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Apr 15 2018

A Singapore Airlines Cargo plan taxis for departure on Runway 32 at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on April 27, 2013. The airport ranked fifth in the world for the most air cargo to go through it in 2017.

Anchorage airport ranked the world’s 5th busiest for air cargo

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Business, Southcentral, Transportation

Alaska’s largest airport is a strategic stopping point for air cargo transiting between North America, Asia and Europe.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | April 15, 2018 12:15 pm

Apr 14 2018

Rob Alley plays the bagpipes as a send off for the ferry Taku as the ship departs Ketchikan’s Ward Cove on March 13, 2018.

Former ferry Taku headed to the scrapyard

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | Nation & World, Southeast, State Government, Syndicated, Transportation

The former state ferry Taku sailed passed Singapore Friday on the way to being scrapped. It will go for close to 10 times its purchase price.

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | April 14, 2018 6:01 am

Apr 12 2018

Juneau Assembly OKs airport and port budgets at committee level

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Juneau, Local Government, Transportation

Both city-owned enterprises are seeing more traffic and more revenue from their users, and their budgets are growing along with them.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | April 12, 2018 8:29 pm

Apr 09 2018

State Senate makes small cut to ferry system budget

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | Politics, State Government, Transportation

The state Senate’s spending plan cuts funding from the Alaska Marine Highway System – but not a lot.

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | April 9, 2018 4:07 pm

Apr 09 2018

An electric vehicle charging station at the new Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)

Fees for Juneau’s electric vehicle chargers delayed

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Community, Environment, Juneau, Local Government, Transportation

A controversial initiative to require electric vehicle owners to buy a permit to use city-owned charging stations has been shelved for further study. The Juneau Commission on Sustainability – which criticized the idea – has been tasked to gather public input and report back to the Assembly.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | April 9, 2018 3:34 pm

Apr 09 2018

Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Kennicott

Kennicott cancellation leaves some ferry passengers stranded in Homer

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | Southwest, State Government, Transportation

Mechanical issues canceled a Saturday sailing for the state ferry Kennicott. Several people and their vehicles may be stranded in Homer for two weeks.

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | April 9, 2018 12:34 pm

Apr 08 2018

Passengers wait aboard the Emerald Princess moored on the South Franklin Street Dock in Juneau on Wednesday, July 27, 2017. The FBI investigated an alleged murder after a Utah woman died the day before on the ship.

Attorneys in cruise ship murder case will split up blood evidence, notice says

By Tripp J Crouse, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Tourism, Transportation

Both parties in a cruise ship murder case have agreed on how to handle blood evidence in the case, according to a notice the Public Defender’s Office entered Friday into U.S. District Court.

By Tripp J Crouse, KTOO | April 8, 2018 11:01 am

Apr 05 2018

Alaska ferry officials consider fuel alternatives

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | Climate Change, Energy & Mining, Environment, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Syndicated, Transportation

Alaska officials have no plans to convert state ferries to electrical power. But they’re installing engines that could use natural gas as well as diesel.

By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | April 5, 2018 1:16 pm

Mar 30 2018

Petersburg High School’s jazz band performs a two-hour concert at the Sons of Norway Hall, March 24, 2018. It was a fundraiser to buy plane tickets for 60 music students to attend Music Fest in Juneau, April 12-14. (Photo by Angela Denning/KFSK)

Ferry cancellations cause challenges for Southeast students

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | Southeast, Transportation

There are no roads linking most of Southeast Alaska, so residents rely on planes and ferries to get from one community to another. The ferry service has been spotty this year, which has caused challenges for many students traveling to regional events.

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | March 30, 2018 11:57 am

Mar 30 2018

Drivers navigate the potholed road March 28, 2018, in front of the Ravn Air terminal, Bethel. (Photo by Amara Freeman/KYUK)

Bethel highway repair begins as warm winter destroys state roads across Alaska

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK-Bethel | Southwest, Transportation

The warm winter has wreaked havoc on highways across Alaska. The state is about to go to work responding to Bethel’s pothole predicament. The Department of Transportation will begin repairing Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway.

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK-Bethel | March 30, 2018 6:54 am

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Anchorage airport ranked the world’s 5th busiest for air cargo

Former ferry Taku headed to the scrapyard

Juneau Assembly OKs airport and port budgets at committee level

State Senate makes small cut to ferry system budget

Fees for Juneau’s electric vehicle chargers delayed

Kennicott cancellation leaves some ferry passengers stranded in Homer

Attorneys in cruise ship murder case will split up blood evidence, notice says

Alaska ferry officials consider fuel alternatives

Ferry cancellations cause challenges for Southeast students

Bethel highway repair begins as warm winter destroys state roads across Alaska

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