Stephanie Woodard

Alaska

News Anchor, Reporter and Producer at KFXF-TV (Fairbanks, AK)

News Anchor, Reporter, Producer @Ktvf11 #Fairbanks #Alaska |TV Producer on #marriedtothearmy | #MilSO to a pilot | Mom of 2| #PopCulture enthusiast:.

Articles

Our Favorite Rural Stories in 2024

Dec 29, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Wendell Berry |Melissa Cropper |Stephanie Woodard |Matt Barron

Wendell Berry responds to “White Rural Rage” and Paul Krugman. “Those of us who speak for the country (‘rural America’) must never give up” by Wendell Berry The president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers explains why Vance’s extreme agenda runs counter to the rural culture of helping one’s neighbors.
Hope in Turbulent Times: Native Leaders Take the Long View

Dec 22, 2024 | resilience.org | Stephanie Woodard

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. Representatives from three tribes discuss how their communities have learned to endure by celebrating connections. In the wake of the 2024 election, Barn Raiser talks to prominent Native leaders and mentors, who tell us in edited interviews how and why their communities have long endured, even in divisive and unsettled times.
Where Do Democrats Go From Here? It Starts with Bold Leadership

Dec 18, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Jane Kleeb |Bennet Goldstein |Stephanie Woodard |Sherry Kempf

Out of all the speeches given over the four days of the convention, those were the only ones where a rural voice was on stage and a focus of our party. That is a problem. At the national level, the Democratic Party has become consultant-driven and D.C.-centric, concentrating power into a handful of people and leaving behind all the leaders and ideas at the state and local level.
How Native Voters Could Decide Critical Swing States in November

Oct 22, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Stephanie Woodard |Alli O'Connell |Kip Dooley

The Menominee group is part of a collaboration of several organizations, including Indigenous- and minority-led ones. Some are in-state, such as Wisconsin Native Vote and Wisdom. Others are national, like Native Organizing Alliance, which exhorts its members to tap into “the political power of our people and the wisdom of our ancestors.” Together, they have been part of a movement to put voter engagement into full swing on Native homelands throughout the nation.
Montana Tribal Citizens File Lawsuit Over Alleged Voter Suppression

Oct 2, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Stephanie Woodard |Ana Radelat |Ava Kian |Mike Ludwig

Montana has a long history of Native voter suppression. According to the lawsuit, during the 19th century and much of the 20th, Montana laws explicitly forbade Native voting and Native election precincts. This was true even after 1924, when Indigenous people became U.S. citizens with full voting rights. Today, the lawsuit alleges, Native vote suppression is still rampant.
Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands

Sep 12, 2024 | portside.org | Stephanie Woodard

Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands Published September 12, 2024 If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the White House in November, his next administration comes armed with plans for a massive deregulation of federally-owned public land—your land, our land, the basis of our shared national identity. This promises a lucrative payday for businesses like oil companies, mining operations and other extractive industries.
Country Queers Spread the Love in Rural America

Sep 1, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Joe Engleman |Lee Winkelman |Stephanie Woodard |S. Nicole Lane

A year later, with the help of a Kickstarter campaign, Garringer set out on a cross-country road trip to document and preserve the stories of rural lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and Two Spirit people across the United States. In 30 days, Garringer covered 7,000 miles and spoke with 30 people in Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Can Tim Walz Help the Democrats Win Back Rural America?

Aug 8, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Roger Kerson |Stephanie Woodard |Bennet Goldstein |Melissa Cropper

Garner, the veteran actress who most recently appeared in this summer’s Hollywood blockbuster Deadpool vs. Wolverine, grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. In previous campaigns, she’s raised funds for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. This year, she brought her star power to an August 6 “Rural Americans for Harris” Zoom call.
On the Chopping Block – Sierra Nevada Ally

Jul 28, 2024 | sierranevadaally.org | Stephanie Woodard |Barn Raiser

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. Thundering equipment, pulverized terrain littered with the dismembered and dying. D-Day? Mariupol? Game of Thrones? No, it’s a sunny day in the American West, and a pair of Bureau of Land Management bulldozers are ripping pinyon and juniper trees out of the ground. To do this, they’re dragging a 20,000-pound Navy anchor chain across the forested landscape.
Saving the West’s Pinyon-Juniper Forests from the Chopping Block

Jul 10, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Stephanie Woodard

Thundering equipment, pulverized terrain littered with the dismembered and dying. D-Day? Mariupol? Game of Thrones? No, it’s a sunny day in the American West, and a pair of Bureau of Land Management bulldozers are ripping pinyon and juniper trees out of the ground. To do this, they’re dragging a 20,000-pound Navy anchor chain across the forested landscape.