Alaska lawmakers approved $3.7 million in funding for nine projects that are part of an integrated trail system that proponents hope will rival the Appalachian Trail on the East Coast and the Pacific Crest Trail on the West Coast.
The biggest project approved would put just over $1 million toward creating a 25-mile connection between Turnagain Arm and the northern area of Anchorage.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s state capital is set to become the first city in Alaska and one of only a handful in the United States to limit the number of daily cruise ship tourists. Under the terms of a voluntary agreement announced Monday and effective in 2026, the nation’s four largest cruise lines will schedule […] The post Awash in tourists, Juneau, Alaska, prepares to turn some cruise ships away appeared first on Rhode Island Current.