SEWARD — The M/V Tustumena is preparing for its 60th birthday party. This summer, the iconic Alaska state ferry will celebrate six decades since it went into service. In that time, the vessel has ...

Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to repair, according to officials with the Alaska Marine Highway System, who say it would cost millions to fix the 62-year-old Matanuska. Craig Tornga, the ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System is waiting for the prognosis after a full-body scan of the state ferry Matanuska, looking for rusted steel — the equivalent of a cancer scan of the 61-year-old ship.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Take my ferry. Please. An Alaska borough stuck with a $90,000 monthly bill for maintaining a ferry it can’t use is offering the $78 million vessel free to any government ...

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 ...

Southeast Alaska leaders want the Alaska Marine Highway System to be an economic lifeboat, but the badly damaged ferry system is twisting shorthanded through perilous waters strewn with icebergs from ...

JUNEAU — Wireless internet has been installed on an Alaska ferry, the first step in a planned $6.25 million rollout of Wi-Fi across the fleet. For over a decade, officials at the Alaska Marine Highway ...

A DOT spokesperson said finding ways to partner with industry is an important part of the process, adding that the potential ...

Over the course of their eight months building the Alaska Highway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers met many hardships. The region's extreme weather and foreign terrain, the project's urgent pace, and ...

This summer, the iconic Alaska state ferry will celebrate six decades since it went into service. In that time, the vessel has become a familiar and important part of life in communities between Homer ...