On Aug. 10, the Haines Borough finalized an agreement with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) to offer free testing for asymptomatic travelers entering Haines from other parts of Alaska.
The agreement will allow people to comply more easily with revisions in June to Haines’ 14-day quarantine recommendation.
Under the updated borough recommendation, travelers entering Haines from within Alaska are encouraged to either quarantine for 14 days or follow a two-tiered testing protocol. For example,…

