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Southeast Conference proposes recreation AMHS
PETERSBURG – Ideas to reform the Alaska Marine Highway System were well received at Southeast C... Full story
M/V Columbia heading to dry dock for repairs
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s M/V Columbia is scheduled for a trip to Oregon for repairs after divers noticed a bent starboard propeller late l...
AMHS reforms sought by Southeast Conference
PETERSBURG – Three packages of major reforms to the Alaska Marine Highway System went under the microscope on Wednesday at Southeast Conference. F...
AMHS Releases Winter 2016-17 Schedule
The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) today announced the release of its 2016-17 winter schedule. Reservations are now available for booking at...
Engine repairs leave Columbia tied to Petersburg dock
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry MV Columbia will remain docked in Petersburg due to a mechanical issue with the vessel’s starboard engine, a...
SEC calling for ferry reform proposals
WRANGELL — Alaska’s state ferry system is embarking on a journey to make itself more financially viable over the next 25 years, as a process to ref... Full story
AMHS fall, winter and spring schedule now online
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s fall, winter and spring 2016-2017 schedule is now available online for public review. The comment period opened i... Full story
To the Editor
Popular doesn't make it good To the Editor: Learning facts is important. Re-learning facts is also important, and sometimes exacting and painful. Take...
Guest Editorial: Treat ferry system like a business
The Alaska Marine Highway System should become — at least in part — a private enterprise. AMHS has been in business for 50 years; like most bus...
To the Editor
Not a subsidy To the Editor: I wanted to thank you for your editorial several issues back about the marijuana law. I really appreciated your thoughts...
Editorial: AMHS an economic driver
The Alaska Marine Highway System brings more to S.E. Alaska than transportation. It’s also an economic driver for all of Southeast. Most of the benefi...
Summer ferry schedule looking slim, future uncertain
WRANGELL — The Alaska Marine Highway System has been taking public comment for its ferry schedule for the coming summer. From Bellingham, Wash., to S...
SEC to push for independent marine transportation board
Following their annual meeting last week in Prince Rupert, the Southeast Conference (SEC) will be going back to their transportation lobbying roots....
Columbia docked for repairs until Aug. 31
Alaska Marine Highway Systems (AMHS) announced on Wednesday that repairs to the Columbia will take longer than expected. The vessel was delayed in...
Bad weather halts weekly fast ferry
The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) canceled the service of the ferry Chenega from Juneau to Petersburg on Tuesday, due to severe weather...
Summer sailings from South Mitkof terminal cancelled
The Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) has cancelled the scheduled summer sailings of the... Full story
Rainforest Ferry Service delayed again
In the works for awhile, Rainforest Islands Ferry Service has been delayed yet again. The ferry was set to sail June 14, then postponed to June 28.... Full story
Ferry schedule changes proposed, some boats docked
Five of Alaska Marine Highway System’s 11 ferries will be laid up at some point next year under a draft vessel deployment plan released on June 24. T...
Rainforest Islands Ferry Service delayed
The new Rainforest Islands Ferry Service, providing travel between Petersburg, Wrangell and Coffman...
Ferry Taku sidelined for summer travel AMHS's summer schedule to see little change otherwise despite budget cuts
It’s been a concern since budget talks began: the Alaska Marine Highway System’s summer ferry service will remain as scheduled — with the exception of... Full story
Rainforest ferry service to begin this June; Will link Coffman Cove, Wrangell, S. Mitkof Island
While established Alaska ferries fight for funding, a small startup is about to launch from northern Prince of Wales Island. The North End Ferry...
Editorial: Leave our highway open
Despite the proposed statewide budget cuts, our legislators will not close paved highways elsewhere in the state. Likewise, they won’t restrict t...
AMHS funding looking at $9.5 million cut
A number of public hearings on Alaska Marine Highway System’s operating budget have been scheduled this week, allowing ferry users the opportunity t...
Ferry fares set to raise in May
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) announced travel fares on the Alaska Marine Highway System will increase 4.5...
