Ash eruption at Shishaldin Volcano in the Aleutian Islands has intensified, sending an ash cloud 27,000 feet in the air.
Transportation
Fewer ferry sailings means less work for many AMHS employees
The limited sailing schedule not only affects passengers but ferry employees as well.
Dunleavy’s ferry budget ‘will provide significantly less service’
Senior state transportation officials warn that long gaps will be the new normal.
Underwater rock blasting gets underway near Ketchikan’s cruise ship berths
Crews are working to remove an underwater rock pinnacle that makes it difficult for massive cruise ships to get in and out of port.
Denali Park road could be closed due to sloughing roadway
The extent of next summer’s road closures will be unclear until crews begin work at Pretty Rocks.
Meals for Angoon school children hinge on regular ferry service
Almost all of the children who attend Angoon’s K-12 school receive federally subsidized, low-cost or free school breakfasts or lunches. The supplies for those meals normally arrive in town aboard a state ferry.
Angoon, the largest Southeast Alaska community without an airport, may soon get one
Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to construct a 3,300-foot runway south of town.
Russia’s military dominance over Arctic grows while US treads water, security experts tell Senate panel
Strategists tell subcommittee members that Russia is increasing its control over the Northern Sea Route and becoming more aggressive with U.S. allies in the Arctic.
Bill would give Alaskans an advisory role in Arctic shipping
A proposed 15-member committee would advise Congress and the Transportation secretary, and give Alaskans and coastal residents a voice as the sea ice recedes and marine traffic increases.
It flew! All-electric seaplane completes milestone first flight near Vancouver.
The maiden flight represents a milestone in the long process of reducing the aviation industry’s emissions, noise and costs by electrifying short-to-medium distance commercial flying.