourism Office is expecting 2019 to be a banner year for tourism, given the healthy winter season we just experienced. “We’re seeing so many indications that this is going to be a record tourism year again for Colorado!” said Cathy Ritter, Colorado’s Tourism Director. It’s a far different scenario than what we were dealing with this time last year, when wildfires and drought kept some visitors away. “We were sitting in a great place around […]

  • Want to visit Colorado’s popular mountain towns this Summer? Book now!

    ASPEN — If you’re looking to vacation in one of Colorado’s popular mountain towns this Summer, you might want to start booking your vacation right now! Because of the healthy snow season we had, Colorado is expected to have a banner tourism year — which means destination communities like Aspen might fill-up quickly! “Aspen is a gem,” said Jeff Hanle, Vice President of Communications for the Aspen Skiing Company. “We’re tracking about 1.9% – 2% above last year at this […]

  • Glenwood Springs switching over to 100% renewable energy

    GARFIELD COUNTY — Glenwood Springs is about to become the seventh city in America to be powered completely by renewable energy. Back in April, the Glenwood Springs City Council approved a measure to purchase 100% of the city’s electricity from clean wind power through the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska. The only other city in Colorado to accomplish this goal is nearby Aspen. According to city leaders, switching to 100% clean energy will save the environment more than 77,000 tons […]

  • Lightning season sparking up in Colorado

    DENVER — Lightning season is in full swing in Colorado and the number of thunderstorms we experience will likely grow larger in the weeks ahead. According to experts, Colorado sees about 500,000 lightning strikes (that hit the ground) every year. Most of those strikes occur between May and September. “We see most of the lightning in the summer months — really around May and lasting through September and October,” added Ryan Said, a research scientist at Vaisala. Vaisala is a […]

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