KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening Newscast — Feb. 23, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published February 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM AKST

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A state legislative staffer is arrested on charges of faces charges of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. A new report shows 2025 was Alaska's8th hottest year on record. Plus, a Kasilof fisherpoet will bring his work to Oregon next week.

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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