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The Ridgecrest City Council at its meeting Wednesday voted to send a letter to the Kern County Planning Department supporting a ban on commercial cultivation and retail sales of cannabis in unincorporated areas of the county. The Kern County Board of Supervisors will not make their decision...

An Elbert County man was sentenced Tuesday to 144 years in prison for killing his former marijuana business partner and then setting a wildfire about 100 miles from the slaying to try to cover up his crime, prosecutors say. Shawn Geerdes, a 48-year-old Agate man, was convicted in July of...

The furor over whether to allow a casino within city limits died down when council voted in the affirmative, but a controversial new issue has arisen. Should Kern County (and eventually the city of Ridgecrest) ban commercial cannabis businesses or allow, regulate and tax them? Whatever the...

Benton County's authority over marijuana cultivation facilities and dispensaries is limited to applying the county's land use regulations, officials said. Justice of the Peace Brent Meyers asked County Judge Barry Moehring at the Quorum Court's Aug. 24 meeting to look into the issue after...

Officials in Benton County are reviewing plans for a possible marijuana cultivation facility in the county as the state moves forward in implementing the sales of medical marijuana. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Benton County's planning board has a hearing set for...

As summer draws to an end and the clock ticks toward a new year, cities across California are hustling to outline regulations on marijuana as the state is expected to start issuing commercial licenses in 2018. Across San Mateo County, the coastside is becoming one of the more welcoming...

After years of delays, lawsuits and other controversy, 14 firms in Maryland are now growing or poised to grow legal medical marijuana, firing up the supply chain for a market that's expected to reach a quarter billion dollars annually. The entrepreneurs who were awarded the lucrative licenses...

The number of applicants seeking permits for cannabis projects in Sonoma County nearly tripled this week, as those interested in legitimizing or launching cannabis businesses rushed to file before Sept. 1 when the county began applying costly land-use penalty fees. The flurry boosted the...

The Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding visited Abram Ziegler's farm in Montour County on Friday. Agriculture Secretary Redding visited Abram Ziegler's farm , one of 14 research projects exploring the economic value and viability of industrial hemp as a marketable crop in...

Two alleged marijuana growers are accused of attempting to bribe the Siskiyou County sheriff. Chi Meng Yang, 31, of Montague, and his sister, Gaosheng Laitinen, 36, of Mount Shasta View, were charged Thursday in federal court in Sacramento with conspiring to commit bribery, bribery of a...

What began as a routine traffic stop for improper signaling on the Ohio Turnpike, led to one of the larger recent drug busts in Summit County. When Ohio State Highway Patrol first approached the pulled-over Chevy Impala, troopers caught a highly-concentrated whiff of marijuana. And while...

With Manatee County expecting to finalize a land use amendment to categorize medical marijuana dispensaries as pharmacies in an effort to move forward, Palmetto will let the county have them and will ban the dispensaries from the city. On August 22, Manatee County voted 6-0, with Commissioner...

Despite missing a key state deadline earlier this month, three more medical marijuana growers won final licenses on Monday to cultivate the drug. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission voted to grant approval for three of the five companies that had missed the deadline to be operational by...

Up to six medical marijuana dispensaries could be established in Harford County, but the actual number, as well as their specific locations, will not be made public until the state commission regulating the fledgling industry approves their licenses. Dispensary locations are posted on the...

With the outdoor grow season moving toward cannabis harvests, the Placer County department tasked with enforcing strict medicinal marijuana cultivation rules has fielded 74 complaints since May. According to county code-enforcement numbers, 30 of the complaints have been turned over to the...

The plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming Mendocino County's cannabis business tax is unconstitutional have appealed the court's decision to dismiss the suit. "All consumers of medical cannabis will ultimately pay that new tax, which is in addition to all the ordinary sales and other taxes that...

County Administrative Officer Carlos J. Palacios is pleased to announce Robin Bolster-Grant as the County's new Cannabis Licensing Manager. A 16-year employee of the Santa Cruz County Planning Department, Bolster-Grant has extensive experience with County codes and environmental regulations...

Thurston County Commissioners pondered their next step in regulating marijuana operations in the county on Wednesday, especially in the Grand Mound area where a number of operations are licensed or under review. Currently, the county has a set of interim regulations in place that are set to...

Sonoma County tried to coax cannabis operators into stepping forward early and applying for local permission to do business with the promise of reduced land-use fines. But with the Aug. 31 deadline to avoid those costly penalties just one week away, the county has received a paltry number of...

Mendocino County's regulations for setbacks, tree felling and inspections in growing medical cannabis were tweaked on Tuesday, Aug. 22, which the Board of Supervisors will later cement. The board acted in front of a lively audience holding cards that read "Support" taped to sticks, which each...