As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues new masking guidance for vaccinated individuals and the state opens up COVID-19 vaccinations to everyone 16 and up, Haines is loosening its pandemic restrictions.
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly met in-person for the first time since last summer, and on Monday, interim manager Alekka Fullerton reversed a longstanding order requiring masking in borough facilities, citing the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) decision to downgrade the…