KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Oct. 20, 2025

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM AKDT

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Soldotna City Council members will let more residents own chicken hens. Alaska's mental health leaders hope a gubernatorial executive order will reduce red tape around mental health care. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy visits Western Alaska in the wake of a damaging storm.

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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