Julia Ritchey
Senior EditorJulia joined KUER in 2016 after a year reporting at the NPR member station in Reno, Nev. During her stint, she covered battleground politics, school overcrowding, and any story that would take her to the crystal blue shores of Lake Tahoe. Her work earned her two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. Originally from the mountains of Western North Carolina, Julia graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 with a degree in journalism. She’s worked as both a print and radio reporter in several states and several countries — from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to Dakar, Senegal. Her curiosity about the American West led her to take a spontaneous, one-way road trip to the Great Basin, where she intends to continue preaching the gospel of community journalism, public radio and podcasting. In her spare time, you’ll find her hanging with her beagle Bodhi, taking pictures of her food and watching Patrick Swayze movies.
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U.S. Congressman Chris Stewart is calling President Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency for more border funding a “mistake” that could come back…
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In the year since a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people, there have been marches, town halls…
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If bills are the Legislature’s cake, resolutions are the frosting.These non-binding measures allow lawmakers to stake out positions on controversial…
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Flanked by friends and a sea of green signs, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski kicked off her re-election campaign on Saturday in what is shaping into…
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If last week brought the fire, this week brought the fury to Capitol Hill as Republican leaders rushed to pass a scaled-back version of Medicaid expansion…
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A Utah House committee on Wednesday narrowly approved a controversial overhaul of voter-backed Proposition 3 to expand Medicaid, a potential sign of…
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Utah’s members of Congress struck an optimistic tone following President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.Trump “hit it just right,”…
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A resolution opposing additional gun control became the first major gun legislation of the Utah Legislature’s 2019 session on Tuesday, bringing out…
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Updated 6:58 p.m. MST 2/5/19Now that a controversial bill to scale back voter-approved Medicaid expansion has passed the Senate, it next heads to the…
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Republicans on a Utah Senate committee abruptly ended debate on Friday on a resolution opposing President Trump’s now-discontinued policy of separating…
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A renewed effort to allow terminally ill patients to end their own life with medical help has been cut short.Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost, D-Salt Lake City,…
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The first week of the legislative session always has a very back-to-school feel, with lawmakers sworn in, speeches from new leaders and interns wandering…