Alaska News Nightly: Monday, April 6, 2020

The Kanga Bay Cabin in the Tongass National Forrest, about 12 miles away from Sitka (Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

A Ketchikan resident describes contracting and recovering from COVID-19. Plus: Alaskans flee the cities to ride out the pandemic in relative solitude. The cruise town of Skagway tries to stay afloat as the tourism industry sinks.

Reports tonight from:

  • Tim Ellis in Fairbanks
  • Lex Treinen, Liz Ruskin, and Zachariah Hughes in Anchorage
  • Eric Stone in Ketchikan
  • Adelyn Baxter in Juneau
  • Claire Stremple in Haines
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