Walt Disney drilled for oil in Alaska in 1938. He and his associates wildcatted a second well on the Iniskin Peninsula on the southwestern end of Cook Inlet decades later, five years before Alaska became a state, and just months before he opened Disneyland. Unfortunately, Disney and his gang of Mickeys left much of their […]
As Governor, there exists no greater responsibility than to protect and defend the rights of Alaskans and the rights we hold in common as a state. President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought […]
Native communities are resilient, organized, and rising up. Wampanoag. Massachusett. Nipmuc. Mohegan. Pequot. Narragansett. Passamaquoddy. Miꞌkmaq. These are just some of the indigenous nations of the land now called New England, the home of that original Thanksgiving dinner that occurred 400 years ago, in the fall of 1621. The myth of that shared meal has […]
Alaskans. As you are aware, when this pandemic had its beginnings, rural Alaska leaders and even those in our more urban communities, made the hard choice and closed down our communities of Interstate travel and in many rural instances, even shut down travel between communities. This abundance of caution resulted in the lowest COVID rates […]