The manager of the ferry system is leaving after almost 20 years, and there’s a new deputy commissioner.
Transportation
Flagship ferry Columbia will serve Southeast for the first time since 2019
The state had originally planned to task the Matanuska with the mainline Southeast route.
Seattle ice storm caused a North Pole man to miss his heart transplant
It took months to become eligible for a transplant, a time spent repeatedly flying to Seattle for dozens of tests.
Alaska’s new tallest building will be an air traffic control tower
It’ll stand at 306 feet — 10 feet higher than the current record holder.
Thousands of airline passengers are stranded. Here’s what to do if you’re one of them
Thousands of flights have been canceled since Christmas weekend, leaving passengers scrambling to find a way back home.
Flight cancellations in Seattle and Anchorage leave Juneau’s airport parking lot packed
Alaska Airlines is still canceling flights to and from Juneau. Winter weather throughout the country has left planes and their crews stranded.