Kenai Court

Joseph Chandler was acquitted Monday in the 2019 killings of Dustin Marx and Michael White. A previous trial for Chandler last spring ended in a hung jury and mistrial.

The council tasked with nominating judges to the bench is interviewing nine applicants for the Kenai Superior Court seat, to fill the vacancy left by retiring Judge Jennifer Wells.

Kenai attorneys like Lacey Jane Brewster say it's important to have public defenders on the bench. Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first U.S. Supreme Court justice with experience working as a public defender.

An Alaska State Trooper based in Soldotna is jailed on charges he sexually abused two girls, and authorities are asking the public for information about…

Jury trials have again been suspended in the Kenai and Homer courts, due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.The order…