The Alaska Marine Highway System is waiting for the prognosis after a full-body scan of the state ferry Matanuska, looking for rusted steel — the equivalent of a cancer scan of the 61-year-old ship.

PALMER — The Matanuska-Susitna Borough must repay nearly $6 million to the federal government after officials denied its appeal to further reduce the amount owed for transit grants tied to the decades ...

Service on the state ferry Matanuska may not resume in early March as repairs to the fleet’s sole operating mainliner have yet to begin. The Matanuska broke down last month stranding hundreds of ...

The public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended that the state call an end to the Matanuska’s 53-year career in the fleet. The final decision whether to sell the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Take my ferry. Please. An Alaska borough stuck with a $90,000 monthly bill for maintaining a ferry it can't use is offering the $78 million vessel free to any government entity - ...

It’s going to be nearly eight weeks before the next scheduled Alaska ferry will arrive in Bellingham. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced in a news release that it is canceling sailings of the ...

On May 7, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Matanuska collided with the dock of a local seafood processor in Petersburg, Alaska. The ferry sustained only minor damage, but did substantial damage ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - One of Alaska's largest state ferries hit a seafood processing plant's dock head-on Monday, causing significant damage, officials said. The 408-foot Matanuska ferry hit the dock ...

Two members of the engineering crew on the state ferry Matanuska tested positive for COVID-19 on a trip from Washington state to Juneau. No passengers were identified as close contacts, state ...