Madelyn Beck
Reporter, Mountain West ڱ BureauMadelyn Beck is Boise State Public Radio's regional reporter with the Mountain West ڱ Bureau. She's from Montana but has reported everywhere from North Dakota to Alaska to Washington, D.C. Her last few positions included covering energy resources in Wyoming and reporting on agriculture/rural life in Illinois.
Pre-journalism jobs include (but are not limited to): ranch hand for Icelandic horses, hotel laundress, large caliber brass shell sorter/inventory, salmon processor in Alaska and waitress for a murder mystery dinner theater.
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The move came without much warning. “We were stunned,” Dr. Christine Hahn, the Idaho State epidemiologist, told the radio show Idaho Matters .
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How can congregations safely congregate, if at all? Places of worship all across the country have been wrestling with the question since the coronavirus...
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There’s significant evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny particles that linger in the air. Thanks to a University of Colorado...
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This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. With protesters taking to the streets nationwide to demand justice for George...
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For some people of faith, gathering together is a central tenet of church. You bolster each other's beliefs, sing communally and feel the transcendence...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the nation to figure out something it's tried to do for years: increase access to telehealth. That’s true across the...
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Two-thirds of Americans think the federal government should be doing more to reduce the impacts of climate change, according to a new Pew Research...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, a new survey shows that depression is worsening across the nation and the Mountain West.
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The Great American Outdoors Act has passed the Senate with solid bipartisan support – but bipartisan doesn’t mean unanimous. A group of 73 voted yes...
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Hotel slowdowns alone could cost states in the Mountain West more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue this year, according to an analysis commissioned by...