New book highlights Alaska’s rural energy innovators

New book highlights Alaska’s rural energy innovators

The Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will host a free event celebrating the launch of “Alaska’s Microgrid Innovators,” a new book about the people and communities shaping Alaska’s energy future. Written by energy researchers, utility operators and rural community leaders, the book examines Alaska’s energy development through the […]

Kenai Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years for Conspiring to Traffic Over Four Kilograms of Fentanyl in Alaska in Homeland Security Task Force Case

Kenai Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years for Conspiring to Traffic Over Four Kilograms of Fentanyl in Alaska in Homeland Security Task Force Case

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kenai man was sentenced Wednesday to over 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over four kilograms of fentanyl in Alaska.  According to court documents, Christian James Rodgers, 34, conspired with at least two other individuals between September 2024 and March 2025, to distribute and possess […]

South African National Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining U.S. Citizenship

South African National Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining U.S. Citizenship

ANCHORAGE – A district judge convicted a South African national Wednesday for unlawfully procuring naturalization in the United States.  According to court documents, between June and September 2019, Brian Steven Smith applied for and obtained naturalization by making false statements in connection with his application for U.S. citizenship in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1425(a) and […]