Maggie Nelson
News DirectorHailing from Southwest Washington, Maggie moved to Unalaska in 2019. She's dabbled in independent print journalism in Oregon and completed her Master of Arts in English Studies at Western Washington University — where she also taught Rhetoric and Composition courses. In 2017 Maggie spent time working on a commercial tender boat out of Wrangell and is excited to finally return to Alaska to produce content for the Unalaska community.
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The Coast Guard is working to repair numerous lost buoys near False Pass, in anticipation of increased summer vessel traffic in the area. -
Groups of Unalaska students gathered around desks in a math classroom after school on a Friday afternoon this winter. The room was fairly quiet except for some background noise from a basketball scrimmage in the gym and some light chatter and a few giggles. Among the voices was a soft, frequent clicking from chess timers or clocks. -
A seven-year-long case involving the death of two Unalaska teen girls has come to a close, after the state dropped charges against 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman on Wednesday. -
The U.S. Coast Guard pulled two hikers to safety from Unalaska’s Makushin Volcano Sunday evening. -
Student athletes and their friends, families and coaches from around the state filled the stands at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center over the weekend for the 2026 Native Youth Olympics. -
The Aleutians East Borough, the Native Village of Unga and two Aleutian fishing groups are asking a state court to void fishing regulations adopted at a February state Board of Fisheries meeting. -
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the crew of a fishing vessel that ran aground early Thursday morning near Umnak Island. -
Seven years and two trials later, there is still no verdict in the case involving a fatal car crash on Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo. -
A seafood act to fight illegal fishing has made it one step closer to becoming law.On Mar. 22, the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest or FISH Act passed the U.S. Senate. -
Attorneys provided closing arguments Tuesday afternoon in the retrial for 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman.
