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Former Soldotna-based trooper sentenced for attempted sexual abuse of a minor

63-year-old Vance Peronto was sentenced to eight years in prison with four suspended

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward man acquitted in 2019 double-homicide case

The man was accused of shooting and killing 28-year-old Dustin Marx and 40-year-old Michael White inside of their…

A sign welcomes employees and visitors at the Kenai Peninsula Borough administration building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Multiple agencies respond to reports of employee with handgun in borough building

35-year old Lucas Thein was arrested on unrelated domestic assault charges

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Kenai resident pleads guilty to 2020 homicide

He was sentenced to 70 years, with 35 suspended

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Kenai woman sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case

Saray Lockwood formerly operated Kenai Dental Clinic with her late-husband Dr. Glenn Lockwood

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Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Grand jury adds charges in October killing of Homer woman

An Arkansas man who was arrested on a murder charge in the October killing of a Homer woman…

U.S. Department of Justice Logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai man accused of threatening US senator indicted

Arther Charles Graham is charged with using interstate communications with a threat to kidnap and injure

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Halibut Cove woman in viral seaplane incident agrees to plea

Marion Tillion Beck intends to plead guilty to midsemeanor gross negligent operation of a vessel

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Kenai man accused of emailing threats to US senator

Graham was arrested on Monday by special agents from the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI

Alaska State Troopers investigate a shooting scene on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the Anchor Point Warehouse in Anchor Point, Alaska, at the store on the Sterling Highway in which an Alaska State Trooper was shot. Bret Herrick, 62, of Anchor Point was sentenced on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, for the attempted murder of Alaska State Trooper Bruce Brueggeman and related crimes that occurred outside the grocery store. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Anchor Point man sentenced for attempted murder of state trooper

Herrick received a composite sentence of 74 years with 15 years suspended

Brianna Hetrick (right). Photo courtesy of GoFundMe

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Fundraiser open for family of Homer woman killed in shooting

Brianna Hetrick was fatally shot on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Homer

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Man charged with murder in killing of Homer woman

The shooting was reported Saturday afternoon

A photo distributed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a man who allegedly robbed the Global Credit Union branch located in Anchorage, Sept. 19, 2023. Tyler Ching, 34, was arrested last week on charges related to robberies at the credit union and an Anchorage bank. (Photo courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation)

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Alleged bank robber arrested in Cooper Landing

Photos of a man wearing a beanie, a mask and sunglasses were distributed by the FBI the day…