WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum issued the following news release: Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 focuses on fresh and nuanced visions by six Native American or Alaska Native artists who express the honors and burdens that connect people to one another. The more than 50 artworks in the exhibition arise from traditions of making that honor family, community or clan, and require broad community participation. Six artists--Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lak  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Robert Marley Chapas was sentenced on March 8, 2023, to 60 months in prison for bank robbery. According to court documents, on April 27, 2022, Chapas entered an Anchorage Wells Fargo branch. Chapas approached a teller window and passed a note to the teller that stated: "This is a robbery, I have a gun. Empty your drawer & let me leave like a normal tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 (TNSper) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Packineau (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Laguna) as NEH's first Strategic Advisor for Native and Indigenous Affairs. In this new position, Packineau will serve as the lead policy and strategy advisor for NEH's outreach and engagement with Tribal Nations and Native Ameri  more

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska, March 6 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach, Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force As the sun dipped beneath the horizon on Nov. 18, residents of Utgiagvik, Alaska, embraced 24-hours of darkness that consumed the village for a bone-chilling 65 straight days. Nestled on the Arctic Ocean, Utqiagvik, a city of approximately 5,000 people, is inaccessible by road and is the northernmost town in the United States and ni  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on March 6, 2023: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Monday. Okay. So, I think many of us would agree that parents should not have to pay extra to sit next to their child on a flight. It's just common sense. But as recently as a month ago, no U.S. airlines guaranteed fee-free family seating. Now, after the Biden administration pressed airlines   more