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Alaska allows some businesses to reopen with limitations
Ashley Story gives a haircut to client Michael Halstead on Friday, April 24, 2020, at her salon Short Cuts in Homer, Alaska. Story's is one of several Homer businesses to reopen their doors Friday according to relaxed state restrictions, while several others have opted to wait. (Megan Pacer/Homer News via AP)

Ashley Story gives a haircut to client Michael Halstead on Friday, April 24, 2020, at her salon Short Cuts in Homer, Alaska. Story's is one of several Homer businesses to reopen their doors Friday according to relaxed state restrictions, while several others have opted to wait. (Megan Pacer/Homer News via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 06:22 PM EDT
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Barber Rhonda Adams poses outside her shop in downtown Juneau, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Adams said she was excited to get back to work. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Barber Rhonda Adams poses outside her shop in downtown Juneau, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Adams said she was excited to get back to work. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:19 PM EDT
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A dog stands at the door of the Trickster Company store on Front Street in downtown Juneau, Alaska, while people unload boxes on Friday, April 24, 2020. Some businesses have been able to keep the online side of their businesses operating even as their doors remain closed to the public. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire via AP)

A dog stands at the door of the Trickster Company store on Front Street in downtown Juneau, Alaska, while people unload boxes on Friday, April 24, 2020. Some businesses have been able to keep the online side of their businesses operating even as their doors remain closed to the public. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:41 PM EDT
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Shirley Robards works at the front counter of Stereo North in Sitka, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Many Alaskans are cautiously returning to work today following revised state mandates. Robards said the store has done business during the emergency by delivering goods. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Shirley Robards works at the front counter of Stereo North in Sitka, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Many Alaskans are cautiously returning to work today following revised state mandates. Robards said the store has done business during the emergency by delivering goods. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 08:16 PM EDT
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This photo from KTVF-TV sows a couple picking out their wedding bands at Bishops Jewelry Gallery in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday, April 22, 2020. Alaska businesses slowly began reopening Friday in an effort to restart the state's economy. The state's largest city, Anchorage, will allow businesses to reopen beginning Monday. (Sara Tewksbury/KTVF-TV via AP)

This photo from KTVF-TV sows a couple picking out their wedding bands at Bishops Jewelry Gallery in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday, April 22, 2020. Alaska businesses slowly began reopening Friday in an effort to restart the state's economy. The state's largest city, Anchorage, will allow businesses to reopen beginning Monday. (Sara Tewksbury/KTVF-TV via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:04 PM EDT
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Alicia Smith, owner of Juneau's Imagination Station, jots notes while taking a call on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. She said the specialty toy store has been doing curbside pickup and starting Tuesday will offer limited store hours with limited numbers of shoppers inside. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alicia Smith, owner of Juneau's Imagination Station, jots notes while taking a call on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. She said the specialty toy store has been doing curbside pickup and starting Tuesday will offer limited store hours with limited numbers of shoppers inside. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:20 PM EDT
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Amanda Johnson buys food at Market Center in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020, as Stephanie Larsen works behind a sheet of plexiglass. Many workers and shoppers are wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic as they go through their daily routines. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Amanda Johnson buys food at Market Center in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020, as Stephanie Larsen works behind a sheet of plexiglass. Many workers and shoppers are wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic as they go through their daily routines. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 08:20 PM EDT
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A man stands outside Art Sutch's photography store in downtown Juneau on Friday, April 24, 2020. Sutch, background, decided to close his downtown location of 25 years due to the lack of a tourist season because of COVID-19. Sutch said in a Facebook post he would continue photography, digital and printing work at a personal studio. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire via AP)

A man stands outside Art Sutch's photography store in downtown Juneau on Friday, April 24, 2020. Sutch, background, decided to close his downtown location of 25 years due to the lack of a tourist season because of COVID-19. Sutch said in a Facebook post he would continue photography, digital and printing work at a personal studio. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:42 PM EDT
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Dody's Hair Creation owner and operator Dody Morrison wears personal protective equipment during a haircut service for Evelyn Wilson, Friday, April 24, 2020, at her salon in Ketchikan, Alaska. Both Wilson and Morrison conversed with each other from behind masks. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

Dody's Hair Creation owner and operator Dody Morrison wears personal protective equipment during a haircut service for Evelyn Wilson, Friday, April 24, 2020, at her salon in Ketchikan, Alaska. Both Wilson and Morrison conversed with each other from behind masks. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

Apr. 25, 2020 12:06 AM EDT
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Marsha Howard, right, helps Jason Gjertsen at the Work & Rugged Gear Store in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020. Howard has been following state recommendations by encouraging customers to phone in orders and by allowing only three people at a time inside the store, using face masks and using disinfectants on surfaces. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Marsha Howard, right, helps Jason Gjertsen at the Work & Rugged Gear Store in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020. Howard has been following state recommendations by encouraging customers to phone in orders and by allowing only three people at a time inside the store, using face masks and using disinfectants on surfaces. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 08:17 PM EDT
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A statue of William Seward near the Alaska Capitol is shown outfitted with a mask on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. On Friday, the state began allowing restaurants to resume dine-in service and retail shops and other businesses to reopen, all with limitations, under an initial phase of a plan to restart parts of the economy affected by coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

A statue of William Seward near the Alaska Capitol is shown outfitted with a mask on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. On Friday, the state began allowing restaurants to resume dine-in service and retail shops and other businesses to reopen, all with limitations, under an initial phase of a plan to restart parts of the economy affected by coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Apr. 24, 2020 06:57 PM EDT
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Milagrose Sarmiento works the drive-thru window at McDonald's Restaurant in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020. The restaurant closed the dining room, but has kept the drive-thru open during the coronavirus pandemic. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Milagrose Sarmiento works the drive-thru window at McDonald's Restaurant in Sitka, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2020. The restaurant closed the dining room, but has kept the drive-thru open during the coronavirus pandemic. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 08:18 PM EDT
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This photo from KTVF-TV shows a diner ordering lunch at the Airport Way Family Restaurant in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Alaska businesses slowly began reopening Friday in an effort to restart the state's economy. The state's largest city, Anchorage, will allow businesses to reopen beginning Monday. (Sara Tewksbury/KTVF-TV via AP)

This photo from KTVF-TV shows a diner ordering lunch at the Airport Way Family Restaurant in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Alaska businesses slowly began reopening Friday in an effort to restart the state's economy. The state's largest city, Anchorage, will allow businesses to reopen beginning Monday. (Sara Tewksbury/KTVF-TV via AP)

Apr. 24, 2020 07:04 PM EDT
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