On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Lindbald Avenue, Girdwood, Alaska, as the “Dorothy and Connie Hibbs Post Office Building.”

Dorothy and Connie Hibbs are a mother and daughter who both served as postmaster in Girdwood, mother Dorothy from 1954-1976 and daughter Connie from 1979 to 2005.

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