Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in Haines. (Photo by James Brooks) Alaska's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 21—The Trump administration is distributing long-frozen federal ferry funding, awarding $410 million to Alaska's Marine ...

The public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended that the state call an end to the Matanuska’s 53-year career in the fleet. The final decision whether to sell the ...

Riding the Alaska Marine Highway is always a fun way to travel, both for the views and the ease of transportation. And yes! There is a ferry from the Anchorage area, from Whittier, to Valdez on Prince ...

Meagan Nye doesn’t always know when or if her workweek will end. She’s an engineer on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia. She is supposed to work two-week shifts at sea. But more and more ...

Republicans Treg Taylor and Dave Bronson and Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins — underscored the role the ferry system plays in connecting communities across coastal Alaska.

For decades, the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway System have been home to some of the most gloriously quirky bars in the 49th state. As the ferries, 11 of them now, make their runs along Alaska’s ...

The administration of Gov Mike Dunleavy is seeking takers for Alaska’s oldest ferry. The Matanuska began serving Alaska ferry riders in 1963. In 2022, a planned maintenance overhaul revealed extensive ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska state ferry Aurora is returning to service. Alaska Marine Highway System officials say the motor used to power the ferry's anchor windlass has been repaired after seizing ...

After more than a decade of planning, design and false starts, the state of Alaska is once more attempting to build its first new mainline ferry in decades. On Jan. 23, the Alaska Department of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant, according to ...

Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant. “Currently right now, we have a shortfall in ...