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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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. -
For this episode of “Island Interviews,” KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi sat down with Greg Walter, a nurse practitioner at Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, to break down what cyclospora is, how it spreads, how to avoid it and what to do if you get it. -
A UniSea worker in Unalaska died of a methamphetamine overdose on Feb. 2, 2025. Now a California woman is charged in that death. -
Katie Reuther joined the station in July as a reporter covering the Aleutians and Pribilof Islands. She previously worked as an independent podcast producer in Vermont. -
A Canadian crew lost control of their sailboat, the Mizuya, about 950 miles southwest of Adak Island on June 18. They were rescued in an international Coast Guard effort, and the 40-foot trimaran was left adrift. But the owner wasn’t willing to abandon his sailboat, so he went back to find it. -
Most of the buildings in Adak sit empty. But more than 300 of them are wired for internet, a cost U.S. phone customers are paying. A new investigation from the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica found the cost comes to more than $340,000 a year for a service no one on the island was using. -
Former Southeast Alaska State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins visited Unalaska over the weekend as part of his campaign to become Alaska’s next governor. Kreiss-Tomkins, often referred to as JKT, is one of two Democrats running for the seat, and it was his first visit to the island.
