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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Napakiak’s relocation coordinator said that basically every house in Napakiak and most businesses had water come into them when the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit the region. The city office and local clinic weren’t inundated, but still sustained damage. -
People from Kwigillingok and Kipnuk were evacuated to a 100-bed shelter set up at Bethel’s National Guard Armory. Local and regional organizations are collecting donations and fundraising to support families impacted by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. -
The woman, whose name has not been released publicly, was found on Monday. Troopers are actively searching for two other people who are still missing from Kwigillingok. -
As floodwaters tore through coastal villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday, Oct. 12, residents fled to higher ground while emergency responders launched evacuation and relief efforts. By Monday, Oct. 13, emergency aid shipments were arriving in storm-impacted communities, delivering essential supplies including food, water, and diapers. -
The three people unaccounted for are from Kwigillingok, one of the communities devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. -
Initial results are in from Bethel’s municipal election and from Rural Education Attendance Area (REAA) school board elections throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. -
The Yukon Delta coast remains under a flood warning and high wind advisory as a large storm moves up the coast of Western Alaska. To the south, the Kuskokwim Delta coast is under a flood advisory. -
Seats on many local government councils are on the ballot, as well as seats on regional school boards for nearly all of the school districts in the region. -
Oct. 7 is local election day for many communities in Alaska. And for much of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, it’s also election day for Rural Education Attendance Area school boards. -
KYUK will host a forum for city council candidates later this week — 7 p.m. on Oct. 2. There are three traditional candidates and one write-in candidate running for the four available seats on Bethel’s city council.
