JUNEAU -- The new boom industry in Skagway is tourism, providing the bulk of the jobs and at the height of the summer, regularly giving the big cruise port the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

Specialty dining told a similar story. Pinnacle Grill was the most popular signature restaurant fleetwide, welcoming more than 360,000 diners. Even cocktails reflected a sense of place: Sitka Spritzes ...

With the forward end of the Railroad Dock in Skagway, Alaska, under threat of a rockslide from the cliff above, Princess Cruises will reroute 11 Alaska sailings this month and next. A spokesperson for ...

Even if trains, history and nature aren’t your cups of tea on their own, something absurdly special happens when the three combine. The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a staple of any visit to ...

Lindsay Breen, White Pass & Yukon Route Railway’s first female engineer, gives a tour of her train cab on Oct 15, 2024. (Melinda Munson/KHNS) The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway has operated out of ...

The right equipment combination helped Cobalt Construction overcome the unique challenges of a remote location to preserve and grow the White Pass Railroad in Skagway, Alaska Jon Rudolph has a long ...

Ever since the first rail was laid in 1898 to lift Gold Rush Stampeders over the jagged mountains of the Alaska Panhandle to Canada’s Klondike, the tenuous but irrepressible White Pass & Yukon Route ...

One of Skagway’s main tourist attractions is out of service today. White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad suspended service after a rock struck a bridge about seven miles up the railroad track from town.