Sage Smiley
News Director at KYUK (Bethel, AK)
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1 week ago |
kyuk.org | Sage Smiley
The Bethel Regional High School cafeteria was a buzz of activity on the Saturday afternoon of the Cama’i festival. Tables were wheeled across the floor and unfolded. Siblings Jeremiah and Lily West poured neon orange and yellow powder into ten-gallon jugs. “We're making lemonade and Tang,” Jeremiah said, pouring in more powder. “You need more,” Lily said, stirring the vats with a commercial whisk taller than her torso.
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2 weeks ago |
kyuk.org | Sage Smiley
Around 18 hours before the crowning of Miss Cama’i 2025, the four contestants were flying through the crowd at the Native foods dinner.
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1 month ago |
kyuk.org | Sage Smiley
The seven school districts in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta range from single schools to the largest rural district in the state. But all face significant budget pressure as they wait on the Alaska Legislature to decide how it may change its per-student funding formula, called the Base Student Allocation. It hasn’t meaningfully increased since 2017, even as inflation has skyrocketed. This year, on March 12, the Alaska State House passed a $1,000 increase to its per-student funding formula.
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1 month ago |
savingseafood.org | Sage Smiley
March 19, 2025 — A federal district court judge has denied a claim made by two regional tribal consortiums in Western Alaska that fisheries management in the Bering Sea violated environmental law. United States District Court Judge Sharon Gleason denied the claims made by the Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) and Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) in a judgement on March 11.
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1 month ago |
kyuk.org | Sage Smiley
A federal district court judge has denied a claim made by two regional tribal consortiums in Western Alaska that fisheries management in the Bering Sea violated environmental law. United States District Court Judge Sharon Gleason denied the claims made by the Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) and Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) in a judgement on March 11.
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