In April 2020, as a result of impending economic concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, KYUR and KTBY announced plans to outsource its news production to the national NewsNet service, which began operations one year earlier. All of the stations' newscasts outside of prime time, including "Good Day Alaska", were canceled, and the majority of the local staff were laid off. By the end of the month, KYUR's news output had been reduced to a 30-minute newscast at 10 p.m. and KTBY was reduced to an hour-long newscast at 9 p.m. Both of these newscasts were temporarily branded as "NewsNet Alaska", featuring a brief local news segment produced in Anchorage, with the rest of the broadcast utilizing the NewsNet national feed produced out of Cadillac, Michigan. Despite the reduction in local news, KYUR and KTBY have opted to use the "NewsNet" national branding ""More News. More Often."" in their broadcasts.