It sounds reasonable enough to tax and regulate the production, sale and use of marijuana. After all, many Alaskans produce, sell and use it already – why not make it legal and capitalize on it? If only it were that simple. It may seem counterintuitive for a Chamber of Commerce to oppose the commercialization of […]
ANCHORAGE — Passage of Ballot Measure 2 could generate more than $72.5 million in tax revenue in the first five years of legal marijuana sales, according to a new report from an independent research organization. It could bring in more than $8.5 million in the first year and nearly $24 million per year by 2020. […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to the Cabin Lake Road area on Sunday after receiving a request for a welfare check on a woman there made by another female at 8:44 am. When they responded to the location, they would find that the woman had been assaulted by 52-year-old Eli Wilson Darien on the previous day. […]
A Nikolsaevsk man who was trying to trade marijuana for cigarettes at the Anchor River Store was arrested by Alaska State Troopers on drug charges on Wednesday. A report went in to troopers after 29-year-old Anatoly A. Kojin was in the Anchor River Store attempting to trade marijuana for cigarettes and refusing to leave the […]