ANCHORAGE (AP) - Anchorage will lift its coronavirus-related capacity restrictions on many businesses and will ease limits on other places where people gather under a new emergency order set to take effect March 8.

City officials announced the changes March 4, saying retailers, bars, restaurants and other businesses will have their capacity restrictions eliminated.

Requirements for wearing masks and maintaining distance will remain in effect.

Businesses must operate in ways that allow consumers to stay six feet apart from

people outside of their households.

Indoor gatherings with food and...