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Stormy weather cancels Marijuana Control Board meeting in Nome

Stormy weather in Nome has shut down the state's Marijuana Control Board meeting Thursday.

"Due to bad weather and cancelled flights, the Marijuana Control Board meeting in Nome on October 27, 2016 is CANCELLED," read an update on the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office Wednesday afternoon.

The meeting was originally scheduled for Oct. 27 and 28. Friday's meeting will still take place in Anchorage, at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Thursday's meeting couldn't be rescheduled to Anchorage at the last minute due to state guidelines for providing public notice, Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office executive director Cynthia Franklin wrote in an email.

On Friday, "the board will discuss modifying the agenda to ascertain that all applications on the agenda are considered," the update said.

Twenty-three commercial marijuana licenses are on the agenda, including applications for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which had been on hold pending the outcome of a proposed commercial cannabis ban. Residents voted against the ban in early October, and so the licenses can now move forward.

Proposed changes to regulation — including development of rules around marijuana cafes, called "on-site consumption endorsement," were also included in the original agenda.

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"I would be surprised if we got to the regulations projects," said board member Brandon Emmett.

A special weather statement from the National Weather Service describes a "stormy week for the Bering Sea" with "another round of strong winds and high surf" along Alaska's western coastline. Winds ranging between 40 to 70 miles per hour are expected through Thursday evening and into Friday. A storm surge of 3 to 5 feet is expected late Thursday, which may cause minor coastal flooding and beach erosion on the Bering Strait coast, Southern Seward Peninsula and Yukon Delta.

Laurel Andrews

Laurel Andrews was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch News and Alaska Dispatch. She left the ADN in October 2018.

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