Katie Basile
Independent PhotojournalistKatie Basile is a photographer and multimedia storyteller from Bethel, Alaska.
After graduating with a degree in Photojournalism from the University of Montana, Katie lived in Prague and interned with Spectrum Pictures. Eventually she settled in Brooklyn, New York where she lived and worked for six-years.
In 2015, Katie returned home to Bethel, Alaska where she continues to focus on documentary work and explores multimedia storytelling with rural Alaskan youth.
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It was a snowy start to the 44th Kuskokwim 300 as 21 mushers raced upriver on Jan. 27, 2023. -
On Jan. 28, 15 mushers will race the roughly 65-mile 2023 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race from Bethel to Akiak and back. This year’s race will introduce a new winner to the history books because there are no past champions entered in this year’s race.
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Fifteen mushers will race from Bethel to Bogus Creek and back in the 2023 Bogus Creek 150. The race starts at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 in Bethel.
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Climate change is accelerating erosion all over Alaska. When storms hit the village of Newtok, Albertina Charles is terrified of flooding and the encroaching river bank.
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Community members gathered at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center again for the second day of the 2022 Cama-i Dance Festival.
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After two years of cancellations, the Cama-i Dance Festival returned to Bethel on March 26, 2022. Dancers, vendors, and spectators gathered for yuraq at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center.
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On Sunday morning at 5:12 a.m., Pete Kaiser of Bethel became the 2022 Bogus Creek 150 champion. This is his second Bogus victory, just three weeks after his Kuskokwim 300 win.
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Twelve mushers raced over a snowy trail for the Bogus Creek 150 Sled Dog Race this weekend.
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The 2022 Bogus Creek 150, which was rescheduled due to weather, will follow a non-traditional route in hopes to avoid the worst of the winter storm expected to start the evening of Feb. 19.
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Pete Kaiser won his sixth victory in the 2022 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. A field of 16 mushers raced from Bethel to Aniak and back on a fast and icy trail.
