News & Announcements
Press Releases for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Treadwell Champions Young Entrepreneurs
May 4, 2012, Anchorage, AK – Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell is partnering with the University of Alaska on “Lemonade Day,” a program in which Alaskan youth learn entrepreneurship and business skills by creating and operating their own lemonade stands. Media are invited to attend either of two bus tours that will visit lemonade stands around Anchorage on Sunday, leaving at 11:30 am or 1:30 pm. Lt. Gov. Treadwell will be on the first tour. (For more information on Lemonade Day Alaska, visit http://alaska.lemonadeday.org/.) Full Story »
Dialogue on Native Language Revitalization
May 4, 2012, Anchorage, AK – The Alaska Historical Commission (AHC), chaired by Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell, will host a dialogue among groups working to revitalize Alaska Native languages in the state. Full Story »
Treadwell Remarks at IPY 2012
April 26, 2012, Montreal, Canada – Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell will speak tomorrow at the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012, a gathering of government officials, scientists, and Arctic experts from around the circumpolar north. Treadwell will discuss the importance of cooperation between science and politics in the Arctic. Full Story »
Lt. Gov. to Give Policy Update on Renewables
April 18, 2012, Anchorage, Alaska – Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell will discuss renewable energy opportunities for Alaska and give a policy update from this year’s legislative session at the 4th annual Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) conference tomorrow. Full Story »
Treadwell Honors RWDC Participants
April 17, 2012, Anchorage, AK – Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell honored students from six Alaska schools who participated in this year’s Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) and congratulated the state’s winning design team, Highland Tech Charter School, during an awards ceremony today. Full Story »
Treadwell Offers Condolences
April 13, 2012, Anchorage, AK – Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell offered condolences to the family and friends of Nome’s renowned Arctic leader, Charlie Johnson, who died yesterday. Full Story »
Individual Charged with Petition Fraud
April 2, 2012, Anchorage, AK – A Fairbanks woman has been charged with submitting fraudulent signatures for the Alaska Coastal Management Program citizen initiative petition, and four other misdemeanor and felony charges. Full Story »
Speech: CDQ 20th Anniversary
Happy 20th Birthday! It’s great to be here and celebrate the Western Alaska CDQ program with you today. Thanks for inviting me. But as I told my college junior, we’ll have to wait till your 21st birthday next year till we can celebrate with champagne. Full Story »
Cordova Mountain Named to Honor Veterans
March 29, 2012, Juneau, AK – The Alaska Historical Commission today named a mountain in honor of 3,000 soldiers killed in action in the Korean War Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Mount Chosin Few, near Cordova, will commemorate veterans of the epic 1950 Korean War battle, including those from Alaska. Full Story »
Treadwell Leads Juneau Choose Respect March
March 28, 2012, Juneau, AK – Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell will give opening remarks at the Choose Respect March in Juneau tomorrow. Full Story »
Arctic Nations Discuss Oil Spill Contingency
March 22, 2012, Girdwood, AK – The eight nations of the Arctic Council met this week at the Alyeska Resort to develop an international instrument on Arctic marine oil pollution preparedness and response. Full Story »
States Seek Federal Use of Spaceports
March 21, 2012, Washington, D.C. – During a state and federal roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill yesterday, Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell told national aerospace leaders that state investments in launch facilities like the Kodiak Launch Complex can save the federal government money. Full Story »