KDLL Evening Newscast

Evening News — Aug. 18, 2026

By Ashlyn O'Hara

Published August 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM AKDT

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Alaskans have a few more hours to vote in the statewide Primary Election. A new app aims to fill fishery data gaps in Bristol Bay. Plus, Get Out the Native Vote hopes to reverse declining turnout trends in Western 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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