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Government & Politics

Christy Bjornson Named Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control Division

She follows Doralee Chandler, who stepped down in January to join Attorney General Tim Griffin’s legal staff. read more >
Health Care / Legal / Retail

Fort Smith Cultivator License Keeps License But Remains in Court

River Valley Relief Cultivation’s Storm Nolan saw his license renewed even as the state Supreme Court reviews a lower court’s order for the license to be stripped. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Health Care / Legal

High Court Stays Marijuana Cultivator’s License Revocation

The Arkansas Supreme Court has promised a quick review of an appeal by grower Storm Nolan in the case. read more >
Storm Nolan, owner of River Valley Relief Cultivation
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Legal

ABC Director Revokes Fort Smith Cultivator’s Marijuana License

The decision was somewhat expected, but still was a blow to owner Storm Nolan, who invested $8 million in the business. read more >
A proposal to legalize medical marijuana has been approved for the November ballot in Arkansas.
Government & Politics / Legal

Attorneys Seek to Block ABC Hearing on Cultivation License

They want a judge to force state regulators to comply with a ruling against River Valley Relief Cultivation. read more >
In this file photo, Dr. Carl Johnson of 2600 Holdings of Little Rock, left, speaks with Abtin Mehdizadegan, center, and Brett Taylor, right, attorneys with Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus P.C.
Government & Politics / Legal

Judge Rules Fort Smith Cannabis Cultivator Got License Improperly

A Pulaski County circuit judge rules that the Medical Marijuana Commission and others acted “unreasonably, unlawfully, and capriciously” by awarding a cultivation license to River Valley Relief Cultivation of Fort Smith. read more >
Abtin Mehdizadegan, left, and Brett Taylor, attorneys with Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus PC, representing Southern Roots Cultivation, led by Dr. Carl Johnson, right.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Health Care

Medical Marijuana Licensing Under FireLock Icon

Sworn depositions reveal that the original licensing process was questionable enough to spawn an FBI investigation. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Government & Politics

Pine Bluff Snaps Up Newport Marijuana CultivatorLock Icon

Turnabout is fair play in Jefferson County, which gained a medical marijuana cultivation center from Newport this month after losing it to the Jackson County seat more than two years ago. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care

First Northeast Arkansas Cannabis Outlet Opens

Northeast Arkansas will get its first medical marijuana dispensary when NEA Full Spectrum opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Brookland, about five miles northeast of Jonesboro. read more >
Herbology, affiliated with Grassroots Cannabis of Chicago, is eager to open its outlet at 7303 Kanis Road.
Government & Politics / Health Care / Legal

Herbology Sets Tentative Date: Little Rock Cannabis Dispensary Coming Nov. 7

Little Rock's first cannabis dispensary has set a tentative opening date of Nov. 7, ahead of state plans to punish medical marijuana outlets it sees as dragging their feet on starting operations. read more >
Two dispensaries in midtown Little Rock, Grassroots OPCO and Natural State Wellness, will sit about 1,100 feet from each other.
Construction / Government & Politics / Health Care

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Coming Soon to Pulaski CountyLock Icon

With only 10 Arkansas medical marijuana dispensaries running and the state pressing the other 22 licensed companies to move quickly, dispensaries in Little Rock and Sherwood plan to open late next month or in early December. read more >
Don Sears, Frankie Sears and Todd Sears were each awarded a license to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas.
Legal

Sears Family Members Can Fix Paperwork, Keep MMJ Dispensaries

Members of a Mayflower family who failed to acknowledge their relationship on applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses did not violate state rules, regulators say. read more >
Don Sears, Frankie Sears and Todd Sears were each awarded a license to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Government & Politics

Marijuana Dispensary Trio Failed to Mention Family TieLock Icon

A Mayflower family that failed to acknowledge their relationship is at the center of an investigation and a lawsuit over the granting of licenses for three medical marijuana dispensaries in Arkansas. read more >
Doralee Chandler Director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division
Agriculture & Poultry / Health Care / Manufacturing

From Potables to Pot, ABC Chief Doralee Chandler Stays Focused

Doralee Chandler, the director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, says the “unknowns” in the state’s new medical marijuana industry are challenging. read more >