Two separate incidents of vehicle deaths, which occurred in 2010 and 2011, have resulted in criminally negligent homicide charges for two Alaska men. 

The individuals have been summoned to Kenai for arraignment on Tuesday, according to court records.

Thomas C. Dyer, of Kenai, has been charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide. The single charge stems from an April 23, 2011 accident that caused the death Kenai resident James Stutsman. 

The primary election races for House seats on the Kenai Peninsula are pitting Republicans against one another. District 29, currently represented by Kurt Olson, is no exception. 

Olson, who has served the district for eight years, is facing Gary Knopp, small business owner and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president. Knopp’s term expires this year. 

A 54-year-old man who allegedly burned down his former boss’s cabin was arraigned last week at the Kenai Courthouse. 

Public defender William Taylor entered a not guilty plea on Willard J. Hutson Jr.’s behalf. He said Hutson had his own ideas about seeking representation, however. 

According to an Aug. 10 affidavit, the defendant may represent himself in court. 

Cook Inlet Region Inc. owns a lot of land on the Kenai Peninsula. The Alaska Native corporation is the largest private landholder in Southcentral, said Jim Jager, CIRI’s corporate communications director.  

The group owns a parcel of land at Rainbow Drive in the Soldotna area. A few years ago, it received multiple complaints of people shooting guns and dumping trash on the land, and, in response, CIRI plowed a berm to block its land and put up no trespassing signs. 

Gunfire ruined the signs within a couple days, nearby resident Jim Oltersdorf recalled.