Masks not required on Alaska, Horizon Airlines

SEATTLE — Masks are no longer required on public transit or in transit facilities around the Puget Sound region effective Tuesday, according to a news release from Sound Transit.

Tuesday’s announcement comes a day after a federal judge in Florida struck down the federal mask mandate, ruling it exceeded the authority of U.S. health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) previously extended the federal transportation face mask requirement through May 3 in…