Marijuana

Business (general)

City Council greenlights 24% reduction in Durango marijuana business licensing fees

Meanwhile, councilors gather information on what a dedicated sales tax could collect

March 5, 2026 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Business (general)

Durango City Council to examine adjusting business fees for marijuana retailers

to consider proration, alignment with state requirements

February 24, 2026 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Headlines

What does reclassification of marijuana mean for states?

Trump’s executive order prompts a lot of questions

December 30, 2025 • Anthony Cotton — Colorado Public Radio

Donald Trump

What to know about Trump’s order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana

A medical marijuana plant grows at CRC on July 23, 2024, in Pike County, Ala. (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)cca Trump’s executive…

December 19, 2025 • By DAVID A. LIEB — The Associated Press

Donald Trump

Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the…

December 19, 2025 • By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BILL BARROW — The Associated Press

Business (general)

Durango marijuana dispensaries face fee disparity from ‘early days of legalization’

council examines licensing costs for cannabis businesses

October 14, 2025 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

DUI

Driver who plunged off Red Mountain Pass had nearly 40 times legal limit of THC

occurred Aug. 5 on north side of summit

September 12, 2025 • Elizabeth Pond — Herald Staff Writer

Colorado

Marijuana tax collections exceed $3 billion since recreational sales started in 2014

Marijuana grows in The Clinic’s warehouse in Denver’s Overland neighborhood on March 19, 2021. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) Total taxes and…

August 22, 2025 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Business (general)

Marijuana retailer urges Durango to lower licensing fees

says legalization in nearby states has cut into profits

July 15, 2025 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Colorado State Senate

Controversial marijuana potency bill to have first hearing

Edibles by the Matter brand in a display case at LivWell Dispensary on Bellevue Avenue in the Denver Tech Center,…

March 11, 2025 • Kiara DeMare — Colorado Public Radio

Business (general)

Cannabis sales declining in Durango, across Colorado

‘We need a full-fledged national legalization program,’ dispensary manager says

February 17, 2025 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Headlines

Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling

peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state

November 22, 2024 • Brian Eason — The Colorado Sun

Durango

Durango looks to improve laws on fraud, pot and business licenses

Assistant city attorney says proposed ordinances would keep code in line with best practices

September 3, 2024 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Business (general)

Medical marijuana patients and sales on a long decline in Colorado

Medical marijuana sales have hit their lowest levels in at least 10 years, totaling only $15 million in April, down…

July 8, 2024 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Business (general)

Colorado cannabis businesses hope reclassification of drug will mean they pay fewer taxes

FILE – A marijuana plant is visible at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019…

May 1, 2024 • Sarah Mulholland — Colorado Public Radio

Crime

Fined and stripped of his marijuana license, Dineh Benally keeps on growing

cannabis farmer claims he’s providing ‘sacrament’ for a Native church

April 1, 2024 • Ed Williams — Searchlight NM

Business (general)

Recalls increase for tainted marijuana, as the industry calls for a study

Leaves of a Cannabis plant seen on display at the first ever Cannabis Exhibit at the California State Fair and…

January 16, 2024 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado

A decade of legal cannabis in Colorado

Colorado has sold $11.7 billion in cannabis from hundreds of stores across the state

January 1, 2024 • Ben Markus and Bente Birkeland — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado

Cannabis taxes have not solved Colorado’s budget woes

Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. New York could soon start…

December 11, 2023 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Headlines

NuVue opens Cortez cannabis dispensary amid slowdown in sales statewide

It’s the company’s sixth location in Colorado

November 9, 2023 • Joseph Williams — Journal staff writer

Business (general)

Manager of Durango dispensary sees benefits to banking act

U.S. Senate committee passed bill last week for cannabis business banking access

October 12, 2023 • Weslan Hansen — Herald Staff Writer

Banking

Marijuana banking bill advances in the Senate

FILE – In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, a person inserts a debit card into an ATM in…

September 28, 2023 • Caitlyn Kim — Colorado Public Radio

Economy (general)

The cannabis industry is facing its longest downturn yet, with no end in sight

years of growth, the industry has logged 17 straight months of decline

December 22, 2022 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Business (general)

Marijuana sales down this year in Durango

managers say slump partly a result of Farmington legalizing pot

November 14, 2022 • Tyler Brown — Herald Staff Writer