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Virus Response in Valdez-KCHU Audio

As of Sunday night (5/10), there were 379 total cases, 10 deaths, and 324 recoveries of COVID 19 in the state of Alaska. As Governor Mike Dunleavy slowly reopens the state, KCHU’s
Gabriella Palko took a pulse on the City of Valdez to find out what it’s been through, and where it’s headed.

At The End of the Road

At The End of the Road

“Only twenty people at a time,” says the tram operator, marking the first entry of coronavirus into my immediate world. It’s early March at Alyeska Resort. The pandemic has felt away from the United States, let alone Alaska, until now.

Portugal. The Man Steps Up-AP

Portugal. The Man Steps Up-AP

“I think when it comes to stories and to books, we’re storytellers. You know, we’re songwriters and we’re storytellers and we take the situations and the experiences and the people that we meet and we kind of turn those into the stories that we carry on with us to the next place and to the next town. Storytelling is just kind of sacred to us and it just hits really close to home.”