Nathan Bernier
Nathan Bernier a KUT reporter and the local host during All Things Considered and Marketplace. He grew up in the small mountain town of Nelson, BC, Canada, and worked at commercial news radio stations in Ottawa, Montreal and Boston before starting at KUT in 2008.
Nathan has won numerous journalism awards including a National Edward R. Murrow Award, Texas Associated Press Awards, Lonestar Awards from the Houston Press Club, and various other awards and recognitions. Nathan's hobbies outside work include producing music and enjoying Austin's many food and drink establishments.
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The City Council approved building support columns for parks over the interstate at Cesar Chavez to Seventh Street and 11th to 12th streets. It also approved two smaller 300-foot-long caps near the Red Line crossing near Airport Boulevard. -
The city council faces a May 31 deadline to decide whether to spend an initial $284 million on support structures for caps over the soon-to-be-lowered highway. -
A toxicology report ordered by police found Solomun Weldekeal-Araya had no drugs or alcohol in his system. -
Once complete, the bridge will connect the city's most popular trail at a long-overlooked corner of the lake. A nearby pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road is already tunneled through. -
Federal investigators are gathering evidence in Austin for up to 10 days, but a final report with recommendations might not be released for two years. -
The deadline for public comments on TxDOT's environmental powers is Monday, Dec. 9 at 10:59 p.m. CST. -
As part of the interstate expansion, main lanes will narrow from 12 feet wide to 11 feet wide, raising questions about the tradeoffs between safety and highway capacity. -
Highways cost billions of dollars in state and federal tax revenue to build and maintain. Then there are the hidden costs: polluted air, traffic congestion and increased greenhouse gas emissions. -
Emails between Mayor Watson and the LBJ Foundation reveal a push to rename Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
The newspaper's building on the frontage road was once home to the 150-year-old Elgin-Butler Brick Co., which supplied bricks for the Capitol and UT.
