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 town, she can likely be found in or around a body of water.
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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved a federal disaster declaration for the Kuskokwim River because of the failure of chinook, chum, and coho fisheries in 2022. -
Breakup began late last week on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River in Nikolai, and other Kuskokwim communities report the beginnings of ice rot. On the Yukon, breakup is reportedly starting in Whitehorse on the Canadian side but elsewhere, the water isn't yet flowing in the open. -
KYUK reporters Evan Erickson and Emily Schwing, as well as former reporters Francisco Martínezcuello and Sunni Bean, received awards at the 2024 Alaska Press Club Awards ceremony in Anchorage on April 20. News director Sage Smiley also received awards for work at KSTK in Wrangell, Alaska. -
A storm that buffeted Bethel Monday night (April 15) clocked one of the highest recorded wind gust speeds in the city in at least 45 years. -
As spring sweeps into Alaska, weather and water scientists turn their attention to predicting when the ice of rivers around the state will break apart. It’s an educated guessing game that gets more specific as potential breakup dates get closer. -
The villages of Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok and Quinhagak will be eligible to harvest moose in the Kuskokwim River hunt area in Unit 18. -
Vapes and nicotine pouches are now officially taxed like other tobacco products in Bethel, after the City Council approved a change to local code at the end of February, responding to strong public testimony from residents in support of the tax. -
Manaqing is a staple winter activity on the Kuskokwim River. KYUK’s news team drove down the ice highway to the manaq spot where the Johnson River meets the Kuskokwim to try and catch some fish. -
Bethel high school students walked out of classes on Thursday, April 4, joining students from around the state in protesting what they call “the Alaska Legislature’s failure to fund our schools.” -
Alaska’s governor has announced four appointments to the Alaska Board of Fisheries and the Alaska Board of Game, which oversee management of populations on the state’s lands and in its waters.
