Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Publisher Fuller Cowell to Retire; Harris Named to Position

Posted Friday, January 12, 2018 11:01 am

Rod Boyce | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fuller Cowell will retire next month as publisher of the 114-year-old Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the trustee of the Helen E. Snedden Foundation announced Wednesday.

Richard Harris, publisher of the Kodiak Daily Mirror, will succeed Cowell on Feb. 5. The Fairbanks-based nonprofit foundation has owned both newspapers since January 2016.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Publisher Fuller Cowell to Retire; Harris Named to Position

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