Saturday, January 31, 2026 By jward@tctimes.com | on January 31, 2026 The vacant building at 258 S. Ortonville Road is under consideration for a marijuana dispensary. Photo: Patrick McAbee.Ortonville — During the regular council meeting on Monday night, the village council received an application for a marijuana dispensary at 258…
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North Carolina’s first marijuana dispensary will open on April 20. It will be the region’s first opportunity to purchase the drug, which has been legalized by nearly half of American states while remaining illegal in North Carolina.However, not everyone will be able to purchase marijuana at the dispensary.For North Carolinians,…
While other states have moved to legalize the drug, cannabis has remained illegal in North Carolina. Yet, the sale of medical marijuana might soon begin in a part of the state that is also a sovereign nation — the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Qualla Boundary.The EBCI is planning to…
North Carolina’s first cannabis dispensary opened last week. The April 20 opening of the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. was attended by hundreds. Here’s your guide to medical marijuana in N.C.“This project will change the trajectory of their lives forever. It will be a conduit to generations of social, economic, and…
The first marijuana dispensary in the state opened on Saturday on the Qualla Boundary.Great Smoky Cannabis Company opened its doors to more than 100 medical marijuana card holders standing in line through drizzling rain waiting for the doors to open at 10am.Myrtle Driver Johnson, a Beloved Woman, an honorary distinction…
After years of discussion, multiple referendums and the establishment of a massive, vertically integrated cannabis industry, this week the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will open its marijuana dispensary for recreational sales on the Qualla Boundary, making it the first to open in North Carolina despite the drug being illegal…