Maggie Nelson

5 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Maggie Nelson

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is pressing federal nominees to support work by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, which he says is key to an illegal-fishing bill backed by both of Alaska's senators. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation unanimously advanced Sullivan's Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act, on April 30. The bill, also known as the FISH Act, is co-sponsored by Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and six other senators.

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Maggie Nelson

Iliuliuk Family and Health Services officials are worried that some essential services at Unalaska's primary clinic could be jeopardized if they don't receive enough funding through the city's local grants program. The clinic provides a wide range of healthcare to the community, ranging from obstetrics and routine primary care to 24/7 emergency response. Despite offering emergency services, Unalaska's clinic is not technically a hospital. It's a Federally Qualified Health Center, or FQHC.

3 weeks ago | bookforum.com | Maggie Nelson

“IT DOESN’T TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE that no one wants to read this pathemata,” writes Maggie Nelson in her new book, Pathemata. Nelson is not speaking of the book itself, but rather about a document that provides much of its source material: a record she has made of her jaw pain, for the benefit of doctors––its genesis, medical imaging, and history of unsuccessful treatment.

3 weeks ago | adn.com | Maggie Nelson

A group of Anchorage jurors was unable to come to a unanimous decision in a nearly six-year long homicide case. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews declared a mistrial Friday morning for the young man involved in a 2019 Unalaska car crash case. Following more than three days of deliberation and over a week in trial, 24-year-old Dustin Ruckman was not convicted for his involvement in the deaths of two Unalaska teen girls, but he also hasn’t been acquitted.

1 month ago | alaskapublic.org | Maggie Nelson

A group of Anchorage jurors was unable to come to a unanimous decision in a nearly six-year long homicide case. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews declared a mistrial Friday morning for a young man involved in a 2019 Unalaska car crash case. Following more than three days of deliberation and over a week in trial, 24-year-old Dustin Ruckman won’t be charged for his involvement in the deaths of two Unalaska teen girls, but he also hasn’t been acquitted.