(Kenai, AK) – Thursday, Kenai Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson sentenced 62-year-old Ollie Garrett to 25 years with 10 years suspended, leaving 15 years to serve, following his guilty plea to a consolidated count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. On his release from custody, Garrett will be on felony probation […]
(Kenai, AK) – Friday, 36-year-old Kirby Calderwood pled guilty to Murder in the Second Degree before Kenai Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson and admitted that he had murdered Homer resident Anesha “Duffy” Murnane. On Oct. 17, 2019, Ms. Murnane went missing. A beloved member of the Homer community, Ms. Murnane was last seen leaving the […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska has filed three new motions to intervene in support of the King Cove Road project. In an expedited briefing schedule, the court can either green-light or halt planned construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay. King Cove and Cold Bay are only 18 miles apart, […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On February 3, 2026, a Fairbanks jury convicted 42-year-old Stanley Olson of Indecent Exposure in the First Degree. The allegations stemmed from an incident at a local coffee shop where Olson called a barista into a restroom and masturbated in front of her. Based on his prior felony convictions which include Sexual Abuse […]