The brief grounding happened when the ferry left Annette Bay dock. It lasted less than a minute, according to Shannon ...

A draft of the 20-year plan for Alaska’s state ferry system is open for public comment. Officials with the Alaska Department of Transportation are asking residents to weigh in on the plan that will ...

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 ...

Alaska improved from a C- four years ago to a C on an Infrastructure Report Card presented Wednesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers, with funding from the Infrastructure Investment and ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is keeping the state moving with major projects across ...

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 ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System connects Alaska, and on Tuesday, it kept Paul Myers connected to work on his seven-hour ride from Skagway to Juneau. Myers works as a shop foreman for Holland America ...

I have enjoyed traveling on the Alaska State Ferries over the years and hope we can continue them in an efficient and reliable manner. The proposal to build a new ferry terminal at Cascade Point in ...

The Alaskan frontier, where civilization has only begun to nibble at a beautiful yet sometimes harsh wilderness, is strange and unknown country. The state overwhelms, because it is so huge and so ...

A union representing nearly 600 workers in the Alaska Marine Highway System announced Tuesday that its members have authorized a strike should the union and state fail to agree on a new contract.