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# Talkeetna's Honorary Mayor goes global
- URL: https://ktna.org/talkeetnas-honorary-mayor-goes-global/
- Published: 2012-07-16T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-07-16T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: Stubbs the Cat has made worldwide headlines after a KTUU-tv news story profiling Talkeetna’s honorary mayor was picked up by the Associated Press. News outlets from the big time Washington
- Author: GM
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

Stubbs the Cat has made worldwide headlines after a [KTUU](http://articles.ktuu.com/2012-07-13/honorary-mayor%5F32667690?ref=ktna.org)\-tv news story profiling Talkeetna’s honorary mayor was picked up by the Associated Press.

News outlets from the big time [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/theyre-not-kitten-around-alaska-town-says-its-cat-mayor-is-purr-fect-for-tourism/2012/07/14/gJQAkRkykW%5Fstory.html?ref=ktna.org), [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/17/us/alaska-cat-mayor/index.html?ref=ktna.org) and [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2012/07/17/156895831/alaska-mayor-is-purrfect-for-the-job?ref=ktna.org), all carried the story, and went with KTUU’s embellishment that locals voted for the cat as a write-in candidate after being unimpressed with human candidates. As of this writing an internet search resulted in 417 unique worldwide news items about Stubbs.