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.

A Princess Cruises ship docked in Skagway, Alaska. A berth in the city has closed due to rockslide risk, and Princess has rerouted several ships' itineraries as a result. Photo Credit: Princess ...

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 ...

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 ...

A view of a large rock mass above the Skagway railroad dock in 2022. (Photo by Mike Swasey/KHNS) Some cruise lines have misgivings about tying onto part of a Skagway dock because of the danger posed ...

A rockslide early Thursday closed the cruise ship dock in Skagway, prompting one vessel to skip that port altogether. Part of the dock was damaged during the slide just before 6:30 a.m., according to ...