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Alaska marijuana board drafts repeal of required health warnings in pot ads

Alaska's Marijuana Control Board is drafting a repeal of the health warnings required in pot ads. One Anchorage retailer wants them gone now.

by Walter AlaskaNews3h ago2 min readFrom Oct 30

Liquor regulators weigh restarting underage stings after Prince of Wales check

Alaska hasn't run regular underage alcohol stings in about a decade. When investigators tried one on Prince of Wales Island, 3 of 4 businesses failed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read

Alaska liquor board weighs renewing one of three approved alcohol server courses

Alaska's liquor board is set to decide Tuesday whether TIPS stays one of three courses servers can take to pour legally. A state reviewer OK'd it, after fixes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read

Mat-Su's liquor license cap could block a Big Lake store's license move to Wasilla

A Mat-Su liquor store company wants to move its Big Lake license to Wasilla. The law allows that only if the borough is over its cap. It's right at it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Northrim shareholders vote Oct. 20 on buying Oregon bank, its first expansion outside Alaska

Northrim shareholders vote Oct. 20 on buying an Oregon bank, which would give the Anchorage bank its first branches outside Alaska. Not voting counts as a no.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 17

Follows: Northrim's Oregon deal is on the record. The approvals are not.

Federal government takes back $5.56 million Alaska digital equity grant

The feds took back $5.56 million meant for Alaska digital skills classes, devices and internet access. What's left: $67,466, about 1.2% of the award.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 4

State cites Mat-Su marijuana grow for 1,840 tracking violations after finding hundreds of untagged plants

Investigators found hundreds of untagged pot plants at a Mat-Su grow and counted 1,840 violations. Its latest tag order bounced for insufficient funds.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises

Circle K Stores Inc. applied to take over an Anchorage package store license without listing any premises.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Feb 19

Hideout Lounge liquor license renewal goes to Assembly

The Assembly is set to wave through Al's Alaskan Inn and Hideout Lounge's liquor renewal Oct. 6. Its application lists 19 rooms, 5 kitchens and no dining room.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Wasilla pot shop near Knik Charter School surrenders its state license

The Wasilla-area pot shop 530 feet from Knik Charter School lost in court and now has no state license. Its name has moved to a store on Spenard Road.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alaska may stop requiring liquor license applicants to buy newspaper ads as required public notice

Alaska liquor license applicants have to buy three weeks of newspaper or radio advertising. A draft rule would end that requirement entirely.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 1

Alaska pot shops would have to balance their inventory every single day

Alaska pot shops would have to reconcile their whole inventory against the state system every night, under a rule the board takes up Monday.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

Alaska marijuana board revisits under-21 rules after Craig, Klawock checks failed

Alaska Marijuana Control Board will revisit rules keeping under-21s out of pot shops after compliance checks in Craig and Klawock found every store violated the ban.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

State tax office flagged seller of Anchorage cannabis concentrate license as non-compliant

Alaska flagged a marijuana license seller as non-compliant on taxes. Her sworn statement listed no debts. What the board did is not on the record.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Feb 17

Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores

Alaska's marijuana regulator is drafting a rule to ban in-house testing by growers and manufacturers, forcing all products to third-party labs instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska weighs dropping the required training course for marijuana handlers

Alaska may drop the required training course for marijuana handler permits, swapping a class and test for a background check — saving workers up to $500.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska rule would limit cannabinoids to licensed grows, approved hemp

Alaska regulators want to force all cannabinoids in legal pot products to come from state-licensed grows. This move aims to stop cheap out-of-state hemp from undercutting local businesses.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and some legal products may not pass

Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and the new math could push products legal today over the limit, without the products changing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes as the state rewrites the rules

A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes and falling prices. Operators owe millions in back taxes as the state rewrites the rules.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

Marijuana board chair's own store violation goes before the board they chair Sept. 2

Marijuana board chair Bailey Stuart faces a violation notice on their own retail store at the meeting they chair Wednesday, raising questions about whether they will step aside.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A grower denied renewal in June is still listed as active, owing $664,440

An Anchorage marijuana grower owes $664,440 in unpaid excise taxes and still appears active on state records months after the Marijuana Control Board denied its license renewal in December.

by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Cordova's visitor numbers support 0.03 of a tourism liquor license. Rounded up, that is one.

