How Alaska’s governor found himself on an Emirati falcon hunt

By: Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: April 3, 2026

Words: 907

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago


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When dignitaries visit Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s home state in the summer, their hosts often take them fishing for salmon.

But what does Dunleavy do as a visiting dignitary himself, traveling on official business to far-flung locales such as the United Arab Emirates?

Alaskans now have a glimpse of the red-carpet treatment afforded to their famously hunting-obsessed chief executive on a trip last year to the Middle East to solicit investment — courtesy of a …

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