KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Oct. 16, 2025

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM AKDT

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members will get a raise for the first time in 25 years. The City of Kenai welcomes new elected officials and bids farewell to longtime Mayor Brian Gabriel. Plus, Homer's famous stowaway opossum, Grubby, dies at the Alaska Zoo.

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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