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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20
“The stars aligning for it to happen on 4/20 was the cherry on top.”
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Eastern peninsula welcomes retail cannabis
As of Saturday morning, the eastern Kenai Peninsula has a retail cannabis shop.
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Manufacturing license for new Homer pot shop gets OK from council
A new cannabis operation in Homer is another step closer to having all the licensing it needs in…
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Cannabis industry meeting raises concerns over Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office
Editors note: This story was corrected to show that AMCO regulation 3 AAC 306.720(e) requires 40 days of…
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Kenai City Council prohibits marijuana cultivation facilities in residential zones
On Wednesday, the Kenai City Council unanimously prohibited marijuana cultivation facilities in residential zones. There were no public…
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Wells Fargo forces cannabis lab closure
One of Alaska’s three marijuana testing labs has been shut down by Wells Fargo bank, leaving the state’s…
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Council introduces ordinance that would allow marijuana sales on Homer Spit
Retail marijuana stores making their way to the Homer Spit is once again on the table at City…
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Soldotna OKs relaxed pot regulations
With a tie-breaking vote, Soldotna Mayor Nels Anderson gave retail marijuana businesses some wiggle room to set up…
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Starting a legal cannabis grow begins with ‘immaculate conception’ of plants
The recent denial of Alaska Loven It’s license to cultivate cannabis raises a question not often discussed in…
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Local pot business expecting slight chill from federal change
The practicalities of running a state-legal business based on a nationally-illegal product have became more complicated in some…
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Post-vote, cannabis businesses bloom on peninsula
Every time brothers Chase and Dylan Griffith make a business decision, instead of shaking hands, they bump fists.…
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Marijuana board orders Fairbanks manufacturer to close
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has given the death penalty to one of Alaska’s largest manufacturers of edible…
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Central Kenai pot store permitted on second try
A strip mall location in central Kenai is both a blessing and a curse for the planned marijuana…
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Soldotna extends marijuana moratorium to February
Soldotna has a couple more months to figure out what the city’s rules and regulations in regards to…
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Soldotna works on marijuana regulations
The cannabis industry is coming to the city of Soldotna, but first, the rules and regulations need to…
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With defeat of Prop 1, cannabis industry breathes sigh of relief
Cannabis business owners and employees in the borough outside city limits have a weight off their shoulders on…
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Borough ballot props fail
Cannabis businesses in the borough outside the cities can continue operations as usual with the failure of Kenai…
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Fate of borough’s cannabis industry before voters
It’s down to the wire for Kenai Peninsula Borough voters outside the cities to decide whether they want…
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One challenges incumbent for District 1 assembly seat
Voters in the Kalifornsky Beach area and part of Ridgeway have two choices for their Kenai Peninsula Borough…
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Kenai Council rejects loosening marijuana setbacks
An effort to loosen city restrictions on where marijuana businesses can locate in Kenai — which critics say…