Phillip Palmer
Phillip was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, but his family moved around a lot. In fact, Phillip has lived in Shreveport, Louisiana; Wichita, Kansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; Evergreen, Colorado.
In his adopted home of West Monroe, Louisiana, Phillip graduated high school in 1981. He graduated from Northeast Louisiana University with a degree in journalism and a minor in radio/TV/film.
Phillip's career also began in West Monroe, where in 1985, he became a sports reporter at KNOE AM/FM radio. He then moved to KAKE in Wichita, Kansas in 1990 as a weekend sports anchor. In 1994, Phillip moved to KCNC in Denver, Colorado as the morning news anchor.
A strong supporter of organ donation, Phillip donated a kidney to his friend, Dale Davis, in March 2007.
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Phillip's Stories
Nationwide lawn mowing challenge encourages youth to cut grass for those in need
One nonprofit is helping people in need one lawn at a time, and it's encouraged young people to mow lawns for the elderly, disabled or veterans for free.
A Victor Valley landfill works to use food waste to make renewable energy
Satellite images show the largest methane emitters in California are landfills... far more than the oil and gas sector or dairy farms. But the solution to that problem might already be in place.
LA-based nonprofit helps young people of color nationwide find success in high-impact careers
Thrive Scholars, a nonprofit founded in Los Angeles, helps young people of color nationwide find success in high-impact careers.
This group aims to keep food out of the landfill and get it to people who need it
Some 80 billion pounds of food is thrown away every year in the United States, and roughly 30% of it is food grown that never makes it to store shelves. The Farmlink Project is trying to change that.
How UCLA researchers are attempting a climate solution by removing carbon dioxide from the ocean
Atop a 100-foot barge tied up at the Port of Los Angeles, UCLA engineers have built a kind of floating laboratory to answer a simple question.
Finding new life for electric vehicle batteries
There are unintended consequences in the efforts to get more electric vehicles on the road. One of the most glaring: What happens to the batteries that need to be replaced?
iNaturalist App turns people into community scientists - and it's making a difference
California is one of 36 global biodiversity hot spots - places that are biologically rich but deeply threatened. So how do you get people to care about the environment? Make them community scientists, of course! Here's how an app is helping.
Pilot program offers mental health services at Los Angeles Central Library
The Los Angeles City Council recently approved three new contracts for public libraries, with the goal of increasing professional help available while reducing calls to police.
GRIT provides middle school girls with opportunity to get involved in male-heavy cybersecurity field
The cybersecurity job market is expected to grow 3.5 million jobs this year, but the available workforce isn't keeping pace. One middle school program is hoping to fill the gap by giving girls an added opportunity in the field.
Nonprofits using AI to battle invasive rats that threaten SoCal island's pristine ecosystem
Santa Cruz Island is a secret SoCal getaway, but some fear rats could harm its natural beauty. Now a first of its kind project is using artificial intelligence to keep a very real problem from ever making it ashore.