Wrangell Sentinel -

After June Leffler left KSTK to move back down south last month, the local radio station has operated without a reporter. Leffler's replacement, Sage Smiley, arrived in town last Sunday.

"I'm really excited to be here," she said. "I think that Southeast is a beautiful place, and that Wrangell seems like a really wonderful and close knit community. I'm excited to be a part of it and get to report, do what I love here."

Smiley got her start in radio in Utah. She said she has worked in a variety of positions in her career, starting when she was 19-years-old. Some of her jobs have included working...