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Credit Dean Swope / KYUK In their May 25 meeting, Bethel City Council is expected to be busy with an agenda ranging from considering changes to mask mandates to redistricting. In the meeting, Bethel City Council is expected to vote on the biggest change to its mask policy yet. If the resolution passes, vaccinated individuals would be able to shed their masks in many public settings. Masks would still be required on public transportation and for public city events, and for city employees when working with members of the public face to face. However, in accordance with guidance from the CDC, the resolution would still require unvaccinated people to wear masks in most public indoor spaces. ....
Credit Dean Swope / KYUK In a public hearing on May 13, the Bethel Planning Commission will consider a conditional use permit for what would be Bethel’s third recreational marijuana store.
Kalla Peacock has come to the city with his proposal to open a marijuana store before, most recently in January, and has since revised his proposal. Bethel is his latest business venture. Peacock owns one retail marijuana store in Kotzebue, and has partnered on a second store in Utqiagvik.
Bethel has two marijuana stores already, and the owners are against allowing a third store to open, saying that it will be bad for their businesses. The owners sent a joint letter to the Planning Commission arguing that just as alcohol stores are limited by population in Alaska, marijuana stores should be as well. ....
Credit Christine Trudeau / KYUK Bethel City Council’s vote on a tax on sugary beverages has been indefinitely postponed. The decision was made after extensive public comment at the April 27 city council meeting. The move effectively kills the proposed ordinance unless a council member chooses to resurrect it for a future meeting.
There were nearly four hours of public testimony, both for and against the proposed tax, which would have added a 1-cent-per-ounce tax to sugar-sweetened beverages. As an excise tax, it would have been applied directly to the distributor, but many argued that the cost would have been passed onto the consumer. ....
Vermont Governor: $260,000 For Bethel, Lyndon & Poultney stl.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stl.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.