(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) – On Jan. 27, 2026, in front of Anchorage Superior Court Judge Garton, Jalonni Blackshear pled guilty to two counts of murder for the deaths of his wife Raechyl Blackshear and his 14-year-old daughter, J.B. The charges stemmed from actions taken by Blackshear after a March 30, 2022, report by J.B. that she had […]
(St. Michael’s, AK) – On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Leroy James Kobuk, Jr., 30, was convicted by a Nome jury of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and three counts of Assault in the Third Degree. Testimony and evidence at the trial revealed that a night of drinking led to an argument […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage jury convicted Adam Darius Pringle, 43, of Murder in the Second Degree and Manslaughter for the March 2022 killing of Keenan Wegener, 27. At trial, the evidence showed Pringle and co-defendant Daniel Alex Rocero (48) beat Wegener with an 8-pound, metal sledgehammer, stood on Wegener’s neck and chest, then stuffed his […]