Newscast — Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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In today’s newscast:

  • The Alaska Medical Employees Association called off it’s strike against Providence Hospital.
  • From our Wednesday Lowdown program: The city manager, borough manager and city fire chief talk about local coronavirus prevention and how the community is preparing for a potential outbreak of COVID-19.
  • From our Tuesday Lowdown program: Safeway Manager Mike Murray talks about the local food supply and how we may see some shortages, but the food distribution chains work and things will get restocked.
  • Ketchikan has its first positive test for coronavirus.
  • Alaska-Canada border crossing closed to all ‘non-essential travel’

All that, plus Fish Radio and the Island Messenger community bulletin. Fish Radio is provided by Laine Welch at alaskafishradio.com.

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