ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal's pinata business in Alaska went to pieces — and not in a good way for a pinata maker. “Many of the projects I had were moved to other dates,” she told Alaska Public Media last Friday. “Many were canceled.” Tolladay Vidal...
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