Bottles of wine line shelves at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Anchorage on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Bottles of wine line shelves at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Anchorage on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

The executive director of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office has resigned to become chief judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, which handles most initial challenges to state administrative actions.

Joan Wilson, the former director, had served as the state’s top alcohol and marijuana official since being appointed by Gov.…