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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Mayor Lauren McLean emphasized long term investments in Boise neighborhoods, the need for affordable housing and the challenges of a growing community in her 2026 State of the City on Wednesday. -
On Friday, a Louisiana court ruled mifepristone, a drug used in about 60% of abortions nationwide, could only be prescribed in person, preventing it from being sent by mail to patients. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked the law from going into effect for one week. How does this back and forth affect access for patients in Idaho? -
Greenhouse gasses are causing temperatures to rise in cities across the U.S., but Boise is among the fastest warming urban areas in the country. The City of Trees ranks 14th out of 242 cities surveyed. -
Boise County Commissioner Darrell "Lindy" Lindstrom denies stabbing a teen girl during a riverside altercation with her family last August and is countersuing. -
Boise County is asking the state attorney general for help in investigating allegations against its own officials. The accusations include interfering in a law enforcement investigation, violating open meeting laws, electioneering and misuse of public funds. -
The state’s largest teacher’s union has issued a vote of No Confidence in Gov. Brad Little after he signed into law a bill that prevents teachers unions from using any taxpayers resources to conduct union activities. -
On Saturday morning, hundreds of people gathered in Eagle where Highway 55 meets the foothills to witness a highly anticipated and uniquely local event: the trailing of the sheep. -
A lawsuit alleges Boise County Commissioner Lindy Lindstrom and two other men assaulted a woman and her children while they were recreating along the Main Payette River last summer. -
Gov. Brad Little signed an emergency drought declaration this week for all of Idaho’s 44 counties after an unusually warm year. -
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