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Tustumena service delayed until May 18

AMHS says repairs are needed for “extensive steel wastage” in the car deck. The vessel is scheduled to resume service May 18, instead of April 19 as planned. When it’s running, the M/V Tustumena services Homer, Seldovia, Kodiak, and the Aleutian chain. (Photo courtesy Alaska Marine Highway System) The Alaska Marine Highway System announced yesterday  that the M/V Tustumena will …

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Duo stops in Kodiak to document Tusty ferry stories

Lucy Peckham and Michael Sakarias with the M/V Tustumena on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Two documentarians are riding the Tustumena from Homer to Unalaska this week, making stops along the way to collect stories about the ferry. Kodiak was the first stop along the ferry’s western route for Lucy Peckham, of Anchorage, and Michael …

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