The Alaska ferry system is at risk of running out of operating funds this summer because of a frozen federal grant program, ...

Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal ...

After years of delays, the build contract to replace the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ferry Tustumena is out to bid. The state’s project notice calls for the new mainliner ferry to be completed by ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has issued a request for proposals for the ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (Alaska DOT&PF) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the ...

The state's project notice calls for the new mainliner ferry to be completed by the beginning of 2029 with an estimated price ...

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 from ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 20-year plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System is being met with skepticism about the likelihood of funding for proposed improvements and questions about the inability to resolve current ...

BELLINGHAM -- A second weekly ferry run between Bellingham and Alaska has been tentatively scheduled this fall by Alaska Marine Highway officials. The second run, now offered only during the summer, ...