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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

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

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File                                About 2½ oz. of dried marijuana is weighed in this 2015 photo.

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Alaska to consider allowing curbside pot pickup

Decision could come before April 20.

About 2.5 ounces of dried marijuana in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Puff, puff passed: Juneau Assembly OKs onsite pot smoking

If you want to smoke, take it outside.

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Alaska marijuana regulators to consider changes to onsite pot use

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

Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee

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Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee

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

<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.

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Control board approves rules for onsite marijuana use

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

In this December 2016 photo, cannabis plants grow in a standard cultivation space inside Croy’s Enterprises near Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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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…

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)

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Two years on, Alaska’s marijuana industry keeps growing

October collections might set a new record.

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)

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East Rip: The Kenai Peninsula’s newest cannabis shop opens in Kenai

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

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)

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Cannabis industry meeting raises concerns over Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office

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

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Cannabis ad complicates delivery of small Alaska newspaper

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

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Marijuana board accepts draft to ban cannabis clubs

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

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Cannabis panel waits for state to finish regs

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