The state of Alaska is looking for someone to take the Matanuska, one of the first three ships built as part of the Alaska ...

The administration of Gov Mike Dunleavy is seeking takers for Alaska’s oldest ferry. The Matanuska began serving Alaska ferry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in Haines. (Photo by James Brooks) Alaska’s ...

Tickets to ride the Alaska Marine Highway System will go up a little more than 2% effective May 1, the first fare increase ...

The public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended that the state call an end to the Matanuska’s 53-year career in the fleet. The final decision whether to sell the ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System provides transportation along thousands of miles of coastline, directly serving more than 30 communities from Bellingham, Washington, to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian ...

Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant. “Currently right now, we have a shortfall in ...