The nine-member ferry work group has reached consensus that the ferry system is too important for the state to just walk away.
Transportation
For Bethel cab drivers, an unwanted duty: enforcing the city’s COVID-19 testing mandate
Bethel has a new mandate requiring people arriving at the Alaska Airlines terminal to be tested for COVID-19 — and requiring cab drivers to check.
Kodiak rocket launch ends in fiery explosion
Mark and Eric Van Dongen witnessed the rocket explode on the ground right where they had been deer hunting.
‘A Swiss cheese moment’: how a communication breakdown stopped flights to Aniak
Northern Air Cargo couldn’t deliver bypass mail and freight for about a week. The new runway lacked equipment pilots needed to land safely.
The runway lights broke, but Igiugig guided in a child’s medevac plane with headlights
Late Friday night a child in Igiugig needed to be medevaced to Anchorage. The small Southwest Alaska village is right at the mouth of the Kvichak River on the south end of Iliamna Lake. LifeMed sent a King Air flight over from Kodiak — that usually takes about 30 minutes. But this year the village’s…
Marine highway communities say: Along with passengers, the future rides on the ferry
A nine-member working group is reviewing a $250,000 study commissioned by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, one that has already ruled out privatizing the state ferry fleet because it doesn’t pencil out.
Residents to state work group: ferries are essential, not ‘discretionary’
More than a dozen people from across coastal Alaska testified Wednesday in support of the state’s ferry system or offered suggestions for improving it.
2 dead in plane collision over Fairbanks
Two others survived the crash with serious injuries.
Flight co-op aims to ease Unalaska’s travel woes — but they need a lot more people
The vision is a $10 per month service offering $600 seats on charter flights and protection against delays.
NTSB: Alaska lawmaker killed in midair crash did not have required medical certificate
Rep. Gary Knopp was denied a medical certificate in June 2012 because of vision problems.