Jeff Richardson
News editor
Call Jeff at 907-459-7575.
News editor Jeff Richardson was raised in Delta Junction, where he grew to appreciate snow drifts and wide-open spaces. After graduating from Delta High School, he attended the University of Northern Colorado, earning a degree in journalism in 1992. After working as the News-Miner education reporter in the late 1990s, Jeff took a six-year break to manage a weekly newspaper in Dutch Harbor before returning to Fairbanks as the features editor in 2005. He spends most of his free time on a never-ending home construction project, but also enjoys exploring Alaska, watching movies and spending time with his family. Jeff lives outside Fairbanks with his wife and two children.
Recent Stories
- Fort Yukon keeping its liquor store
- Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — State regulators are letting Fort Yukon re-open its city-run liquor store, which was shut down Friday amid confusion about whether voters had given the city permission to be in the booze business.
- Fairbanksan hopes to win ‘Survivor Philippines’
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Amanda Coolley spent a good part of her summer on an island in the South Pacific, but it was no vacation for the 25-year-old Fairbanksan.
- White-nosed moose turns heads
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — A white-nosed momma moose had Ann Dolney doing a double-take last week.
Dolney, the ow - Used kids’ clothes are a hot commodity for Fairbanks businesses
- Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Dena Dougherty laughs as she refers to the neighborhood around her used children’s-merchandise business, Once Upon a Child, as “the recycle block.”
- Tanana Valley State Fair posts 2009 profit, will return in 2010
- Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The Tanana Valley State Fair appears to be back in the black.
- Emergency beacons are featured at Alaska aviation expo
- Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Not long ago, general aviation pilots in Alaska were on their own once they left the runway. Only the flight plan they left behind gave an indication of their whereabouts.
- Workers complete renovation project at Fairbanks International Airport
- Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks International Airport unveiled a $41 million renovation to its main runway on Thursday, wrapping up a busy summer of paving, electrical wiring and lighting improvements.
- Post-flood rebuilding has Eagle ready for the winter
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — It took a sometimes-frantic, 109-day rebuilding effort, but Eagle is ready for winter.
- Funding talks get tense between Alaska legislators, university officials
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The Senate Finance Committee launched a two-day work session in Fairbanks on Wednesday with a goal of better understanding the process the University of Alaska uses to craft its budget.
- UAF student investors riding a wild economic year
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Thomas Fatica has a daily ritual that sets him apart from most of his classmates at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Soon after waking up each morning, the senior finance major takes some time to see how his stocks are weathering the worst economic stretch since the Great Depression.
Recent Photos
- Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009
- A sign at Stanley Nissan on South Cushman Street on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, displays one of the promotions Fairbanks merchants are offering in October in anticipation of Permanent Fund Dividend spending.
- Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009
- Stephen Davila, the store manager at Alaska Feed Co., arranges pumpkins on a table during the store's Giant Vegetable Contest on Saturday, August 29, 2009. A 34-pound pumpkin claimed the top prize.
- Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009
- Jeff Richardson/News-Miner
Alaska Feed Co. manager Stephen Davila sorted through a selection of zucchini during the store's Giant Vegetable Contest on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Prizes were offered for the biggest items in six categories. 
- Friday, May 8, 2009
- Ken Leary, director of operations for Everts Air, checks out shrink-wrapped pallets of donated clothes, food and other items bound for the flooded community of Eagle. Local residents and organizations brought more than 10,500 pounds of goods to give to victims of flooding in the village.
- Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
- Cliff Burglin recalls the early days of Alaska statehood.
