Some lawmakers were scrambling to make travel plans when they found out the Matanuska would not be back in service before the new year as planned.
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Kodiak villages prepare for reduced ferry service this fall and winter
While the city of Kodiak has relatively reliable alternatives for transportation to mainland Alaska, an upcoming gap in ferry service will pose serious difficulties for the some of the island’s outlying villages.
Alaska ferry Kennicott rescues boat passengers in Canada’s Inside Passage
An Alaska Marine Highway ferry rescued five people after a small boat capsized Friday morning near Bella Bella, British Columbia, in the Inside Passage.