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    Cannabis
    Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20
    Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20
    By Michael Armstrong • April 22, 2020 5:30 am

    The Homer area’s newest and second retail cannabis store opened Monday — April 20, or course, or 4/20, known among…

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    Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File                                About 2½ oz. of dried marijuana is weighed in this 2015 photo.
    Alaska to consider allowing curbside pot pickup
    By Becky Bohrer Associated Press • April 15, 2020 4:20 pm

    Decision could come before April 20.

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    About 2.5 ounces of dried marijuana in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
    Puff, puff passed: Juneau Assembly OKs onsite pot...
    By Ben Hohenstatt • July 24, 2019 5:30 pm

    If you want to smoke, take it outside.

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    Alaska marijuana regulators to consider changes to onsite...
    By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press • May 1, 2019 1:30 am

    The board would need to get public comment on proposed changes to the rules.

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    Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee
    Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee
    By Mollie Barnes • February 13, 2019 5:15 pm

    “There’s this undercurrent of trying to push back the marijuana industry.”

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News</span>                                The open sign for Uncle Herb’s, Homer’s first marijuana retail store, lights up on opening day, Thursday, May 24 on Ocean Drive in Homer.
    Control board approves rules for onsite marijuana use
    By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press • December 26, 2018 9:44 pm

    JUNEAU — Alaska regulators last Thursday approved rules for onsite consumption of marijuana at specially designated shops, a significant step…

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    In this December 2016 photo, cannabis plants grow in a standard cultivation space inside Croy’s Enterprises near Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Manufacturing license for new Homer pot shop gets...
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 8:39 pm

    A new cannabis operation in Homer is another step closer to having all the licensing it needs in order to…

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    Green Elephant Gardens gardener Scott Jones cares for a marijuana plant on Green Elephant’s first day of operation in June 2017. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire file)
    Two years on, Alaska’s marijuana industry keeps growing
    By James Brooks • November 7, 2018 4:07 pm

    October collections might set a new record.

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    East Rip, a new marijuana retailer, is photographed on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. The new business is situated in a busy, central part of Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    East Rip: The Kenai Peninsula’s newest cannabis shop...
    By Victoria Petersen • October 10, 2018 8:35 pm

    East Rip is the peninsula’s newest recreational marijuana retailer, and the first cannabis business located in Kenai’s compact commercial center.

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    Dollynda Phelps discusses current issues in the cannabis industry with local business owners on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Cannabis industry meeting raises concerns over Alcohol and...
    By Victoria Petersen • September 19, 2018 6:18 pm

    Cannabis cultivators, retailers and consumers squeezed into a small Kenai living room Wednesday night, Sept. 12, to discuss ongoing problems…

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    Cannabis ad complicates delivery of small Alaska newspaper
    Cannabis ad complicates delivery of small Alaska newspaper
    By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press • July 15, 2018 9:18 pm

    JUNEAU — A small Alaska newspaper is scrambling to distribute papers after the U.S. Postal Service raised questions about a…

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    Marijuana board accepts draft to ban cannabis clubs
    Marijuana board accepts draft to ban cannabis clubs
    By DJ Summers • September 30, 2015 12:33 pm

    The Alaska Marijuana Control Board accepted draft regulatory language on Sept. 24 that would ban cannabis social clubs, unable to…

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    Cannabis panel waits for state to finish regs
    Cannabis panel waits for state to finish regs
    By Michael Armstrong • September 23, 2015 4:12 pm

    Now that cannabis, also known as marijuana, has been made legal in Alaska for possession and ultimately cultivation, processing and…

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