WHITERIVER â Coming out of curfew at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27, the White Mountain Apache Tribe entered into Phase One of their Revised Phase Reopening Plan which was approved by the Tribal Council on Dec. 1.
The Dec. 1 council resolution also included a revised funeral arrangement and services policy; tailgate vendors guidelines; a recommendation that a vendor area be designated between the Whiteriver Restaurant and Game and Fish Department, and a prohibition on vending between H-Market and the Tribeâs Personnel Department.
A 72-hour shelter-in-place lockdown was implemented by the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) on Dec. 4 after 40 new COVID-19 cases were diagnosed over a three-day period. Then, when 77 new cases were diagnosed over a five-day period, the Tribe extended the lockdown to Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m., followed by a 2-week shelter-in-place set to expire on Dec. 26, at 8 p.m. As the shelter-in-place ended at 8 p.m., a curfew immediately went into effect unt