Ketchikan shipyard welders worked extended hours to replace and repair damaged steel, other repairs remain. (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Welders in the Ketchikan Shipyard worked extended hours to replace and repair damaged steel on the M/V Matanuska, a critical component in the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). The ship serves Bellingham, Juneau, Haines and Skagway, among […]
Law enforcement takes unidentified individual into custody, determine there is no bomb threat. (JUNEAU, Alaska) – Around 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at the AMHS Auke Bay terminal in Juneau, Alaska, an unidentified man driving a Toyota Tundra truck at high speeds bypassed the staging line and boarded the car deck of the M/V […]
WASHINGTON – The White House campaign-style video promoting President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions combating the emerging coronavirus threat earlier this year skips over his actions during the entire month of February, when he often downplayed concerns. At the end of January, Trump imposed restrictions on travel from China where the virus first […]
Mid-May return tentatively planned for Columbia, Kennicott and Tustumena (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) vessels, M/V Columbia, M/V Kennicott, and M/V Tustumena were scheduled to leave the Ketchikan Shipyard and resume service in mid-April and early May 2020. For the safety of AMHS employees and to reduce the potential spread of […]