Anchorage Daily News: “Alaska Airlines said Saturday that it has banned state Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, from its flights for continuing to refuse to follow mask-wearing requirements for travelers. ‘We have notified Sen. Reinbold that she is not permitted to fly with us for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy, spokesman Tim Thompson said ‘This suspension is effective immediately, pending further review. Federal law requires all guests to wear a mask over their nose and mouth at all times during travel, including throughout the flight, during boarding and deplaning, and while traveling through an airport’. The ban cast uncertainty on how Reinbold rejoins the Alaska Senate when legislation resumes Monday.”

“No other airline has regularly scheduled direct flights between Anchorage and Juneau. But it appeared as though Reinbold was pursuing an alternate travel solution: On Saturday night, Reinbold told an anti-mask group that she was ‘en route to Juneau’ and had pulled her car over to the side of the road to talk. ‘I have an unexpected trip that I am taking that is a little bit confidential,’ Reinbold told the group. She did not answer a text message asking whether she was driving to Haines or Skagway, which had scheduled ferry service to Juneau on Sunday afternoon. Driving to either location requires going through Canada, which has implemented strict pandemic travel restrictions.”