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Downtown Anchorage was quiet as people stayed away hours before a city “hunker down” order took effect on March 22. The beginning of shutdowns across the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic turned the Alaska economy upside down with negative effects on nearly every sector and sending the state back into a recession. (Photo/Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
There is only one top story for 2020, but the tentacles of the COVID-19 virus have proven so far-reaching that it cannot be summed up with a single headline, despite the countless internet memes attempting to do so. The 2020 Year in Review looks back at the top 10 stories as the pandemic touched every reach of Alaska.