Amanda Peacher
Reporter & Host, LOCKED podcastAmanda Peacher worked for the Mountain West News Bureau out of Boise State Public Radio.
She's an Idaho native who returned home after a decade of living and reporting in Oregon. She's an award-winning reporter with a background in community engagement and investigative journalism.
Amanda pedals her bike to work and spends weekends hiking the Boise foothills with her toddler and husband, baking unhealthy sweets, or feebly trying to get her garden to grow.
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When Joyce Fabre saw how many cars were parked at the Iron Creek Trailhead when she pulled in, she knew it would be a busy day. It was a warm, late summer… -
A federal program called Pandemic EBT has been a lifeline for many low-income families recently. But unless Congress acts, it’ll expire at the end of the… -
The Mountain West has seen plenty of wildfires this year, but nothing like the catastrophic large fires still burning along the West Coast. That's largely… -
A new report shows that the COVID-19 recession has households in the Mountain West facing high hardship rates, especially when it comes to rent and food… -
For days now, wildfire smoke has degraded the air quality in much of the Mountain West, and that unhealthy air is forcing tough decisions for schools that… -
Three visitors and two concessions employees at Yellowstone National Park have tested positive for COVID-19, the park reported on Tuesday."Some of these… -
Tami Peay's husband is incarcerated in a Utah state prison for an illegal drugs conviction, and she hasn't seen him in more than four months. She used to… -
Nationally, the domestic abuse hotline has seen an uptick in calls since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and that trend is reflected across the… -
The coronavirus pandemic has forced small businesses to deal with a lot of challenges they don’t normally confront.“We have dealt with everything from HR… -
Dr. Bret Frey is an emergency room physician in Reno, Nevada, and he likens working in health care right now to fighting in a war. "I always thought that…
