KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Jan. 9, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM AKST

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Two Soldotna-based Alaska State Troopers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges and get their state trial delayed. Plus, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks fishery bycatch, the Alaska LNG Project and Venezuela in an interview with KDLL.

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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