KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Dec. 18, 2025

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM AKST

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A former Soldotna High School teacher and union president is sentenced to 77 years and one month in prison for sexually abusing and exploiting a student while she was a minor. Plus, a new federal report shows the Arctic continues to warm faster than other parts of the world.

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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