Rena Delbridge
State and Business Reporter
Call Rena at 907-459-7518.
State news and Business writer Rena Delbridge left Wyoming's wide open spaces for new adventures in Alaska, joining the News-Miner in June 2008. Raised in northern California, she studied political science at the University of Wyoming while working as a reporter/photographer at a smalll-town Wyoming community weekly. For several years prior to joining the News-Miner, Rena was a regular correspondent for the daily Casper Star-Tribune and a freelance writer for a variety of clients, including a philanthropic organization and several state initiatives. She brings experience reporting on energy issues and has covered business, land and resource topics, local and state government and more.
Recent Stories
- Fort Greely furniture heads to flooded villages
- Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — One soldier’s suggestion that the U.S. Army could help devastated Yukon River communities resulted in enough donated furniture to fill a couple of warehouses.
- Gov. Parnell will name replacement for Sen. Therriault
- Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Republican leaders in the district represented by Sen. Gene Therriault, who is resigning next month, can forward the names of three possible replacements to Gov. Sean Parnell. The governor then has 30 days after the vacancy formally occurs to appoint a qualified replacement.
- Therriault to leave Alaska Senate for state energy job
- Friday, Aug. 21, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Republican Sen. Gene Therriault of North Pole is leaving his Senate seat in mid-September to become a senior policy adviser on Alaska energy issues to Gov. Sean Parnell.
- Murkowski will host hearing at energy fair
- Friday, Aug. 21, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The fourth annual Chena Renewable Energy Fair will highlight a U.S. Senate energy committee field hearing and the unveiling of a new, mobile geothermal power plant that could have implications for oil fields.
- Interior legislators take a Fairbanks road tour
- Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
- FAIRBANKS Department of Transportation officials took several Interior legislators on a bus tour of current and planned road projects on Tuesday, offering some insight into their challenges — chiefly, unstable federal funding, a stagnant state budget and increasing maintenance costs.
- Longtime Fairbanksan Pete Kelly joins Parnell administration
- Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Former state legislator and longtime Fairbanksan Pete Kelly has left the University of Alaska Fairbanks to work as a special assistant to Gov. Sean Parnell.
- Pogo mine expecting record year
- Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The new owners of the Pogo gold mine near Delta Junction expect 2009 production to trump prior years, reaching 375,000 ounces.
- Funds for homeless programs found after state error
- Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Legislators revived $650,000 for homeless housing programs after the line item vanished in then-Gov. Sarah Palin’s budget proposal.
- Energy authority outlines projects
- Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The first $100 million in Alaska Energy Authority grants for renewable projects statewide is expected to displace hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel.
- Legislators want more details on Permanent Fund investment changes
- Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Several legislators still irritated by an apparent lack of communication concerning the Permanent Fund Corporation’s new investment strategy peppered senior managers with questions at a hearing Friday.
Recent Photos
- Wednesday, May 20, 2009
- A stray dog cautiously wanders through ice boulders and debris along the river bank at Stevens Village. An estimated 8,000 pounds of dog food per week are needed to fill the bowls of hundreds of pups in Yukon River communities stricken by recent flooding and ice jams.
- Sunday, May 17, 2009
- Wal-Mart store manager Timbo Erickson helps Kay Wilson haul a box of recyclables to the store’s trailer as others pitch questions his way. The retailer was one of several entities at Interior Alaska Green Star’s recycling event Saturday.
- Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
- Journalists walk through a temporary chain-link corridor to the athletic center at Washington University, where tonight's debate between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden will take place. Access around the campus is limited and security is tight.
- Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
- Students showcase signs of support during an MSNBC live broadcast from green lawns at Washington University in St. Louis early Thursday afternoon.
- Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
- Tony Viessman and Carol Birdsong, both of Rolla, Mo., display a banner, Rednecks for Obama, at Washington University. Plenty of passers-by paused to have their snapshot taken with the sign.