Copper River Brewing seeks Cordova's first seasonal tourism liquor license, which would let families dine and hear live music April through September if the state approves it Sept. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

State note says AMCO wrongly made Metlakatla gather a liquor petition

State regulators made Metlakatla gather a public-support petition it did not need, an error staff blamed on a database and left noted in the file.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Wasilla golf course seeks state license to serve beer and wine on the course

Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Wasilla wants to pour beer and wine across its grounds, range and deck. The state alcohol board takes it up Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Four signatures clear a liquor store at a remote Alaska fishing lodge

A remote fly-in fishing lodge off Prince of Wales Island wants a guest-only liquor store, and its public approval came from the four people who live nearby.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Craig bakery-cafe wants to pour beer and wine on Friday and Saturday evenings

A Craig bakery-cafe wants to become a fenced beer garden on Friday and Saturday evenings. The drive-through would close while the beer is pouring.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage restaurant is accused of employing 24 minors without permits

Twenty-four employees aged 13 to 17 are alleged to have worked at an Anchorage restaurant without work permits, in at least 1,279 violations.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest on six marijuana license renewals

Anchorage Assembly will waive objections to six marijuana license renewals for four businesses, clearing the way for state approval by September and October deadlines.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's marijuana board will decide whether to erase a violation against its chair's own store

The Marijuana Control Board chair's own store is on its September agenda, and the agency's director wants her $100 violation wiped off the record.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Alcohol board denies a second bar at a Wasilla wedding venue

A Wasilla wedding venue was denied a second plumbed bar because state law requires fixed counters in the same building. The owner plans a rolling bar.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Undercover investigation found some Craig and Klawock establishmentssold to underage buyers

Every bar and marijuana shop checked around Craig and Klawock sold to underage buyers, and the office running the checks is short three investigators.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks man's fourth liquor license reaches the state board Tuesday, with no store attached

Michael Rasmussen applied to take over a Fairbanks package store liquor license, adding it to three other Alaska alcohol businesses he already owns.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest of Serrano's liquor license renewal

Serrano's Mexican Grill on East Tudor Road is set to renew its liquor license with no objections, as the Anchorage Assembly waives its right to protest.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska lawmakers weigh whether to keep boards licensing dentists and barbers

Alaska lawmakers are weighing whether to keep the boards licensing dentists, chiropractors and barbers, and released the audits that will guide that call.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A decade after Alaskans legalized weed, the industry is thinning out

A decade after Alaska legalized weed, the industry is thinning out, with growers folding under a decade-old tax. License renewals are due at month's end.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Bethel weighs letting its manager file lawsuits without council approval

Bethel is weighing whether to let its manager file routine lawsuits without a council vote, moving some legal authority from the elected body to city staff.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Muldoon pot shop passed city rules, but a tribal youth program cites stricter state rules

A Muldoon Road pot shop passed city rules, but a tribal council says a stricter state youth-center buffer should block it. No one has settled which controls.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Follows: A Muldoon pot shop clears the park buffer, by measuring to the playground

One owner moves to take full control of a Midtown Anchorage cannabis operation

Yotam Levi is set to take full control of a three-part Midtown Anchorage cannabis business, a grow, a manufacturing site and a store, by buying out partners.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 30

Follows: Anchorage Assembly set to approve transfer of three marijuana licenses to sole ownership at one address

A missing health certification is holding up the Homestead Lounge's liquor license transfer

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a conditional protest of a liquor license transfer at The Homestead Lounge in Eagle River, held up by a missing health certification.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Every Craig and Klawock business checked failed an underage sting

Every bar and dispensary Alaska regulators checked in Craig and Klawock sold alcohol or marijuana to an underage decoy — a clean sweep, and seven infractions.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read