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    Cannabis
    Cannabis board seeks your opinions
    Cannabis board seeks your opinions
    August 27, 2015 9:30 am

    Thursday, Aug. 27, at 5:30 p.m. at Homer City Hall, is a very important meeting of the Homer Cannabis Advisory…

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    Marijuana board amends regs, sets $5,000 licensing fee
    Marijuana board amends regs, sets $5,000 licensing fee
    By DJ Summers • August 20, 2015 12:09 pm

    The cannabis industry’s growing pains are causing unease for some stakeholders, even as the newly minted Alaska Marijuana Control Board…

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    Legal pot helps rather than harms
    Legal pot helps rather than harms
    August 20, 2015 11:09 am

    In the Alaska Dispatch News, Sunday, Aug. 9, we read “NYC sees surge in synthetic pot use, with dire consequences.”…

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    Marijuana association rolls out
    Marijuana association rolls out
    By Elwood Brehmer • July 23, 2015 12:05 pm

    Those hoping to get in on the ground floor of Alaska’s legal marijuana industry now have a supporter. The Alaska…

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    Lawmakers plan to work on marijuana bills over interim
    Lawmakers plan to work on marijuana bills over...
    By Molly Dischner • April 29, 2015 1:59 pm

    JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers say they will continue working on marijuana bills over the interim. Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, said…

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    Council creates Cannabis Advisory Commission
    Council creates Cannabis Advisory Commission
    By Michael Armstrong • April 15, 2015 4:32 pm

    As the Alaska Legislature debates how to regulate commercial cultivation, processing and sale of marijuana, the Homer City Council on…

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    Robl’s knowledge would help panel
    Robl’s knowledge would help panel
    April 8, 2015 4:51 pm

    The name of our citizen’s commission should be a cannabis commission, not a marijuana commission. The word marijuana is a…

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    Chief on cannabis commission causes concern
    Chief on cannabis commission causes concern
    By Michael Armstrong • April 1, 2015 2:22 pm

    A Homer City Council member has questioned the propriety of having the police chief sit as a member on a…

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    Cannabis commission  ordinance introduced
    Cannabis commission ordinance introduced
    By Michael Armstrong • March 26, 2015 9:28 am

    The Homer City Council on Monday introduced an ordinance creating a Cannabis Advisory Commission. Sponsored by council member Beau Burgess,…

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    One perspective on cannabis prohibition
    One perspective on cannabis prohibition
    By Lindianne Sarno • March 18, 2015 5:00 pm

    I write on March 16, 2015, 20 days since Alaska’s prohibition ended. As a Christian I am pondering biblical references…

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    State issues definition of ‘in public’
    State issues definition of ‘in public’
    By MCKIBBEN JACKINSKY AND MICHAEL ARMSTRONG • February 25, 2015 4:02 pm

    At 7 a.m. Tuesday with Alaska’s new marijuana law just hours old, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board held a teleconference…

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    Pot: What's legal, what's not
    Pot: What’s legal, what’s not
    By McKibben Jackinsky and Michael Armstrong • February 18, 2015 4:16 pm

    Editor’s note: In this two-part series, the Homer News looks at what Ballot Measure 2 means. This week we look…

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    Numerous ways hemp can help the economy
    Numerous ways hemp can help the economy
    By Lindianne Sarno • February 18, 2015 2:58 pm

    The Latin name for the hemp plant is cannabis.  Hemp is the English word.     This useful plant made…

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