The effective shutdown of the Alaska Marine Highway System has been a boon for private sector barges.
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Amid the ferry shutdown, an Angoon school asked the Coast Guard to deliver food
The Chatham School District superintendent says that USDA foods bound for a school in Angoon were stuck in a Juneau warehouse for weeks. The school reached out to the Coast Guard last month requesting they deliver those goods, but that request was denied.
With no ferries to haul waste, Southeast Alaska’s septic tank problem could get messy
Not all rural communities have normal sanitation systems like city sewer and water treatment plants: They rely on septic systems that need to get pumped periodically. And while the Alaska Marine Highway System is closed, pump trucks can’t get to some small towns that rely on them.
Haines Borough to charter a pair of February boat trips between Juneau and Haines
Haines Borough Assembly has decided to organize trips for the public on Feb. 23 and Feb. 29. The private charters were made in lieu of ferry service from the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Short on officers, Haines mulls ending 24-hour police service
The Haines Borough Police Department has officers on patrol or on call 24 hours a day. But at a public safety meeting last week, the department raised this question: Is that what Haines wants?
Yukon aims to sell renewable power to Skagway cruise ships
The Yukon produces a lot of renewable energy. And they have a surplus in the summer months, when cruise ships are in port at Skagway.
Haines basketball team hitches ride with reality TV ‘Ghost Hunters’ while ferry system is down
After the ferry shut down, the Haines school had planned to fly the students, but the crew of the reality TV program “Ghost Hunters” had chartered a boat trip from Haines to Juneau already and they let the teams catch a ride with them.
Alaska’s ferry shutdown adds steep costs for medical travel
The Alaska Marine Highway System has not provided regular service for the past month. That’s made it difficult for people with mobility issues to travel for medical care.
Prospector’s 50-year-old mining claim could be a boost for Constantine’s new mining project near Haines
If Merrill Palmer gives up his mining claims, that federal land turns into Alaska Mental Health Trust Land.
While Alaska’s ferry system is stalled, Haines miners struggle to get to work
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s shutdown of regional service till March is having ripple effects for Southeast Alaska’s miners. Some of the 30 or so miners living in Haines are struggling to get to work — and keep their jobs.