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    Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for federal...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with the Alaska State Troopers and the Kenai Police Department

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    Kenai man charged with murdering woman in hotel...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The man is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree

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    The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer woman indicted over seaplane incident
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    Marian Tillion Beck was indicted on charges of negligent operation of a vessel and attempted interference with the navigation of a sea plane

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    East End Road arrest briefly closes road, backs...
    By Emilie Springer • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

    A Homer resident was stopped near Mile 4 of East End Road while driving a truck reported stolen, troopers said

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    The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    More details emerge in Kenai killing
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 18, 2022 2:30 am

    The man accused of killing 31-year-old Stephanie Henson told police the two were friends, charging documents state

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    Photo via Alaska State Troopers
Ronald Dean Beyering.
    Man wanted in Funny River shooting, fire remains...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 2, 2022 2:30 am

    Troopers located a vehicle associated with Beyering

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    Former borough employee charged with illicit photography at...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 19, 2022 2:30 am

    Isaac Andrew Davis, 33, was arrested on Oct. 14

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    The new Homer Police Station, as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. Members of the Homer Police Department officially moved into the building on Thursday. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer teen arrested after school shooting threat
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 5, 2022 2:30 am

    The Homer Police Department said in a Tuesday press release that they received a tip from the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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    Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire
Officer Taylor Davis stands in a wooded area near what police described as an active crime scene. Davis and another officer asked for people to stay away from the area until further notice. No further details were offered from the officers as of 11 a.m.
    No arrests made as Juneau death investigation continues
    By Clarise Larson • September 28, 2022 2:30 am

    Shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday that a woman’s body was found

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    FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, state Rep. Dean Westlake, D-Kotzebue, talks with another legislator during a break in the opening session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, Alaska. The son of the former Alaska lawmaker faces charges of manslaughter and evidence tampering in death of his father, Rep. Dean Westlake, according to charging documents. Tallon Westlake was arrested over the weekend. An online court records system did not show an attorney Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 who could speak on his behalf. The charging documents are dated Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
    Son of ex-Alaska lawmaker faces charges in father’s...
    By Becky Bohrer Associated Press • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    He was arrested over the weekend.

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    Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Jay Allen Johnson, 65, who faced charges of sending a series of profanity-laced voice messages to the two senators, entered guilty pleas, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in federal court in Fairbanks, Alaska, to two counts of threatening to kill a U.S. official. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline accepted Johnson’s pleas and set sentencing for April 8. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
    Man who threatened U.S. senators pleads guilty
    By Mark Thiessen Associated Press • January 5, 2022 2:30 am

    He faces up 10 years in jail on each charge.

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    Courtesy photo / Alaska Department of Public Safety
A man missing for more than 40 years was identified by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation as a Chugiak resident who was last seen in 1979 before being discovered murdered years before on an island near Anchorage in 1989.
    Body found in ’80s ID’d with DNA analysis
    By Michael S. Lockett • December 8, 2021 2:30 am

    The body, found in 1989, had been unidentified until now.

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    A joint investigation between the FBI and Canadian law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of a Canadian man for cybercrimes on Nov. 30, 2021. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
    Canadian man indicted in international cybercrime case
    By Michael S. Lockett • December 8, 2021 2:30 am

    His attacks targeted State of Alaska computers as well as Canadian ones.

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