Unalaska is experiencing a shortage of tugboat workers; This year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend payout is $3,284, among the highest amounts in the state’s history; and twenty-six Alaska places on federal land now have new names to remove a derogatory word for Native women.
Hailing 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.