Ashlyn O'Hara
ReporterPrior to joining KDLL's news team in May 2024, O'Hara spent nearly four years reporting for the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai. Before that, she was a freelance reporter for The New York Times, a statehouse reporter for the Columbia Missourian and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. You can reach her at aohara@kdll.org
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After a company cloud-seeds near Homer, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly takes action. Plus, the Pentagon looks to build data centers near Alaska military bases. -
The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency. -
On this episode of the Kenai Conversation, we're joined by Augustus Doricko. Augustus is the CEO of Rainmaker, a cloud seeding company that recently created 19 million gallons of water over three hours above Homer. -
The state Department of Natural Resources wrote the company a stern letter last month, giving BlueCrest 30 days to prove it could fund more development, or risk losing access to the unit. -
The vote caps a year-and-a-half of work between the district and unions’ bargaining teams that was punctuated by multi-million school district budget shortfalls, a rejected healthcare proposal and an impasse over salaries. -
BlueCrest Energy says it has enough money to drill in Cook Inlet. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and support staff have a new contract. Plus, candidates for governor debate fishery issues in Kodiak.
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State troopers search for a man who went overboard in the Kasilof River. A new group steps up to takeover the Arctic Report Card. Plus, researchers analyze the geometry behind why storms hit certain areas harder than others. -
When determining whether to call off a search, troopers consider environmental conditions, the likelihood of locating the person and the safety of crews. -
The city is working with the Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiative to expand utility lines and pave about 200 feet of road near the group’s latest senior housing complex. -
Southcentral Alaska is facing a natural gas shortage. Demand from the state’s most populated region could outpace supply as soon as this winter.
