A ferry service began operating Monday to transport cars and passengers across the Mississippi River after the Black Hawk ...

When most people picture island hopping, their minds drift to turquoise Caribbean waters or remote Pacific atolls. But ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new airstrip is being built on a volcanic island in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, satellite images show, likely the latest project by forces allied to those ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Technicians recently installed roadside fiber optic cables on Beaver Island as the remote community in the middle of Lake Michigan prepares for future broadband internet access. In ...

The Michigan DNR is seeking input on a proposal to open early and late firearms antlerless deer seasons on Beaver Island. (Photo by Bill Key) Lansing — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

Bainbridge Island commuters saw a ferry shrouded in black smoke during their trip home Monday afternoon, but it wasn’t an emergency. The soot came from a controlled burn-off of carbon deposits inside ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – There are so many deer on Beaver Island that natural resources experts worry Michigan’s signature game species is gobbling up too much of the rare plant life found on the isolated ...

The historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry S.S. Badger, the last steamship operating on the Great Lakes, is set to end its season on Oct. 12, but there is still time to make a crossing this ...

The ferry has been a significant part of local families' lives, including for a couple who met while working on the boat. This season, the Badger was involved in a minor docking incident and underwent ...