Julie Luchetta
Reporter, Report for America Corps memberExpertise: 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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Boise will continue to fly a pride flag in front of city hall, despite threats from the Attorney General. On Tuesday, Raúl Labrador urged Mayor Lauren McLean to comply with House Bill 96, which prohibits non-official flags from being displayed on governmental property. On Wednesday, the city responded. -
“When you have a rally here in Idaho where 12,000 people come out, people say, you know what? I'm not alone. I'm going to stand up. I'm going to fight back,” Sanders said in an interview after the “Fight the Oligarchy” event in Nampa. -
The Boise Train Depot is turning 100 years old. The station overlooking downtown, with its iconic bell tower and mission revival style architecture is marking the event with a four day celebration. -
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump maintained 10% tariff raises for most trading partners, while announcing China would face 125% increases. It’s unclear yet how those will affect Idaho’s agriculture, one of the state’s largest exporting industries. -
The family of Victor Perez, who was shot by Pocatello Police last weekend, told the Idaho State Journal that he was declared brain dead Friday afternoon. -
On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it received notice the Trump administration was freezing $35 million in Title X funds for nine of its affiliates nationwide. Idaho is set to lose about $550 000 in federal funding. -
Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending collective union bargaining rights for many federal agencies, including Veterans Affairs. On Friday and Saturday, veterans, federal workers and their supporters gathered in front of the VA Medical Center in Boise to protest. -
The 13th edition of Treefort Music Fest, the multi-day, multi-venue music festival kicked off Wednesday in downtown Boise. With stages set up anywhere from Julia Davis park, to basements bars and street corners across town, the five day music slash yoga slash podcast slash comedy slash food event is focused on more than just concerts. -
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo answered questions from callers Tuesday during a virtual forum hosted by the AARP, Callers’ expressed concern over the future of social security, VA benefits and public lands, cuts to NIH-funded medical research, the cost of prescription drugs, and the scope of the Department of Governmental Efficiency's authority. -
As the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, sets its eyes on reforming the U.S. Postal Service, one of the main postal workers’ unions says it could lead to the privatization of one of America’s oldest public services.
