Kenai Superior Court

Nathaniel Erfurth, 35, of Soldotna, still faces 55 counts in the case and filed his own civil complaint against his accuser on Monday.

Nathan Erfurth's attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case in January, and asked for a hearing to discuss discrepancies between his transcription of recorded conversations that serve as critical evidence in the case and the state's.

Former high school teacher and union president Nathan Erfurth was charged with 61 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor in July. Yesterday, his attorney moved to dismiss the case, on the basis that troopers misrepresented evidence to a grand jury.

Samantha Bower pleaded not guilty to charges of improperly influencing a witness and theft, related to incidents that happened at the same time as her husband David Bower fourth-degree assault arrest.

Earlier this spring, a correctional officer at Spring Creek was charged for bringing another drug used to treat opioid addiction into the prison there.

The first court appearance of retired Homer Judge Margaret Murphy for felony perjury charges has been delayed by more than a month. The arraignment has been delayed because Murphy is currently traveling outside the U.S.

Lawson will fill the seat left vacant when Judge Jennifer Wells retired last fall.

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.

Wells was appointed to the Superior Court in 2017. She’s one of three Superior Court judges in Kenai.

Twenty-eight-year-old Nathan Penrod was arrested on charges of murder and assault Wednesday for fatally shooting another Soldotna man and threatening his ex-fiance.