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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A ballot proposition will ask Kenai Peninsula voters whether the borough should hand-count local election results. Plus, a new book from a Homer author focus on glaciology terms. -
The Kenai Peninsula Borough already uses paper ballots. But it uses electronic tabulators to tally results. The borough added electronic voting machines to its fleet a few years ago for voters with special needs. -
The award, announced last month, comes roughly two years after the center lost that revenue source amid alleged financial mismanagement by executive staff. -
Analysis from the borough’s finance department says the change could generate up to half a million more dollars in sales tax revenue each year. -
A ballot proposition going before Kenai Peninsula Borough voters this fall could result in higher sales taxes on large purchases. A new U.S. Coast Guard in cutter is christened in Kodiak and could also have a base in Seward. Plus, a Tlingit petroglyph in Wrangell is vandalized, prompting calls for action by residents.
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If the ballot measure passes, residents in the new service area would pay more in property taxes each year to fund recreation services, with an emphasis on the pool at the K-12 school. -
A Kenai jury convicts a former Soldotna High School teacher and union president on 28 counts of sexual abuse and unlawful exploitation of a minor. State Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum joins Alaska’s 2026 gubernatorial race. Plus, the Kenai River sees a record sockeye salmon run this summer.
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Jurors found 37-year-old Nathaniel Erfurth guilty on 28 counts in the case. He faces presumptive prison time of five to 15 years per count. -
Ninilchik voters will decide this fall whether to create a recreational service area to keep their community pool open. Homer voters mull a continuing tax for their own recreation building. And a new art show in Kenai highlights the impacts of climate change on Alaska.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Friday in Alaska. The city of Kenai will spend $160,000 studying and inventorying its streets and street lights. Plus, the Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist activity is on the rise in Alaska.
