Transportation

The historic Challenger sank near Aurora Harbor on Saturday afternoon.

“Delta is making a play to really make an impact on this market,” said Scott McMurren, a travel analyst based in Anchorage.

The Alaska Court of Appeals says it’s legal not to signal in a roundabout. The three judge panel noted that it would be difficult for drivers to signal their intentions according to a 100-foot rule.

A longtime Department of Transportation manager will soon be in charge of the agency’s Southeast and Southwest Alaska operations.

“Perhaps Congress will now think better of its decision to encumber the King Cove road project with a NEPA requirement,” Judge H. Russell Holland wrote.

“One of the crew in the bridge of the ferry noticed there was a (boat) that was overturned and individuals that needed rescuing,” said DOT spokesman Jeremy Woodrow.