The LeConte state ferry is expected to be out of service until at least Thursday following a mechanical breakdown during the weekend, state transportation officials announced Tuesday.
The LeConte should be repaired in time to ferry people and their vehicles from Juneau to Skagway on Friday for the annual Klondike Road Relay, Shannon McCarthy, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, said Tuesday. Contingency plans are also being drafted in case…