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Solar powered lighting and security cameras will be added to Lansdowne Community Hall's exterior.

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FTAs Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program provides competitive funding to states for ferry service in rural areas

The ferry projects are a natural extension of efforts to electrify auto and trucking fleets and expand the state’s network of charging stations.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced $384.4 million in federal funding…

Alaska’s ferry system is slated to receive $285 million in federal funding — with the potential for further federal grants in the next three fiscal years — via the federal

WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Jan. 26 that $33 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to support, improve, and modernize passenger ferry services earmarked for...

The State Department of Transportation is splitting up the Tustumena replacement vessel project into three separate proposal requests.

A new bill recently introduced by Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) aims to increase…

Staffing shortages caused the M/V Tustumena to stay docked in Homer this week instead of making its scheduled sailing to Kodiak. Its next scheduled arrival in Kodiak has been moved