For now, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says it should have a decision made within a couple of weeks as to when marine highway service will return to Haines and Skagway in 2022.
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A Christmas Eve tradition in Skagway turns 80
The Eagles Club in Skagway put on its first Christmas Eve Pageant in 1941.
Skagway files suit against redistricting board over map placing it with Mendenhall Valley
Mayor Andrew Cremata says the redistricting board ignored testimony from Skagway residents.
State Sen. Kiehl calls for using the idled Tazlina to fill gaps in ferry service
At a town hall in Haines, Kiehl echoed the community’s frustration with the lack of travel options and called it a predictable crisis given the last three years’ failures in reliable service.
Some bears are still out in Haines. Biologists say that’s not so unusual
Recent bear activity around Haines — including bears peering into shop windows and lumbering down Main Street — caught many by surprise.
Skagway left out in scramble to accommodate ferry-riding lawmakers
One sailing to Haines was added to accommodate lawmakers traveling to Juneau for the session, but the plan left Skagway high and dry.