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

A proposed 20-year plan seeking to restore the ailing Alaska Marine Highway System to a more reliable and sustainable transportation hub calls for, above all, adequate funding for operations and ...

The state ferries carried just over 185,000 passengers and about 65,000 vehicles last year on its routes stretching from ...

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

Southeast Alaska leaders want the Alaska Marine Highway System to be an economic lifeboat, but the badly damaged ferry system is twisting shorthanded through perilous waters strewn with icebergs ...

Alaska’s state ferry system continues to face stiff headwinds when it comes to staffing, state officials say. Alaska Marine Highway officials say they’re struggling to attract and retain ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation is requesting your input on a new long-range plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

In all, an estimated 30 men died during the construction of the Alaska Highway. Nearly half of the casualties occurred in the single most devastating of those accidents, a ferry disaster at ...

and many of the state's most charming towns are best reached via boat. Thankfully, the Alaska Marine Highway offers a simple way to navigate Alaska's coastal regions, as the ferry system is an ...

Alaska’s ferry service ... companies regularly seek pilots in the marine highway’s ranks. Rep. Louise Stutes, a Kodiak Republican and longtime ferry advocate, said that based on comments ...

In all, an estimated 30 men died during the construction of the Alaska Highway. Nearly half of the casualties occurred in the single most devastating of those accidents, a ferry disaster at ...