Ferry

A blueprint shows plans for a geotechnical exploration/bathymetry survey scheduled at Cascade Point this summer for a proposed ferry terminal. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

Cascade Point ferry terminal may be ready by ’25, but AMH board members skeptical about its usefulness

“The compelling reason for this is still escaping me,” one member says during project update Tuesday

 

Capt. Dave Turner and Chief Mate Lucas Bevegni on the bridge of Columbia state ferry as Bevegni takes note of a whale spout more than a mile in the distance. (Meredith Jordan / Juneau Empire)

Fixing the ferry’s future: Help wanted on the Alaska Marine Highway

Part one of a two-part series about the tricky navigation facing the Alaska Marine Highway System.

 

First Lady Rose Dunleavy (left) breaks a bottle across the bow of the Hubbard ferry during a christening ceremony Monday at the Alaska Marine Highway System terminal in Juneau, as vessel relief captain Ethan Waldvogel watches. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Hubbard christened as Alaska’s newest ferry

After years of delays, vessel now making day trips to Juneau, Haines and Skagway

 

Alaska Native leaders say racial discrimination still affects communities

Alaska Native leaders say racial discrimination still affects communities

Native Issues Forum gets emotional for speakers.

Alaska Native leaders say racial discrimination still affects communities
The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: How Dunleavy burned an essential state service

The way I see it, Dunleavy has two choices.

The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
A sign posted to the Alaska Marine Highway System terminal in Petersburg, noting that all sailings are canceled. (Courtesy photo | Malena Marvin)

Opinion: Stedman should follow local consensus and put ferries first

As residents of the towns near the proposed Kake Road, we firmly oppose it. The $40 million raised for this “road to nowhere” should instead… Continue reading

A sign posted to the Alaska Marine Highway System terminal in Petersburg, noting that all sailings are canceled. (Courtesy photo | Malena Marvin)
Lawmakers: Ferries will struggle even with small cash infusion

Lawmakers: Ferries will struggle even with small cash infusion

Recent funding just scratches surface of needs.

Lawmakers: Ferries will struggle even with small cash infusion
Gov’s chief of staff says getting ferries back in service is a top priority

Gov’s chief of staff says getting ferries back in service is a top priority

Plans for new Juneau ferry terminal continue too

Gov’s chief of staff says getting ferries back in service is a top priority
Juneau’s legislators want to shape up the ships

Juneau’s legislators want to shape up the ships

Ferries and funding formula fill Native Issues Forum.

Juneau’s legislators want to shape up the ships
6 days and counting: Engine woes strands Anchorage-bound ferry passengers in Juneau

6 days and counting: Engine woes strands Anchorage-bound ferry passengers in Juneau

Spirits, and frustration, are high.

6 days and counting: Engine woes strands Anchorage-bound ferry passengers in Juneau
The Alaska State Marine Highway Ferry Fairweather pulls up to the Auke Bay Terminal in June 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Lawmakers need reality check on the ferry system

It’s time they fix it.

The Alaska State Marine Highway Ferry Fairweather pulls up to the Auke Bay Terminal in June 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
‘Difficult year for the AMHS’ with more struggles ahead

‘Difficult year for the AMHS’ with more struggles ahead

Long service gaps still to come.

‘Difficult year for the AMHS’ with more struggles ahead
Opinion: What the AMHS report got wrong

Opinion: What the AMHS report got wrong

This is the wrong way to define ferry subsidies.

Opinion: What the AMHS report got wrong
Southeast lawmakers: AMHS study doesn’t take ferry’s benefits into account

Southeast lawmakers: AMHS study doesn’t take ferry’s benefits into account

It’s a highway.

Southeast lawmakers: AMHS study doesn’t take ferry’s benefits into account
Five take-aways from the AMHS restructuring report

Five take-aways from the AMHS restructuring report

Here’s what you need to know.

Five take-aways from the AMHS restructuring report
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s Tazlina sits at the Auke Bay Terminal on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

New report recommends corporations, port authorities run Alaska’s ferry system

The governor and lawmakers have been waiting for this report.

The Alaska Marine Highway System’s Tazlina sits at the Auke Bay Terminal on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Ferry system is shameful; Floathouse owner seeks photographs; Senatorial shortcomings

Opinion: Ferry system is shameful; Floathouse owner seeks photographs; Senatorial shortcomings

Letters to the Editor.

Opinion: Ferry system is shameful; Floathouse owner seeks photographs; Senatorial shortcomings
Ferry cuts in Legislature budget are heavy, but could have been worse

Ferry cuts in Legislature budget are heavy, but could have been worse

The governor can still veto funding.

Ferry cuts in Legislature budget are heavy, but could have been worse
Deep ferry cuts on verge of going through

Deep ferry cuts on verge of going through

Winter service would be limited.

Deep ferry cuts on verge of going through
Frank Murkowski has a vision for Southeast. It includes roads and timber
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Frank Murkowski has a vision for Southeast. It includes roads and timber

There are many roadblocks in the way.

Frank Murkowski has a vision for Southeast. It includes roads and timber
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