In 2021, students in the sixth-grade class designed ornaments to represent the state of Alaska. This year, they are on ...

The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this ...

This year, there is a little Christmas magic hiding inside the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. After a nearly 5,000-mile journey ...

T he illuminating moment for an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest near Wrangell decorated with 10,000 ...

The only other Capitol Christmas Tree to come from Alaska was taken from the Chugach National Forest in 2015. A fourth grader from Kenai, Rose Burke, also attended the ceremony alongside U.S ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she felt extra special about this year’s tree because both she and the tree were born in the Tongass National Forest. “Where I spent growing up years. Where my ...

Stephen Nickel, a forester with the Alaska Division of Forestry ... A map of Chugach National Forest areas in which Christmas trees may be harvested. (From Chugach National Forest) The state ...

"Isn't this a beautiful tree? Everything is bigger in Alaska," said Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Related With National Guard families looking on, first lady unveils White House Christmas decorations ...

Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in a C-17 military cargo plane and a camouflaged ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and the Alaska congressional delegation illuminated the 80-foot 2024 Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Front lawn Tuesday evening. Alaska Beacon is ...