WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Gail L. Forbes, Air Force Research Laboratory The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has partnered with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cornell University, Ohio-based contractor UES, Inc. and the Palmer Muskox Farm in Palmer, Alaska to explore the use of synthetic muskox wool keratin fibers in textiles for military-grade uniforms. The International Cooperative En  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 5 (TNSawa) -- The FBI Anchorage Field Office issued the following news release: On May 5, FBI Director Christopher Wray presented Josie Heyano with the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for her service to the people of Alaska. Heyano has made significant contributions not only as an on-site clinical provider at a shelter for youth experiencing homelessness, but also in her tireless efforts to combat human trafficking. The FBI established the DCLA in 1990   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing over $24 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from all three application windows, benefiting approximately 45,000 students across the country, in  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: GCI Communications Corp. (GCI), located in Anchorage, Alaska, has agreed to pay $40,242,546 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly inflating its prices and violating Federal Communications Commission (FCC) competitive bidding regulations in connection with GCI's participation in the FCC's Rural Health Care Program. The program provides more than $570 million each year to as  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: "Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023" focuses on fresh and nuanced visions by six contemporary Native American and Alaska Native artists who express the honors and burdens that connect people to one another. The exhibition features objects by Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Inupiat), Geo Neptune (  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem. More than three years ago, the Sandia-operated atmospheric measurement facility in Ala  more