Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, said what Ketchikan really needs is a bridge, which is locally called a "hard link," but still welcomed DOT's Thursday ferry proposal after eight years of study.

The ferry Taku loads up at the Prince Rupert, B.C., ferry terminal July 24, 2014. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News) ... they wouldn’t clear travelers bound for Ketchikan.

Skagway basketball players sleep on the floor at the Ketchikan ferry terminal early Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. They have since moved to a hotel. Delays in service caused the ferry to depart ...

The state ferry system is planning a new route in Southeast Alaska. It’s being done in conjunction with a new, privately run ferry. The new route will link unused ferry terminals south of ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- Dale McKinnon is a rower with a cause. The 58-year-old woman pulled out of Ketchikan early Friday morning at the start of a two-month, 800-mile voyage south to her home ...

A morning fire aboard a ferry docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal has delayed — for at least a day — the vessel's scheduled 6 p.m. Friday departure. No injuries were reported in the 8:15 ...

The ventilation system whistled loudly, muffling the ship’s engines, as the M/V Malaspina—a 450-person ferry operated by the state of Alaska—set sail for Ketchikan, Alaska, possibly for the ...

A ferry terminal at Cascade Point might be ready by next year, although that’s far from certain and Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board members said Tuesday it hasn’t yet been shown there ...

The Columbia, which turns 50 next year, had been sidelined on the Ketchikan ferry dock for more than three years until February. ... terminal infrastructure, internal support systems, ...

Gliding toward Ketchikan on Jan. 23, 1963, on her maiden voyage, the Malaspina inspired cheers and flag-waving from a crowd numbering in the thousands -- nearly half the town.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - State transportation officials are studying eight sites in Ketchikan as possible locations for a new ferry terminal that could shorten the sailing time between Ketchikan and ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - A tour boat company based in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is considering running a weekly ferry service to Ketchikan next summer. Owners of West Coast Launch and its ...