And how to safely consume in a way that respects a, frankly, confounding patchwork of rules and regulations. Alaska has long had permissive rules when it comes to cannabis, but following a 2014 ballot initiative, the state fully legalized recreational consumption for anyone 21 and older. The big caveat there is that Alaska has almost […]
Sunday night, when two drivers — one in a van, another in an SUV — got into an argument as they both tried to turn onto Pike Place, the street running through the market, according to Seattle police. A third driver, in a Mazda, witnessed the exchange and decided to drive his car up to the SUV, where […]
UNALAKLEET — The mayor splurged on a handmade qiviut hat and headband. “We haven’t really had a Saturday Market, especially to this size, in quite some time,” Eckenweiler said. The Saturday Market had been a near-weekly event prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Karen Nanouk, who said she helped launch it about seven years ago. […]
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Colby Nelson works on the floor, Friday, Jan. In an orderly but persistent plunge, nearly all sectors of the stock market sold off. The biggest drive of the plunge was growing concerns that persistently high inflation will force the Federal Reserve, the U.S. The […]
Virus-related hospitalizations also continued to fall. On Tuesday, the state reported 28 virus deaths, most of which had occurred in October, and on Monday, Alaska reported 53 virus deaths, most of which had occurred in September. Government agencies rely on death certificates to report COVID-19 deaths. Despite the downward trajectory in cases, Alaska’s seven-day case […]
Evan Levinton, co-owner Enlighten Alaska, walks through the cannabis vegetative room where infant plants and mother plants were growing at the cultivation facility in Midtown Anchorage on Monday, Nov. Rosin is a concentrated extract, made by freezing live cannabis plants, breaking them down in a bath of water and ice, then using heat and pressure […]
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. As a new car, the Civic would have had a sticker price of around $21,000. A three-year old Toyota Camry with large dents and scratches on its hood sold for $14,200, nearly twice what it would have brought just a few years ago. The crisis has created a political headache for the Biden […]
Current state regulations restrict each serving of an edible THC product to 5mg of THC and 50mg total per package, but starting September 1 the limits will double to 10mg THC per serving and 100mg per package, bringing Alaska regulations in line with what other states have adopted. Under the new regulations, up to 10mg […]
“It was crazy,” Jacoby told reporters in Tokyi. She’s the 15th athlete from Alaska to win an Olympic medal — a list that begins with Anchorage rower Kris Thorsness, who won a gold medal in women’s 8s at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jacoby advanced to Monday’s finals by placing second in her preliminary heat and […]
Titmus, who trailed by nearly a full body-length at the halfway mark of the eight-lap race, turned on the speed to touch in 3 minutes, 56.69 seconds. “I fought tooth and nail,” Ledecky said. “I felt good the whole way, I knew I had to get my hand in the wall first and get some […]
Bryant Thorp of Arctic Herbery holds an immature cannabis plant, or clone, before opening for business at noon on Friday, Dec. Under state law, public consumption of cannabis isn’t allowed — leaving parks, playgrounds and roads unavailable as a smoking spot for those visiting from out-of-state. Peter Christian, spokesman for the National Park Service, said […]
Beryl Dell buys three eighth-ounce packets of marijuana from budtender Jerriann Kruger and manager Angelica Horton at Cannabaska during their 420 sale on Friday, April 20, 2018. The cannabis industry in the 49th state has evolved in recent years, providing Alaskans and visitors with a wide array of consumption choices. Traditionally, indica strains have had […]
The jump is driven by high labor costs, rising costs of construction materials and a land shortage. She hoped to raise a family there, but realized that prices had gotten too high when she started seeing two bedroom houses in need of repairs selling for more than $500,000. “When we really had that breaking point […]
A cheering throng of thousands met the SS Portland as it pulled up to Seattle’s Schwabacher Dock on July 17, 1897. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran an extra edition that day with the details. And the quicksilver genius of that simple phrase helped sell a nation on the idea that gold fever might indeed be a […]