9News Anchor Lauren Scafadi’s Last Week on Denver TV

We've known a bunch of Denver TV News Anchors over the years, some of whom have been in Denver "since Shep was a pup," as my old boss used to say. Many of them come to Denver as young TV people and spend not just years but decades behind the news desk.

Names like Bob Palmer, Bill Stuart, Adele Arakawa, Ward Lucas, Ed Sardella, Mike Landis, Mike Nelson, Ed Greene, Larry Green, Ron Zappolo, Mark Koebrich, Kim Christiansen and on and on and on will forever be embedded in Denver TV history.

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I'm certain there are at least another ten names I could have dropped there, but those were literally just from memory as they flowed out onto the keyboard. Point being, we've been lucky in Colorado to have a TON of personalities stick around a long time.

And then, every now and again, some people come for a few years for a smaller opportunity and parlay that into a larger opportunity somewhere else. That appears to be the case for the latest 9News anchor departing the station.

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Lauren Scafadi came to Denver and 9News Labor Day Weekend of 2023, and the TV channel has spent this week sending her off to greener pastures.

Where she is headed has yet to be announced, but she has spent the last few years as a 9News reporter and 9News Morning anchor and this weekend will mark the end of her run at 9News and in Denver.

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You can read her farewell post and the tributes she pays to fellow 9News journalists on their website and follow along with her specifically, including wherever her journey takes her next, on her Instagram.