May 23—JUNEAU — An Alaska-built ferry sailed its maiden voyage with passengers Tuesday, 17 years after it was first envisioned. The 280-foot Hubbard took more than four years to come into service ...

Unlike mega cruise ships on the same route, it's cheaper, no frills, and serves mostly locals. I paid $282 for a private cabin on the 19-hour ride from Juneau to Ketchikan. Here's how it went. On a ...

The former state ferry Malaspina, moored in Ketchikan's Ward Cove. (File/KRBD) A fire broke out on the decommissioned state ferry Malaspina in Ketchikan's Ward Cove on Tuesday night, but was ...

The M/V Malaspina will stay in Southeast Alaska as part of an agreement between a the state transportation department and a Ketchikan-based limited liability company, the Alaska Department of ...

They're helping restore the boat into a museum. Four Ukrainians resettle in Alaska, living and working on a retired ferry Four refugees from Ukraine have recently arrived in Alaska and are now living ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has sold the ferry named Malaspina to a business group in a deal aimed at giving the ship a new life and preventing it from being scrapped. The Malaspina, ...

The 418-foot-long Columbia ferry is docked at the Vigor shipyard in Ketchikan, getting repairs, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO) The 50-year-old state ferry Columbia is out of service for ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation now expects the 418-foot ferry to be back in service in Ketchikan next Wednesday. The ship has been at the Vigor Marine Yard in Portland, Oregon, since ...

The state ferry Matanuska remained docked in Ketchikan on Monday, delayed first by COVID-19 testing and then by engine trouble. Two crew members tested positive for the virus last week. Two more ...