Samantha Wright
Idaho Matters Senior ProducerAs Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life!). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.
I am so grateful to have been honored by my peers with Edward R. Murrow Awards for some of the stories I loved telling about wheelchair rugby, blind bird watching, making pies for Lent, learning to can food during a recession and walking through a living nativity.
My goal is to find out what’s on the mind of our listeners and to Never Be Boring!
If you have a suggestion for an Idaho Matters segment, please email idahomatters@boisestate.edu.
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As the need for energy grows across the West and more focus is being shifted to low-carbon resources, people are asking important questions like: How do we bring this kind of energy online reliably?
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Scientists are finding that some landscapes can come back on their own after natural disasters, like wildfires. And there are more and more examples of this kind of restoration popping up around the West.
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A jury has been picked for the Chad Daybell murder trial, being whittled down from a pool of 50 people to 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Boise is known as the City of Trees, and despite being in a desert, it has a fairly substantial urban forest.
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Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction has been watching the Idaho legislature closely this year as lawmakers consider giving public schools a giant chunk of the state budget.
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In February, a company called "Change Healthcare" was hit by a cyber attack. Idaho Matters finds out how this has impacted hospitals, doctors and patients.
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Meridian recently gained a new community space that is focused on uplifting black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs in Idaho.
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Idaho Matters takes a look at the first day of the Chad Daybell multiple murder trial.
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Did lawmakers at the Idaho legislature violate open meeting laws? That’s the question swirling around the statehouse after an impromptu and unannounced meeting of some of the members of the powerful budget writing committee last Thursday, March 28.
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Except for Prince, Mark O'Connor was the youngest artist to ever sign a recording contract with Warner Brothers. He went on to win three Grammys and become a seven-time CMA musician of the year, and now he is heading back to Idaho for a performance you won't want to miss.