Sofia Stuart-Rasi
ReporterSofia was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She’s reported around the U.S. for local public radio stations, NPR and National Native News. Sofia has a Master of Arts in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism from the University of Montana, a graduate certificate in Documentary Studies from the Salt Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder. In between her studies, Sofia was a ski bum in Telluride, Colorado for a few years.
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Some international visitors are halting their summer travel to the United States, including Unalaska, as political tensions between countries rise. The Museum of the Aleutians has already received cancellations from international tourists, ahead of the summer cruise season, which begins in May. -
After three long days of jury selection in Unalaska, court officials will return to Anchorage to restart their search and begin the trial for a young man involved in a fatal 2019 car crash. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews told the court Friday afternoon that after questioning around 100 people this week, they could not find enough local impartial jurors. -
In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Greg Walter, a nurse practitioner at Unalaska’s Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, to better understand why winter brings waves of illnesses. He talks about how people can prevent getting the flu and when symptoms warrant a trip to the clinic. -
In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Dr. Angelia Trujillo discusses why the Alaska Comprehensive Forensic Training Academy focuses on medical providers and why the program is particularly important for rural communities like Unalaska. -
The Alaska Volcano Observatory detected an explosion at Korovin Volcano at 7:26 p.m. Thursday, and moved the Aviation Color Code and Alert Level to “watch”. Officials later reduced the threat level to advisory status. -
The Ounalashka Corporation, Unalaska's for-profit Native corporation, warns residents to stay alert on trails and in town. -
In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Collections Manager Joselle Hale explains the label project and highlights the crucial role of community input in developing the new multilingual displays. They also discuss how residents can preserve their own family histories by learning museum-style documentation techniques. -
Unalaska sixth grader Alexa Mendigorin won the school district’s annual spelling bee on Friday, correctly spelling “ambulatory” in the school auditorium before an audience of students and parents. -
Scientists have long thought that the genetic diversity of the Alaska red king crab fell into three main groups. But researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups. -
In this episode of “Island Interviews,” naturalist Suzi Golodoff, who has studied Unalaska's birds for nearly 50 years, shares her initial reaction to the common murre population decline and what Unalaska residents can do to help birds adapt to global warming.
