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Alaska Medical Marijuana Board Approves License for Fairbanks Testing Business

This is the first cannabis testing facility in Interior Alaska, and is expected to open in about a month.

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FAIRBANKS—The first cannabis testing facility is expected to open in Interior Alaska in about a month after the marijuana control board approved its license Thursday.

Fairbanks Analytical Testing has been under development since last year, according to owners Dylanne Macomber and Ronald Eads.

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“I feel incredible. It’s been an uphill battle all the way,” Macomber said following the marijuana board's 4-1 vote at a meeting at the Noel Wien Public Library in Fairbanks.

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Once the facility opens, it will join two other testing laboratories operating in Alaska. CannTest and Steep Hill are both based in Anchorage.

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