🌱 How a suspected bootlegging hub allegedly operated inside Bethel

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In today's newsletter:

• How a suspected bootlegging hub allegedly operated inside Bethel
• What Dunleavy’s foam-container veto means for Bethel’s existing ban
• How Bethel’s senator is shaping Alaska’s massive gas line tax deal

Today's riddle: What has more lives than a cat? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 51 and low of 43 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, a few showers, temps: high: 61, low: 45.
• Sunday: Shifting clouds and sun, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Troopers arrest 2 for alleged Bethel bootlegging operation (kyuk.org) — Bethel residents are learning more about a major alleged bootlegging and drug operation that troopers say funneled large amounts of alcohol and psilocybin mushrooms into the city despite local limits on alcohol sales. Two men were arrested in Bethel, face multiple felony charges, and are being held at Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center, with preliminary hearings set for July 9 in Bethel court.
   

• Alaska governor vetoes bipartisan foam container limits, saying rural businesses need more time (thecooldown.com) — Bethel is highlighted as one of the Alaska cities that already bans polystyrene food containers, even as Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes a bill that would have created a similar standard statewide. The veto, justified as giving rural businesses more time, leaves Bethel’s local rules in place while continuing a broader debate over pollution, health, and the governor’s pattern of rejecting bipartisan legislation.
   

• Alaska lawmakers roll out draft compromise tax cut bill for the proposed AKLNG gas line (juneauindependent.com) — Bethel’s own Sen. Lyman Hoffman is on the small conference committee shaping a major tax-break bill that could determine whether the AKLNG gas line is built. Lawmakers are haggling over corporate taxes, property-tax replacements, gas price caps for Alaskans, and protections if the developer walks away, with a final vote expected July 16. The outcome could affect energy prices, jobs, and state revenues for Bethel residents.
   

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Monday July 6

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A frog. Its croaks all day (Thank you Janice W. for sending it in!)
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