The chartered passenger service was designed with apparently little coordination with destination communities.
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Owners of Gustavus Inn sell to Hoonah Lingít tribe
The tribe’s main reason for buying the inn is for the Hoonah Lingít to have a physical presence in their homelands once again.
Alaska seeks private operators to fill gaps in winter ferry schedule
The state of Alaska is looking to the private sector to offer ferry service between Juneau and four Southeast villages facing months-long gaps this winter from January to March.
New Juneau-based medevac jet has more room for patients and families
Airlift Northwest’s newest aircraft replaces a slightly smaller Lear Jet 31.
Hoonah facing its worst COVID-19 outbreak since start of pandemic
As of Wednesday morning, there are 38 active cases in Hoonah, a city of 790 people.
Cracked cell phone guides Coast Guard to boater stranded near Naked Island
The boater was traveling in an 18-foot skiff from Auke Bay to Hoonah and had made it around a third of the way when his bilge pump gave out.
Infrastructure bill could boost ferries, energy projects in Southeast
Participants at a town hall forum discussed Southeast Alaska infrastructure projects — like energy projects and ferry funding — that could become possible with new funding.
High hopes in Hoonah for safe, lucrative return of cruise ships as COVID-19 spikes elsewhere
While Hoonah welcomes the return of cruise ships, residents and visitors remain cautious during a recent rise in coronavirus cases in Alaska.
Sitka’s COVID outbreak unlikely to affect arrival of Alaska’s first large commercial cruise since 2019
Royal Caribbean says nearly everyone aboard the Serenade of the Seas — 97% of passengers and crew — is vaccinated.
Alaska school leaders prepare summer school options to slow ‘pandemic slide’
School leaders from across the state are preparing to offer bigger and broader summer school programs to help students catch up.