Abbey Collins
Andrea Nelson, who co-owns Ampersand AK with Amelia Nash, displays salmon-shaped salad spoons made from local birch and sold in the shop.

For the second year in a row, summer visitor numbers in Haines are greatly reduced as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The downtown streets are usually bustling several days a week with visitors who have disembarked from cruise ships. But this year, just one ship is docking…