Sage Smiley
News DirectorSage Smiley is KYUK's news director. She’s worked with audio since she was a teenager at radio stations from Alaska to Amman and is passionate about sound-rich storytelling, rural radio and community-centered journalism. When not slinging a shotgun microphone around the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, she can likely be found in or around a body of water.
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For the first time in years, students in Napakiak are at school under the same roof, in a school building that’s safe from the encroaching erosion of the Kuskokwim River. -
Three candidates have filed to run for the four open seats on Bethel City Council. That leaves a seat open for the possibility of a write-in campaign. -
Local election season is underway, as candidate filing periods have opened in many municipalities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. -
In the past decade, Bethel has increasingly relied on a policing system where officers work for two weeks, then take two weeks off. This lets some officers commute from thousands of miles away. And while the system helps with staffing, some victims of crime see it as the root of a problem. -
For the second year in a row, a woman from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region has been crowned Miss World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. This year’s winner, Joeli Angukaranaq Carlson, ran on a platform inspired by her own life. -
Racers swam, biked, and ran their way through Bethel’s first triathlon on July 12, centered around the community pool. But while athletes say it was Bethel’s first traditional triathlon, the three-sport race has a history in the community. -
The blaze in the early morning hours of July 8 was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring, according to a city administrator. No injuries have been reported. -
Edward Atcherian, 24, faces second-degree murder charges after police officers found a deceased woman in a residence during a welfare check on the evening of Sunday, July 6. -
KYUK reporter Emily Schwing has spent the last two and a half years digging into the relocation of Newtok to Mertarvik, the money that’s been spent, and the infrastructure on both sides of the river. She sat down with KYUK News Director Sage Smiley to talk about some of her findings. -
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird superhighway. A study released last year underscores how important the area is to the lives of millions of birds.
