Heath Druzin
Reporter, Guns & AmericaHeath Druzin was Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & America fellow from 2018-2020, during which he focused on extremist movements, suicide prevention and gun culture.
Previously he covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and veterans issues for Stars and Stripes newspaper and government and crime for The Idaho Statesman. His work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and the BBC.
When he’s not reporting, you’ll probably find Heath in the mountains splitboarding, hiking, biking, flyfishing or soaking in a hot spring.
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Thursday is the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and since then hate is making a comeback to Idaho where the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations was chased out two decades ago. -
The arrest of 31 members of a white supremacist group allegedly on their way to riot at a North Idaho gay Pride celebration shocked people across the country. But it didn’t come out of nowhere.
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Coeur d’Alene’s police chief says he and his officers are receiving death threats after arresting more than 30 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front over the weekend.
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Eric Parker went to a ranch in Nevada, pointed his rifle at federal agents, then beat the feds in court. It made him a folk hero in the militia movement. And he’s worked hard to soften the image of his militia. Instead of fighting the government, he’s become an increasingly powerful political force pulling the state GOP even farther right. Now he’s after a new title: state Senator in Idaho.
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In episode one, Heath camps out at a militia training with camouflage-clad recruits shooting guns and practicing first-aid deep in the woods. The leader of the group explains why he shows up armed with his guys to tense protests like the deadly showdown in Charlottesville, Va. We shine a light on what’s motivating people in the militia movement and their chilling outlook for the future.
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Former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has endorsed far-right Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy, the latest wrinkle in a governor’s race that’s gained national attention.
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Thrive Cannabis is opening in Jackpot, Nevada, offering legal marijuana sales less than an hour drive from Twin Falls.
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A major Idaho doctor’s association has filed a complaint against a Treasure Valley physician who has repeated misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.
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An Idaho woman with connections to far-right leader Ammon Bundy is facing federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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An ethics committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend an Idaho lawmaker be censured for her role in sharing the personal information of a 19-year-old legislative intern who accused a state representative of rape.
