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Julie Luchetta

Boise

Loo-keh-TA. 🎙️ Reporter for Boise State Public Radio, @Report4America | French-American, bilingual 🇫🇷🇺🇸, fluent in Spanish.

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  • 1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

    A Caldwell chef received Idaho’s second James Beard Award on Monday. Chef Salvador Alamilla of Amano received the prestigious best chef regional award from the James Beard Foundation in Chicago. Alamilla received the award for the Mountain region, which includes Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming. In his acceptance speech at the ceremony, Alamilla credited the women on his team for the honor.

  • 1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

    Federal forecasters are predicting unseasonably high temperatures this summer. Local Wildland firefighters are preparing for a hotter, drier and potentially longer fire season. Last year, about nine million acres of land burned across the U.S.. Speaking at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Boise Fire Wildfire Captain Garrett Kirpach said 1.2 million acres burned in the Great Basin area, between Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Western Idaho. “Half of that was here locally in southern Idaho.

  • 1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta |Murphy Woodhouse

    On Saturday, thousands of people gathered in front of the Statehouse steps in Boise to protest the Trump presidency. They joined millions across the country marching in “No King” protests, organized to counter what is perceived as authoritarian actions from the administration.

  • 2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

    As temperatures warm up, authorities warn Idahoans to stay away from canals. Almost 70,000 feet of canals run across the state, in both agricultural and residential areas. In a video from the Boise Fire Department, now-retired Chief Paul Roberts warned canals are more dangerous than they appear. The water is extremely cold and the water can be deceptively deep, with sections running upwards of 10 feet deep. “There are portions of the canal that actually go underground.

  • 2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

    Idaho Fish and Game is looking for volunteers to survey milkweed patches and count monarch butterflies across the state this summer. Populations have been dwindling over the past decade and scientists aren’t sure why. Fish and Game wildlife biologist Tempe Regan says there are a lot of different ways. Counting them as adults, as they flutter about, can be tricky and more opportunistic.

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11 Dec 24

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3 Oct 24

Shortly after saying discrimination does not exist in Idaho, Sen. Dan Foreman angrily told native american candidate from the Nez Perce tribe, Trish Carter-Goodheart, to go back to where she came from. He then stormed out. https://t.co/0ai5Ro8Lne

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