Unalaska Department of Public Safety

Fraudulent callers are targeting Unalaskans in a phone scam, appearing on caller ID as the local police department.

The Unalaska Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified adult male.

Seven years and two trials later, there is still no verdict in the case involving a fatal car crash on Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo.

Attorneys provided closing arguments Tuesday afternoon in the retrial for 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman.

After a deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial last spring and various failed attempts to go to trial, 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman is once again facing two counts of criminally negligent homicide.

For this episode of Island Interviews, KUCB’s Sofia Stuart-Rasi spoke with Peters about the new city leash law, dog registration requirements and how Unalaska residents can get tags for their dogs.

The Unalaska Fire Department responded to a reported fire near the island’s S-Curves late Wednesday night.

After more than a years-long discussion and an organized petition, the City of Unalaska recently updated the local pet control ordinance. The Unalaska Department of Public Safety implemented a zone where dogs are required to be leashed, covering most of the residential and commercial areas within city limits. But some organizers of the petition now say their efforts to change city code and harshen leash laws may have backfired.

The Unalaska Fire and Police Departments, along with members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers recovered the body of missing fisherman Jacob Riley Veeser Saturday morning. 28-year-old Veeser was reported missing Friday afternoon. City officials said in a press release that evening that he was last seen at midnight on April 4 walking down the GI “dolphin” dock at the UniSea Inc. processing plant.

A 28-year-old fisherman was reported missing Friday in Unalaska. The City of Unalaska said in a press release that Jacob Riley Veeser was last seen at midnight on April 4 walking down the GI “dolphin” dock at the UniSea Inc. processing plant.