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Alaska faces triple hit from coronavirus due to reliance on oil, fishing, tourism

A crash in oil prices and stock value, along with impacts to tourism and fishing, is devastating the state's economy.

By Yereth Rosen, Reuters March 23, 2020
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ANCHORAGE — The U.S. state of Alaska is, for the moment, distant from the worst medical ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. But its economy is in critical condition.

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