Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. cars drive on a ramp toward the camera Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in ...

Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to repair, according to officials with the Alaska Marine Highway System, who say it would cost millions to fix the 62-year-old Matanuska. Craig Tornga, the ...

This little-known ferry network is a rewarding way to see America's premier wilderness, from icy blue glaciers to towering snow-capped peaks ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discussions are underway between Prince Rupert and Alaska to explore re-instating ferry service ...

If the governor really wanted to improve state ferry service for the 33 coastal communities that depend on the ships, he ...

Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...

The $80-million, ice-breaking catamaran ferry, a U.S. Navy prototype that cost the feds a pretty penny and was envisioned as a speedy link across Kink Arm between Alaska's largest city and remote Port ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's ferry system, serving dozens of coastal communities that lack outside road access, was shut down for a second straight day on Thursday by a boat workers strike ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been struggling with less than full staffing since 2019, with last month’s numbers showing the state ferries were short 59 workers to fill jobs ...

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 ...