Update: More money for the Alaska Marine Highway

Drivers leave the ferry Fairweather at the Angoon terminal in 2010. Angoon will have more service this winter. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News – Juneau)State House budget writers have restored much of the ferry system cut proposed by the governor for the next fiscal year.
The House Finance Committee on Thursday added about $2.1 million to the Alaska Marine Highway budget. Gov. Bill Walker’s spending plan, released in December, included $2.8 million – or two percent &n