Heath Druzin
Reporter, Guns & AmericaHeath Druzin was Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & Americafellow 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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State health officials say Idaho could see field hospitals and National Guard call-ups if skyrocketing COVID-19 rates continue.Idaho Department of Health…
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Despite a promising COVID-19 trial, Governor Brad Little said during his weekly AARP town hall that frontline workers in Idaho likely won’t get vaccines…
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Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters marched through the streets of Boise Saturday to protest the results of the presidential election. It was one of many…
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A legal expert sounding the alarm about voter intimidation is asking Ada County law enforcement to protect voters. Former federal prosecutor Mary McCord…
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Armed men at polling places. Post-election violence. These are not scenes typically associated with American democracy. But that’s exactly what extremism…
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For a long time, families in crisis Emida, Idaho had no where to turn. Now, two residents have started the first suicide prevention group in the county.
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A new study underscores disproportionately high firearm suicide rates in rural areas, including across Idaho.The study, from gun control advocacy group…
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Attorneys general from three swing states are vowing to fight voter intimidation after comments from the president raised worries of armed confrontations…
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Utah state Rep. Steve Eliason had a jarring wake-up call to the suicide crisis in his state in 2012. Several of his son’s middle school classmates died by…
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Drifters Western Bar And Grill is a no-nonsense diner in a red wooden building just past the sign that welcomes you to Emida, Idaho. Elk and deer mounts…