Dear Alaska Native News, Happy Holidays! I hope you are looking forward to a peaceful and joyful holiday season. In the next couple of weeks, Members of the 119th Congress will be sworn in, and I will no longer be the Representative for All Alaska. As this transition begins, I am determined to ensure that […]
Take a stroll through a winter wonderland under the Arctic Lights at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. The garden, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus, will be festooned with lights from 5-9 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 19 through Jan. 18. Visitors are encouraged to take a walk on the paths between […]
(Juneau, AK) – Holiday music, decorations and thousands of cookies are ready at the Governor’s Residence for the annual Holiday Open House this Tuesday, December 10 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Governor Mike Dunleavy, First Lady Rose Dunleavy, Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom and Mr. Kit Dahlstrom will be there to greet visitors and be […]
Painting of George Washington with his family, wife Martha, and her grandchildren, by artist Edward Savage. In September 1789, members of America’s first Congress approached the nation’s first president, George Washington, and asked him to call for a national Thanksgiving. That seemingly benign request ignited a furor in Congress over presidential powers and states’ rights. […]