The next tax-free shopping day is May 3

Start saving today. Wrangell’s first sales tax-free day of 2025 will be on Saturday, May 3.

The borough assembly approved the chamber of commerce’s date request unanimously at its Jan. 28 meeting.

There may be a second tax-free day in 2025, which the chamber has traditionally scheduled for October. This year, the assembly will consider the chamber’s request for a second tax-free day with a public hearing at its April 22 meeting.

Last December the assembly altered municipal code so that the number of tax-free days every fiscal year can be anywhere between zero and two. Members made the change s...