Up and rolling: How elections changed Alaska’s pot landscape

Marijuana advocates in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough spent Tuesday night watching the polls. To their delight, Valley voters overwhelmingly supported the commercial cannabis industry.
Entrepreneurs like Caleb Saunders are celebrating. He dreams of transforming his smoke and glass shop, Green Jar LLC, into a dispensary.
“For us, it was a big deal. Not only did we win the vote, but it was a high voter turnout so we know we can start our business with a welcome from the communi