The border is open to travel between the lower 48 and Alaska provided that the travelers are U.S. citizens and undertake to continue their journey with only necessary stops for supplies and overnight rest.
Some cases of abuse of these regulations have come to light, e.g., U.S. residents stating they are headed to Alaska but then they go to a ski resort for a week.
Not that I care because I believe most of this pandemic is a false alarm, but those are the actual regulations and situations ... I live near a border crossing in a small town and we do see the occasional U.S. license plate in town, people know that these are folks heading one way or the other to or from Alaska. It doesn’t seem to bother anyone here except for one restaurant which asked Alaska bound travelers not to stop in there (so we’re boycotting them as a result, they lost more than just their occasional U.S. visitor but probably figured they would get virtue signalling points from the local leftists).
As to the guy helping out, that is above and beyond, his reward awaits him in another life probably.
Thanks. I think I knew about the exception for through-travelers going to Alaska, but I obviously forgot it.
Indeed, he went WAY above and beyond. What a great guy.