The state plans to build new hybrid ferries to replace the aging fleet, hire more workers to run them, and improve ...

A 20-year plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System is being met with skepticism about the likelihood of funding for proposed ...

Washington state’s ferry system, for instance, pays pilots 25% more than Alaska’s. Staffing shortages are chronic throughout ...

Ferry systems in other states have qualified ... However, while visiting the Alaska State Capitol in February to deliver her annual speech to the Legislature, she called the use of toll credits ...

The Columbia, a mainliner in the Alaska Marine Highway System, docked in Skagway in early March. The state is again exploring ...

Last month, the state development agency said it would kick Vigor out of the Ketchikan Shipyard. Now, AIDEA and Vigor say ...

Alaska improved from a C- four years ago to ... Other funding officials have said is at risk includes federal grants to upgrade the state ferry system and hundreds of millions for energy projects ...

The state is studying the potential of a new ferry terminal in Hyder. Turnagain Pass Avalanche Awareness Day is Saturday. Fairbanks hosts the Native Youth Olympic Games. Nick Carpenter performs ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has announced its plan to conduct a feasibility study to ...

Approximately 360,000 tourists drive the highway each year, often driving in one direction and taking the Alaska State Ferry in the other. Today, the Alaska Highway remains the sole land route to ...

If you’re interested in state ferry service between Ketchikan and the nearby Canadian mainland, two opportunities to provide your input are immediately available.