🌱 How Big Lake’s legislator helped end local taxes on gold and silver

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• How Big Lake’s legislator helped end local taxes on gold and silver

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and warmer, with a high of 85 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 81, low: 52.
• Friday: Pleasantly warm with some sun, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Alaska ends taxes on gold and silver, reaffirms their monetary status (alaskalandmine.com) — Big Lake’s own Representative Kevin McCabe helped push through a new Alaska law ending local sales taxes on gold and silver purchases statewide, potentially affecting how residents invest or save. The measure also reaffirms gold and silver as constitutional money and orders a study on whether the state should someday accept precious metals for taxes and other payments.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⚠️ Magnitude 2.7 earthquake reported
  Jun 1 at 10:26 PM AKDT: 2.6 magnitude earthquake occurred near Chase, Alaska. More than 3 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
• ⚠️ Magnitude 2.9 earthquake reported
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• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Wasilla. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Big Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wasilla

• 3741 N Snow Goose Dr, Wasilla, AK 99654 (realtor.com)
• Palmer workshop to teach educators about soil science (uaf.edu)
• What's next for Mat-Su's three shuttered school buildings (alaskapublic.org)

Palmer

• Palmer Elks to host Flag Day ceremony and golf tournament (matsusentinel.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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