There won't be a fluctuating sales tax in Homer. Voters Tuesday rejected a seasonal sales tax aimed at tourists. The measure would have raised city sales tax one percent from May through September and subtracted one percent from the current rate of 6.5 percent during the rest of the year.
With jobs at stake when the Alaska Aces open training camp in nine days, the ECHL team has invited three more players to seek seasonal employment here.
A SCOTTISH chef was yesterday crowned the best in the UK by his peers but then criticised the food on offer at most of the country's restaurants as "pretty dire".
Greenville County joined the rest of the 10-county Upstate in experiencing an increase in the jobless rate in August, while South Carolina tied with Alaska for the second highest unemployment rate in the nation.
