Explaining state’s home values, property taxes (Sidney Herald-Leader)
Property and home values have increased in many areas in Montana over the past decade and while folks equate increasing residential values with higher taxes, but it ain’t necessarily so.

As gas prices soar, some try the train (The Press-Enterprise)
When his 2002 Dodge Stratus would not change gears last Wednesday morning, leaving him nearly 40 miles away from his job in Orange County without his normal mode of transportation, Aaunders Benford realized he had only one choice if he wanted to make it into work.

Kraton Polymers Announces North American USBC Price Increases (Centre Daily Times)
Kraton Polymers continues to experience unprecedented raw material and energy related cost increases. New record prices are being set for our primary raw materials, and we are obliged to implement further price increases.

Teamwork puts new roof on Plug Pond bath house (The Haverhill Gazette)
For many people, the perfect summer Saturday includes a nice glass of lemonade and a comfy seat. But the volunteers of Team Haverhill, the independent, nonpartisan, citizen action group committed to improving the city, wanted to spend their morning of Saturday, June 28, repairing the bath house at Plug Pond before the unofficial start of summer, July 4.

Emergence of Adventure Sports Resorts; Why Are Hotel Waterparks Getting Bigger? | By Jeff Coy, ISHC (Hospitality Net)
Ever since waterparks came indoors, under cover, and attached themselves to hotels, the hotel waterpark resort industry has continued to grow at an accelerating pace --- from 24% to 32% annually.

Uganda: Clays Plans Second Share Split (AllAfrica.com)
THE Uganda Clays (UCL), one of the most prestigious stocks on the local bourse, is planning another share split, less than two years after the first. This is after the price skyrocketed beyond the sh10,000-mark.

Local fireworks stands look to booming Fourth (The Joplin Globe)
Trevor and Miranda Morris said they aren’t letting an economic downturn get in the way of their Fourth of July.

10:54 a.m. Missouri AG candidates propose new policies (The Joplin Globe)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democrats running for attorney general are proposing tougher penalties for price markups in natural disasters, investigations of “hot gas” and a civil and disability rights division.

Letters to the Editor July 2 (The Record-Courier)
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