KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening News — July 8, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published July 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM AKDT

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District formally hands over three more shuttered school buildings to the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Plus, a couple with a mission of playing croquet on the lawn in all 50 U.S. states wraps up in Juneau.

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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