Marijuana

California marijuana growers face new crop of local bans

Glitch in measure has cities scrambling

January 23, 2016

Pot states take fresh look at out-of-state investment

With the Colorado state Capitol in the background, party-goers dance smoke pot during the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver…

January 20, 2016

Regional News

Massachusetts Senate panel will visit Colorado to learn about legal pot

Marijuana buds are seen in a dispensary south of downtown Denver on Dec. 18, 2015. Members of a Massachusetts Senate…

January 9, 2016

Regional News

Emerging from shadows, pot industry tries to build brands

As the fast-growing marijuana industry emerges from the black market and starts looking like a mainstream industry, there’s a scramble…

December 30, 2015

Regional News

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

From a lack of statistics to laws that haven’t been updated to disagreements over how to measure whether a person…

December 29, 2015

Regional News

Colorado’s pot credit union begs for access to nation’s banking system

Bank challenges Federal Reserve’s denial of access to financial system

December 28, 2015

Regional News

Court hears Colorado pot banking case

Many in marijuana industry nervous handling only cash

December 27, 2015

Regional News

Half of new demand for power in Colorado coming from grow operations

As legal weed expands, grids becoming taxed

December 25, 2015

Local News

Cannabis growers pressure the grid

Industry could soon buy up to $11B per year in electricity

December 7, 2015

Local News

Survey at Fort Lewis College in Durango: Marijuana not a major tourism driver

Colorado’s pot sales add a slight competitive edge, FLC professor says

December 6, 2015

Local News

Two arrested in BLM land pot grow in Southwestern Colorado

465 pounds of marijuana, 1,200 plants seized along Dolores River

November 28, 2015

Regional News

2 indicted for illegal pot grows

Plants discovered near Parachute

November 24, 2015

Local News

Phoenix Recycling to expand operations in La Plata County

Commissioners approve request for processing center in La Plata

November 17, 2015

Nation & World

AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks

The American Medical Association agreed Monday to push for regulations requiring warnings be written on medical and recreational pot products…

November 16, 2015

Local News

‘So far so good’ on Durango’s marijuana regulation

Regulators say we’re on right track, despite advice from big city officials

November 7, 2015

Local News

Proposition BB passes easily

Allows state to keep $66.1M in marijuana revenue

November 3, 2015

Nation & World

Tech tycoon spearheads legal pot push in California

The proposed legalization initiative is one of more than a dozen that has been submitted in California for the November…

November 2, 2015

Local News

Father gets 15 years in prison for pot shop robbery in Durango

Joe Griffith apologizes for holdup

October 26, 2015

Regional News

Feds block push by Colorado to create pot bank

Hickenlooper aide says state officials ‘frustrated’

October 22, 2015

Local News

Dispute over pot plant erupts at a Cortez church

In a three-page report, Cortez Police Department Officer Mark Adkins wrote that he responded to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 110…

October 19, 2015

Local News

What pesticides are being used to grow your pot?

Cannabis farmers don’t face same regulations as other agriculturalists

October 17, 2015

Local News

Local issues dominate ballots

Voters to decide debt, taxes, telecommunications and school board candidates

October 16, 2015

Local News

Durango High School coach says he’s ‘saddened to the core’

Cross country team begins to heal after suspensions for drugs and alcohol use

October 7, 2015

Local News

Marijuana tax question on November ballot

Voters asked to allow Colorado to keep over $66 million

October 6, 2015