Ketchikan’s commercial area is fairly close to the ferry terminal. From the deck, I could see the squat skyline of the dynamic center, plus the white wall of cruise ships.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Gravina Island Access Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement process has moved forward now that the State of Alaska has chosen its preferred alternative, but Ketchikan officials were not ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...