A new project at the Haines ferry terminal could address a disinfection problem that has caused the building to be under a boil water notice since 2023. 

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Federal Highway Administration seek comments on a project to improve the drinking water treatment system at the terminal. 

The notice was issued in July of 2023 after a water storage tank failed, meaning the water system was unable to…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...