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 ...

The Alaska transportation department is relying on nearly $78 million in federal funding from the program for state ferries.

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Ferry Service for Rural Communities ...

Members of the House Transportation Committee slammed state transportation officials on Tuesday over a controversial ferry project that lawmakers said stands to benefit private interests but not ferry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crewman aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Malaspina dons a life jacket during a rescue boat drill Monday, Nov. 24, ...

In February, the commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Transportation was warning the Legislature that the state ferry ...

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 ...

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