By the end of the day, the Marijuana Control Board had approved two testing facility applications and eight standard marijuana cultivation facilities.
Four applications were tabled until later meetings including three for business planning to locate in the Mat-Su Valley. The Mat-Su borough has placed a temporary moratorium on considering applications until after an October vote to possibly ban cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas of the borough.
The board will continue where it left of at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning considering another 19 applications.
The first cultivator to have an application approved was Mike Emers with Rosie Creek Farm outside of Fairbanks.
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