Madelyn Beck
Madelyn Beck is Boise State Public Radio's regional reporter with the Mountain West News 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 issues 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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Experts largely agree that schools should open to in-person learning this fall, but there’s disagreement on masking policies.
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New research shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t been following its own health protocols, possibly resulting in detention center deaths. ICE's own documents revealed that medical aid was slow, inadequate or completely lacking in some cases.
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Americans’ fossil fuel consumption dropped 9% last year to its lowest point in three decades. It was also the nation’s largest recorded decrease in fossil fuel use.
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Humans aren’t the only mammals that can contract COVID-19 — zoo animals like large cats and apes can get it, too.
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A massive hacking incident against beef processing giant JBS caused an estimated 20% of U.S. beef packing plants to grind to a halt earlier this week. JBS was quick to get things back online, but the attack raises questions about cyber security and market consolidation.
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Trial delays caused by the pandemic meant that Christopher Gauntlett spent 525 days in jail in Nevada before he was found not guilty. His case likely isn’t unique.
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The White House recently announced that it would not create a federal “vaccine passport” requirement, or proof that you’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine....
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New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that snow is melting earlier – often in the winter. That’s a bad sign for the Mountain...
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A salmonella outbreak is killing songbirds around the West, and it continues to spread.
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Gun sales have spiked during the pandemic, and retailers are running low on ammunition all around the country.