Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Anchorage business owners and residents react to easing COVID restrictions. And one bright spot during the pandemic for the seafood industry was online sales. Plus, the pandemic contributed to a surge in demand for backyard chickens in Alaska.

Don Dyer, owner of Polaris Poultry, holds chicks at Alaska Mill Feed and Garden Center on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Dyer lost a lot of restaurant business when the pandemic hit, but is making that up with a boom in backyard chicken sales. (Abbey Collins/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Anchorage business owners and residents react to easing COVID restrictions. And one bright spot during the pandemic for the seafood industry was online sales. Plus, the pandemic contributed to a surge in demand for backyard chickens in Alaska.

Reports tonight from:

Lex Treinen, Nat Herz and Tegan Hanlon in AnchorageAngela Denning in PetersburgJacob Resneck in JuneauTim Ellis in Delta JunctionDan Bross in Fairbanks

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