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A ballot proposition on October’s Petersburg election ballot will ask residents whether they want to increase the amount of a purchase that is subject to sales tax. Currently, Petersburg collects its 6% tax on sales of goods and services up to the first $1,200 on the invoice. Above that amount is free from the tax. The proposed municipal code amendment, approved for the ballot in a unanimous vote by the borough assembly on June 17, would raise the taxable sales limit to $5,000. If approved by voters, the maximum sales tax on a purchase would in...
Ben Mallott, the son of former Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, will become the new president of the Alaska Federation of Natives on Oct. 1, the organization announced June 28. The younger Mallott, who is stepping into a role his late father previously served at AFN, will succeed Julie Kitka who is stepping down after 34 years as president. Mallott, 40, has served 11 years as an officer with the largest statewide Native organization. AFN represents about 140,000 Alaskans and more than 300 Native corporations and federally recognized tribes. He is...
Alisha Armstrong won this year’s Fourth of July royalty crown by raising $84,582. Kayla Young raised $60,500. Combined, the duo more than doubled the numbers of the past couple of years — $53,704 in 2023 and $56,260 in 2022 — when only a single royalty candidate signed on for the annual fundraising effort to help pay for Wrangell’s Fourth of July celebration. The totals were announced at the Nolan Center on Wednesday evening....
