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The Tustumena in Homer, AK (Photo by Isaac Wedin/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The city of Kodiak, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions won’t have ferry service from March till early April this year. The reason for the five-week gap in ferry service is the Tustumena needs to complete its annual state overhaul.  A process to make needed repairs and conduct mandatory inspections. Captain …

By Ed Shoenfeld/CoastAlaska The Alaska Marine Highway System should break into two agencies to prepare for the future. That’s the conclusion of a new ferry governance study released by the Southeast Conference, a regional development organization. Report author John Waterhouse says scheduling, pricing and similar management areas would be handled by a public corporation owned by the state. “Give the …

Aaron Bolton/KSTK Today (Oct. 24) is the last day to offer written comment on the Alaska Marine Highway’s summer 2017 schedule, but an opportunity to give comments is coming up later this week. Ferry system spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says the updated schedule doesn’t show as much of a decline compared to summer 2016, but he says the system will see …

The state released its winter and spring ferry schedule last week, and despite Alaska’s budget woes, Kodiak residents shouldn’t see much disruption in service, according to Alaska Marine Highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow. “Really are no significant changes. For over 50 years now, your boat has been the Tustumena, and the Tustumena will continue to run this winter. The Tustumena is …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The State of Alaska released its winter ferry schedule on Friday, and there will be some significant changes to service to and from Kodiak because the ferry Tustumena will be out of service for nearly six months. In the meantime, as Marine Highway spokesman Jeremy Woodrow in Juneau explains, the ferry Kennicott will try to pick up the …