The ferry terminal in the southeast Alaska community of Gustavus suffered minor damage to its vehicle transfer ramp after a weekend winter storm. State transportation department spokesman Jeremy Woodrow said Saturday’s storm had higher-than-usual tide and sustained winds, resulting in …
The Coast Guard will host a southeast Alaska petroleum spill exercise Wednesday at the Ted Ferry Civic Center in Ketchikan. The exercise will be a tabletop oil spill response based on a scenario of a vessel collision near Sitka. The …
Government scientists on a recent survey of southeast Alaska beaches found a number of large black buoys, the likes of which they hadn’t seen in the region on a 2008 trip. But they cannot say if the buoys are related …