State transportation authorities announced Monday that they’d entered negotiations to sell the Malaspina to the owners of a private cruise ship dock in Ketchikan’s Ward Cove.
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Travel industry figures are bullish on a near-normal 2022 Alaska cruise season
This summer, cruise ship schedules are packed — on some days, Ketchikan and Juneau are expecting as many as seven ships in port at a time.
Alaska Marine Highway to resume Prince Rupert ferry link after 2-year hiatus
A dispute over whether U.S. border guards would be allowed to carry sidearms on Canadian soil led authorities to pause sailings in 2019. Then the pandemic hit.
Ketchikan Borough Assembly to consider $89M airport expansion
Construction is projected to begin in fall 2023 and last for roughly a year and a half.
US and Russian scientists are still working together to solve salmon mysteries
Scientists are hoping to map out the distribution of salmon across the North Pacific using new DNA techniques.
Don Young floats bill that would seize Russian yachts and merchant ships
Other lawmakers have proposed seizing Russian-owned villas, private jets and bank accounts.