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Parents on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, pick up students at Chapman School in Anchor Point, Alaska, after a shooting about a half mile north on the Sterling Highway in which an Alaska State Trooper was shot. The school was on lockdown while troopers searched for the alleged shooter, Bret Herrick, 60. An Alaska State Trooper stands by. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Troopers arrest wanted man on Tuesday morning

Injured trooper is in fair condition at Anchorage hospital; Chapman School closed for Tuesday.

Alaska State Troopers investigate a shooting of a trooper at the Anchor Point Warehouse on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/ Homer News)

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Anchor Point shooting injures trooper

A 60-year-old Anchor Point man wanted in connection to the shooting

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

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Court reports for the week of Aug. 22, 2021

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Police reports for the week of Aug. 22, 2021

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Increased Trooper presence expected through Labor Day

The announcement comes after multiple vehicle accidents on the central peninsula have recorded both injuries and fatalities.

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Police reports for the week of Aug. 15, 2021

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

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Court reports for the week of Aug. 15, 2021

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlines new measures the state will undertake to tackle sexual assault during a press conference streamed live from the Alaska Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Anchorage on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (Screenshot)

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‘The days of getting away with it are over’

Dunleavy announces new process for tracking sexual assault cases, renewed effort to collect DNA from offenders.

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Police reports for the week of Aug. 8, 2021

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

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Court reports for the week of Aug. 8, 2021

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State launches crime tip app

AKtips can be downloaded for free on the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store and accessed…

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Police reports for the week of Aug. 1, 2021

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

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Court reports for the week of Aug. 1, 2021

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

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Court reports, July 25

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

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Police Reports, July 25, 2021

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

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Court Reports, July 18

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

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Police Reports, July 18, 2021

Information for this report was taken from publicly available law enforcement records and contains arrest and citation information.…

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Police reports July 11, 2021

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

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Court reports for the week of July 11, 2021

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Sara Berg, right, talks with artist Brad Hughes, left, at Hughes’ Homer, Alaska, studio in June 2021 about the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench project Berg and other family and friends of Anesha Murnane commissioned to honor Murnane and other missing woman and children. (Photo by Christina Whiting)

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Missing Homer woman presumed dead

A six-person jury determined Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, then 38, died of a homicide.