TACOMA — The deteriorating ferry Kalakala — once the gleaming symbol of the Northwest’s future — has a new owner. But the boat’s future isn’t any clearer, and a host of federal and state agencies ...

It was 26 years ago this month when the iconic ferryboat Kalakala returned to the Seattle waterfront – after a long exile serving as a cannery in Alaska – to a glorious welcome home. The story of the ...

TACOMA -- Eightlong years and half a million dollars later, Steve Rodrigues and his small crew of volunteers are keeping their dream afloat...barely. We have this inside encouragement to never give up ...

TACOMA — The Kalakala has been sold for $1. “The Kalakala will be saved from the scrap yard and restored to her full glory,” said owner Steve Rodrigues on his website, www.kalakala.org. Rodrigues said ...

As an art-deco vessel, a beached fish cannery or a rusted-out carcass, the ferry Kalakala has always captured artists’ imaginations. Now Kirkland, where it was built, has plans to turn it into giant ...

OLYMPIA — The owner of the star-crossed Kalakala wants to add four more mothballed ferries to his fleet. Steve Rodrigues wants to meet privately with Washington Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond ...

SEATTLE — Once the pride of Puget Sound, the historic ferry Kalakala is in such bad shape the Corps of Engineers could seize it and dismantle the vessel to prevent it from becoming a hazard to ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The historic ferry Kalakala has reached its final destination. The owner plans to have the rusting hulk scrapped later this month in Tacoma, The News Tribune reported Sunday.