KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening News — May 12, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published May 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM AKDT

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A Bethel-based airline hopes to start flying between Kenai and Anchorage. The City of Kenai is switching one of its firefighting materials to one free of so-called "forever chemicals." Plus, more U.S. Marines are coming to Alaska.

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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