Lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee signed off on a bill in 2019 that allowed the Washington State Department of Transportation to extend its existing contract with Vigor for the Olympic-class ferries ...

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and Washington state’s extensive ferry system is ready. Washington State Ferries see double the typical number of riders during the summer ...

Kitsap Transit will receive $2.9 million from the state to continue the extended weekday Bremerton-Seattle fast ferry service ...

When contracts go out of state, so do the jobs. Each ferry constructed outside Washington forfeits hundreds of local union ...

While the recent savings news was mostly seen as a win for taxpayers, some saw the out-of-state contract as a loss for the ...

Taxpayers across Washington state have had a rough go as of late. New gas taxes, increased capital gains income taxes, and ...

Washington state has a $1 billion budget for five new ferries, but there have been contract issues to build them. We may not see a new vessel until 2027. "I wish I’d be home sooner," Valle said ...

(The Center Square) – The construction of three new hybrid-electric ferries to help the Washington State Department of Transportation reach its goal of a fully emission-free fleet will cost $1 ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has received two letters from local governments urging fixes to ongoing woes with the ferry system, often relied upon by commuters. Among the back-and-forth are mentions ...

However, of that amount, electrification of the state ferry fleet composes $4.4 billion or 80% of WSF's long-term unfunded needs. Those unfunded costs include $1.1 billion for four new ferries ...

Unless leaders at Washington State Ferries can generate a tidal wave of new money and staffing ideas, the fleet could remain in dire straits through 2022 and beyond.. The nation’s largest ferry ...