In March, the State Department said the standard processing time for a new or renewed passport can take up to 13 weeks. But many passport seekers are finding that the wait is well beyond that.
Tourism
Top Alaska tourist attraction Mendenhall Glacier to hit capacity for visitors by late summer
Tour operators will face limits in the second half of the summer season on permits for tours to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area.
Skagway rail workers vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to authorize strike
The strike won’t happen right away, but the union says negotiations are “in limbo” after a negotiating session over the holiday weekend failed to resolve what they describe as a 6-year dispute over compensation, staffing and safety.
Sitka’s 13K-passenger day was ‘far too many,’ mayor says
The city administrator said there were so many people in town, computers slowed to a crawl and phones stopped working at City Hall.
Amid busy tourist season, workers on Skagway’s White Pass railway are voting on a possible strike
If the union doesn’t reach an agreement with White Pass, a strike could cause major disruptions to one of Southeast Alaska’s most popular tourist attractions.
New Anchorage airline aims to bring year-round tourism to Alaska
Starting early next year, Northern Pacific will offer flights from cities in Japan and Korea to Anchorage, and then to Lower 48 destinations.