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Gov's Roads to Resources project still in the slow lane

...said. Still, the plans would not include a bridge. Kemp said they usually require an ice road in the winter and ferry service in the summer. The $10 million is intended to get the project permitted and possibly some of the construction started...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-02-25/govs-roads-to-resources-project-stil
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Parnell abandons Juneau Road appeal

...and will instead do what environmental opponents of the Lynn Canal road have suggested all along - study improved ferry service as an alternative. The decision to abandon the legal appeal and spend as long as two years developing a Supplemental...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2011-09-16/parnell-abandons-juneau-road-appeal
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Barton named to head transportation department

...who named Barton to the post, also appointed deputy commissioners to oversee the state's aviation, highways and ferry services. ''We have many high profile projects -- including roads, bridges, airport facilities and ferries -- that need...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021803/ala_021803alapm0030001.shtml
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State steams on with plan to base ferry in Homer

...meeting there last week. While some Seward officials are unhappy with the plan to leave the city without its traditional ferry service as service expands between Homer and Kodiak and possibly out the Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska, Ottesen predicts the...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/050102/new_050102leg0020001.shtml
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Juneau trying to get young people to stay

...more counseling opportunities, more jobs for younger students, more summer jobs, better care for seniors, better ferry service and a public graffiti wall. "I came because I want to be a part of Juneau's future," said Juneau-Douglas High...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052110/new_642533540.shtml
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Knik Arm dock hurting for business

...Those projects, as yet unscheduled, include installing natural gas, paving several miles of dirt road and setting up ferry service to carry passengers, vehicles and freight across Knik Arm. The port, which sits almost directly across Knik Arm...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/110501/ala_110501alapm0040001.shtml
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Sitka company builds ferries for New York

...serve lower Manhattan, Westchester and Rockland counties and northern New Jersey. Scheidt said increased demand for ferry service following the Sept. 11 attacks has prompted the company's 40 employees to work overtime to deliver the ships. Ridership...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/121701/ala_121701ala0pm00150001.shtml
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Sitka company gets $7 million order for more NY ferries

...fill the demand, he said. Ridership has nearly doubled since then and the company anticipates a strong demand for ferry services in the future, Smith said. NY Waterway's 25 ferries carry nearly 60,000 passengers a day, he said. The company...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/010302/ala_010302alapm0050001.shtml
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Assembly opposes ferry cuts

...System had "for decades created, encouraged, nurtured and made these Alaskans dependent upon regular, year-round ferry service for their survival and well being." Under the proposed schedule, Homer, Seldovia and Kodiak would see stops cut...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/013108/news_3826.shtml
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Bear vs. dog: Encounters continue

...this bear shows escalating behaviors,? he said, adding this marking system will better allow fishermen, campers, ferry service employees and others in the area to easily and reliably identify this bear. Selinger said he is concerned this bear was feeding...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/061507/news_0615new001.shtml
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