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 2020 census count is coming, and it will determine where funding goes for things like schools, emergency services and health care. For the last...
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Last year, on a warm Saturday evening in Boise, Idaho, Timmy Earl Kinner Jr. walked into the birthday party of a family. In a random attack, he stabbed...
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The U.S. accepted zero refugees in October. That’s after the Trump administration has set a year-long cap on refugees at 18,000, the lowest number since...
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State rankings are out for 2019 ACT test scores. For the Mountain West, it’s a mixed bag.
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A new report from Congress’s watchdog says employees overseeing public lands are facing hundreds of threats and assaults.
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Drew Eggers stood at the edge of one of his stubble fields when he plucked a patch of mint left over from harvest. “You can smell the spearmint,” he...
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Ski and snowboard season is already here.
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Researchers out of Colorado are hoping to map the entire earth with a new type of laser technology, and climate change is driving the effort.
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The Mountain West will be getting at least two new Amazon warehouses this year, including Idaho’s first in Nampa.
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Off-road vehicles such as ATVs and UTVs will soon be allowed on roads in Utah’s national parks after a controversial policy change last week.