Julie Luchetta
ReporterExpertise: Audio editing, public health, social issues reporting
Education: University of Arizona
Highlights
- Loo-keh-Tah
- I have lots of opinions on podcasts and storytelling in general and I absolutely want to hear yours
- French
Experience
I joined Boise State Public Radio in 2022 as the Canyon County reporter through Report for America, to report on the growing Latino community in Idaho. I am very invested in listening to people’s different perspectives and I am very grateful to those who are willing to share their stories with me. It’s a privilege and I do not take it for granted.
I started this job, my first full-time position in journalism, a couple of weeks before the repeal of Roe v. Wade and have been covering the local implications of Idaho’s changing legal landscape ever since and the impacts it has had on the state.
Email: If you have a tip (or podcast recommendation) please shoot me an email.
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A bipartisan bill that would require homeowner insurance companies to disclose what models they use to assess insurance prices is getting a hearing in front of the legislature Tuesday. -
Last week, Boise State Public Radio reported on an Idaho woman stranded in the Middle East as she tried to find a way out of the region amid escalating military strikes. Ten days after the beginning of the conflict, we have this update on her situation. -
AC Boise is getting ready to play their season opener against Sarasota Paradise in Florida on Saturday. -
As Iran retaliates against American military attacks, one Idaho mother shares the story of her daughter stranded in Qatar. -
Advocacy groups are criticizing some lawmakers on the House Business Committee for letting a man dressed up in brownface testify at the legislature on Monday. -
The suspect crashed an ambulance filled with gasoline cans into a building that contains Department of Homeland Security offices, police say. -
A new bill under consideration by the legislature would give K-9 officers trained to find electronic storage devices the same protections as other police dogs. ESD dogs assist child sexual abuse cases by smelling a compound unique to electronic hardware. -
The service, hospitality, food, agriculture and construction industries are sounding the alarm on the impact mass deportations of undocumented people could have on Idaho's economy. -
The American Civil Liberties Union and three Idaho citizens are suing ICE, the FBI, the Canyon county Sheriff and the Caldwell Police department. The lawsuit accuses the agencies of conspiring against Idahoans because of the color of their skin. Last October, around 200 agents descended upon a family event in Wilder. The FBI initially reported it was serving a warrant, involving five individuals, at a horse track. About 400 people were detained for several hours, many of whom were U.S. citizens, including children. -
Copper Quill Haven has withdrawn from contract negotiations with Canyon County, the city of Nampa and the city of Caldwell and will no longer be in charge of their animal shelter services. The organization was set to take over from West Valley Humane Society this week.
