Maritime

Coast Guard and Navy Boat Collide in Kodiak-AP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nine people were hurt, including one critically, when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy boat off Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The accident occurred Wednesday evening in Women’s Bay near Kodiak’s Coast Guard base, said Lt. Comm. Scott McCann, a Coast Guard Alaska District […]

PWS Residents Oppose Katalla & Controller Bay Project-KCHU Audio

PWS Residents Oppose Katalla & Controller Bay Project-KCHU Audio

The end of the comment period for oil and gas exploration near Katalla and Controller Bay in the Gulf of Alaska is rapidly approaching, and the project has many opponents. Their shared message is consistent: the land and the wildlife is more valuable than the resourses that may lie beneath. […]

Qilak LNG-Exxon Partner-AP

LNG to be Shipped on Ice-breaking Tankers from Point Thompson to Asian Markets KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — A new company plans to partner with Exxon to ship liquefied natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to Asian markets, officials said. Former Republican Alaska Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell is the CEO of […]

Malaspina to be Mothballed-AP

Malaspina to be Mothballed-AP

Alaska to mothball ferry; repair costs exceed budget 7 minutes ago FILE – In this May 4, 2013, file photo, the Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina cruises through Tracy Arm near Juneau, Alaska, as part of its 50th anniversary. State officials announced Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, that the ferry will […]

Alaska Ferry Workers Picket Valdez Terminal

Alaska Ferry Workers Picket Valdez Terminal

story and photos by Raymond O’Neill About 35 to 40 people showed up in support of the Alaska Ferry Workers strike at the Valdez Ferry Terminal on Sunday afternoon. Operating without a contract for nearly 3 years the Inland Boatmen’s Union has gone on strike for the first time in […]