Mat-Su Borough Opts To Sell Ferry Susitna

The Matanuska Susitna Borough Assembly has voted to sell the ice class ferry Susitna.  In a brief meeting last week, they approved the sale. The ferry has been a problem for the Borough, because the unique ship has no place to dock on either side of Knik Arm.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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