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...Avalanches and washouts are closing stretches of highway in Canada that could affect Alaska motorists. The Alaska transportation department reports the Klondike Highway from Skagway to the U.S.-Canada border is closed due to avalanches. Washouts...
JUNEAU (AP) -- Mike Barton was named Tuesday to head the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
...filled in by protecting other wetlands either by buying up land or donating land already owned by the state transportation department, Dougherty said. The exact amount is in dispute.
...north, allowing the rest of the fleet to increase service south of Juneau, Taylor said. Dennis Poshard, the transportation department's liaison to the Legislature, said moving a terminal to Cascade Point would shave only a half hour off the...
...Grants to specific projects through various state departments also could make life better on the peninsula. The transportation department is in line for $500,000 for the Kenai River Trail project. The Alaska wing of the Civil Air Patrol is seeking...
...investigator he was unaware of. Bailey also was involved in interceding with state officials to secure a state Transportation Department job for a Palin campaign volunteer from Fairbanks, Tom Lamal. Bailey has been a paid campaign staffer for...
...terrorist attacks. Without the extra money, Transportation Department officials predict that the Essential Air Service...the program going for the entire year. The Transportation Department estimated that another $57 million is needed...
...Manhattan -- the ferry. ''We're going back to the future,'' said Tom Cocola, spokesman for the city Transportation Department. Since the terrorist attacks destroyed the commuter train station underneath the trade center, ridership on...
...percent over last year. ''It just keeps climbing and climbing,'' said Max Lyon, director of the borough transportation department. Ridership increased 51 percent in November, the first full month of the program, and is up 64 percent for...
...onslaught of tourists also tends to make drivers aggressive in Alaska, said Mike Chambers, spokesman for the state transportation department. ?You have new tourists seeing the most awesome landscape they?ve ever seen in their lives driving well below the...