Joanna Richards, NCPR
@JoannaKRichardsNorth Country Public Radio/North Country Reporter for the Innovation Trail
Joanna Richards came to the Innovation Trail from Louisville, Kentucky, where she worked as an assistant editor for the NPR series This I Believe and as a staff writer for local arts and entertainment weekly Velocity.
Joanna moved to Watertown in 2008 to work as a reporter for the Watertown Daily Times. She began working for WRVO and North Country Public Radio in 2011, covering the city of Watertown, Jefferson County and Fort Drum for both stations.
Joanna graduated from Oberlin College in 2005, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English.
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Since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel detailed his proposal for deep military cutbacks Monday, officials in Watertown have been trying to divine what that… -
An important Watertown employer will be bought out by a larger company, but a spokeswoman says workers have reason to be optimistic about the sale.The… -
Most people have heard of “navigators” for the new health insurance exchanges. They're the trained, impartial guides funded by the federal government to… -
Agriculture advocates are welcoming progress on state legislation that would slow rising property taxes for farmers. The Senate passed a bill last week… -
A once-idled coal plant on Fort Drum has been given new life. ReEnergy Black River is creating dozens of new jobs in the North Country – while maintaining… -
Smaller farms in upstate New York are being squeezed by the valuation mechanisms that peg taxation to land values.One of those challenges is property… -
Wind farms are a touchy subject in the North Country. As the town of Cape Vincent wrestles with a potential project, in neighboring Lewis County another… -
A Tylerville dairy farm, in Jefferson County, is growing, in part thanks to help from National Grid. The company awarded the farm a grant of $50,000 to… -
About 200 community members turned up in a school auditorium in Watertown Thursday night in a showing of regional support for Fort Drum. The event was… -
The federal government's across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester are set to kick in Friday, barring an agreement between Congress and the…
