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 changing the leadership running the Alaska Marine Highway System. The manager of the ferry system is leaving after almost 20 years and there’s a new ...

No casino. No mammoth banquets with expensive pates and tons of lobster. No midnight dancing. No pool, no glitzy entertainment, no seatings at the captain`s table. No tropical paradises to explore.… ...

Only five of Alaska's 33 ferry terminals are connected to a road system. The marine highway also connects the state to Bellingham, Washington, and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

A massive flood has wreaked havoc on the Dalton Highway, Alaska’s critical lifeline to the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, leaving a gaping 80-foot-wide hole in the road. The disaster struck on Saturday, for ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, and Malaspina are tied up at the Auke Bay Terminal in July 2019. (Michael Penn/The Juneau Empire via AP) ...

Southcentral Alaska, including the communities of Anchorage, Valdez, Whittier and Fairbanks, will celebrate Aug. 2-17 with a special itinerary (a round-trip cruise from Valdez through Prince ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been cutting costs, increasing fares, losing ridership and reducing schedules. We are cutting “off our nose to spite our face.” ...

TANANA—A new road connects the Alaska highway system to this Yukon River village. Almost. The one-lane road to Tanana, built for slow speeds and limited traffic, comes with an asterisk, as it ...

Now, the Alaska Marine Highway System may finally be at a turning point. The federal infrastructure bill, passed in 2021, was a conveniently timed lifeline.

A 30 percent budget cut imposed on the ferry system last year and unforeseenmaintenance problems meant the Matanuska was the only mainline ferry operating on the Alaska Marine Highway System.