Southeast feels the sting of curtailed ferry service

State transportation officials plan to take four of Alaska’s 11 ferries out of service next summer because of budget cuts.
People who use the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries will have longer travel times and less service next year under a proposed summer schedule released by the state this week. The Marine Highway is proposing to keep the state’s two fast catamarans tied up next year along with two other, older vessels. That will mean fewer stops in some coas