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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 2, 2020

In Anchorage, passengers board a RavnAir Group flight bound for Unalaska. Ravn and Alaska Airlines suspended their partnership for the Unalaska-Anchorage route following Ravn's fatal PenAir plane crash on Oct. 17, 2019. (LAURA KRAEGEL/KUCB)
In Anchorage, passengers board a RavnAir Group flight bound for Unalaska. Ravn and Alaska Airlines suspended their partnership for the Unalaska-Anchorage route following Ravn's fatal PenAir plane crash on Oct. 17, 2019. (LAURA KRAEGEL/KUCB)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Economists say the impact of the COVID-19 crisis will be big and ugly in Alaska. Plus: small business owners in the state look for a financial lifeline. And, the state's largest regional airline will shut down nearly all of its operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Reports tonight from:

  • Nat Herz, Casey Grove, Abbey Collins, Lex Trienen, and Tegan Hanlon in Anchorage
  • Krysti Shallenberger and Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
  • Andrew Kitchenman and Rashah McChesney in Juneau