KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Sept. 23, 2025

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM AKDT

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Absentee in-person voting is underway ahead of Oct. 7 municipal elections. Commercial fishing reopens near the Kodiak Archipelago's largest salmon hatchery after and oil spill. Plus, scientists study the long-term impacts of a heatwave on Alaska orca whales.

KDLL Evening Newscast

Ashlyn O'Hara

Prior 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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