Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Interim News Director/ReporterSofia is from Denver. She's reported around the U.S. for local public radio stations, and her work has aired on NPR and National Native News. Sofia has a master's degree 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's degree in studio arts from the University of Colorado Boulder. Between her studies, Sofia was a ski bum in Telluride, Colorado, for a few years.
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The money for the study – $415,000 in total – mostly comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service Development Program. That grant is $375,000. The city, the Ounalashka Corporation, the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska and Westward Seafoods each contributed more money to the fund. -
Adak is set to receive $115 million to prepare the island for possible military use. Officials said the westernmost city in the country is uniquely suited for Arctic and North Pacific defense operations because of its location and its old Navy base. -
A total of 200 ballots were counted in this year’s municipal election, down from 345 last year. Of those, 183 were cast on Election Day and 17 were early and absentee ballots. -
Traveling optometrist Patrick Campaign screened 329 students in Unalaska Aug. 24-25, with help from Unalaska’s Ballyhoo Lions Club and Anchorage’s Mountain View Lions Club. -
A strong storm is expected to bring high winds to Unalaska and the Aleutian and Pribilof islands beginning Wednesday and lasting into late Friday night. The storm has moved slightly farther south and grown stronger compared with earlier forecasts, according to the National Weather Service. -
Unalaska’s City Council is asking the state to look into running a ferry between Cold Bay and Unalaska during the start of pollock A season in January, one of the busiest travel periods of the year on the Aleutian island. -
Many of the Aleutian Islands rose at the same time, 5-7 million years ago. It was part of a geological event that showed up across the Pacific Rim, according to a study published on June 17. -
Unalaska’s geothermal power project collapsed in 2024. But the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska is going back to the drawing board, hoping the project could cut the island’s diesel consumption. -
A federal judge has vacated a land swap agreement that was key to road construction between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. The road would pass through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. -
Evelynn Trefon is running as a Democratic candidate to represent House District 37, which includes the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands.
