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 video of a brown bear swimming near the mouth of the Kenai River goes viral. And, a group of setnetters pivot to seining to try and save Cook Inlet's east side commercial fishery. -
The Gabriels are fishing with a seine net. In partnership with the state, they’re piloting and financing an experimental operation they hope will provide relief to one of Cook Inlet's oldest commercial fisheries. -
The city estimated the exemption would have saved the average resident $25 per year and cost the city about $15,000 in lost tax revenue. -
An Anchor Point woman dies after an ATV crash. Central Emergency Services breaks ground on a new fire station. Plus, a Kenai National Wildlife Refuge biologist explains why cow parsnip is so irritating.
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Project leads say the new station will accommodate the agency’s growth and provide needed relief from the existing station’s cramped quarters. -
On this special, two-hour episode of the Kenai Conversation, we talk to three former borough mayors about their time at the Kenai Peninsula’s helm — the decisions they made, ones they didn’t, and the role they played in helping get the borough where it is today. -
As of July 3, there have been 33 traffic deaths in Alaska this year. -
A Kenai man dies in a Saturday vehicle collision. A judge suspends a controversial oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet. Officials share tips on how to stay safe while recreating around water. Plus, a Homer husky is reunited with his owner.
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As of Tuesday, more than 400,000 sockeye salmon have been counted as part of the Kenai River’s late-run sockeye fishery. -
Kenai's personal use fishery is open 24 hours a day starting Thursday. An Alaska Native corporation gets another crack at a proposed hotel development on the Homer Spit. Also, anglers return to a popular fishing spot near Cooper Landing.
