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 fire at Kenai's Uptown Motel leaves on man dead. State education officials give the final OK to a proposed charter school in Nikolaevsk. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy gives his final State of the State address. -
Kenai Fire Chief Jay Teague says structure fire risk tends to increase during the winter months, but the two recent hotel fires are anomalies. -
Approval from the Alaska Board of Education came roughly two months after Kenai Peninsula school board members also signed off. -
The announcement described a smattering of new nonbinding agreements that cover gas supplies from ExxonMobil and Hilcorp, roughly two-thirds of the steel needed for the pipeline and construction services. -
The would-be Alaska LNG Project developer announces new agreements it says moves the project’s first phase into early development. Lawmakers fail to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a bill supporters say would have modernized Alaska's corporate income tax system. Plus, two Alaska-based infantry battalions reportedly are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota.
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Kenai schedules a special election for April. Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposes a temporary statewide sales tax. Plus, two school districts sue the state over what they say is inadequate education funding.
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Voters will consider whether to move city elections from October to November. The Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna made the same change after roughly two-thirds of peninsula voters enacted the change through a ballot proposition. -
Through the partnership the company would “facilitate the construction and operation” of at least six liquefied natural gas carriers. -
A Greek shipping company becomes the latest tentative partner of the Alaska LNG Project. Plus, reporting from the Anchorage Daily News explores the personal stories behind 45 outdoor deaths in Anchorage last year.
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Building maintenance and upkeep shifted to the city when the building shut its doors. The closure comes as the city has identified a need for major improvements to or reconstruction of its existing public safety building.
