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. The multiyear package could replace the ...

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 ...

Traveling the roughly 1,400 miles of the Alaska Highway is not as risky since paving was completed in 1992, but a road trip on the northland artery (also known as the Alcan) still requires ...

If you want to stop in Ketchikan and start your city-hopping, you can then lay over and catch one of the daily Marine Highway ferries north or south. Fare to Ketchikan, about $200 a passenger ...

As the Alaska Marine Highway System turns 60, the federal government this week announced $285 million for improvements. The money is intended to modernize and replace vessels, upgrade docks and ...

In the Northern Susitna Valley, things like the Alaska Marine Highway System don’t often come high on the priority list, but for one family, cuts to the state’s ferry system could have a ...

The latest rogue wave to strike was a damaged propeller on the ferry Columbia, which required the Alaska Marine Highway System to cancel northbound service next weekend on the major route from ...

Grocers are struggling to keep their shelves stocked; a woman had her labor induced so she could catch the last ferry home.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — With an aging fleet, fewer riders and major budget reductions, the Alaska Marine Highway System is feeling the hurt. Six of the state’s 11 ferries have been taken out of ...