KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Feb. 9, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM AKST

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A Kenai high school junior is selected to help advise state education officials. Soldiers from Alaska have been told to stand down after receiving orders last month to prepare to deploy to Minnesota. Plus, Alaskans weigh in on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board.

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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