HappyDay: ‘So Come the Days of Summer’
” So come the days of summer, hot, drying winds suck the moisture from the earth as the grasses turn brown and the landscape takes on a bleached, tan look.”
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Hundreds of Illegal Cannabis Plants Destroyed as Siskiyou County Intensifies Summer Enforcement Effort
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“Last year, the NSMIT team successfully eradicated 332,871 illegal marijuana plants and 54,070 pounds of ready to sell product.”
Read moreFrom Grow Houses to Heat Pumps: Arcata Considers Repealing a Tax Born in the Marijuana Boom
Remember when Arcata taxed electricity because half the neighborhood thought the house next door was growing weed?”
Read moreFormer Kmart, Future County Hub: Supervisors Greenlight $5.75 Million Eureka Property Purchase
A vacant Eureka property that once housed Kmart and later a cannabis dispensary is poised for a new life as Humboldt County’s long-planned “one-stop permitting center.” Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to authorize it.
Read moreGarberville Drug Bust Nets 258 Pounds of Marijuana, Three Arrested
Three people face drug charges after a search warrant sweep in Garberville.
Read moreThree Southern Humboldt Residents Arrested by Drug Task Force
Witnesses reported a significant law enforcement presence on Twin Trees Road Monday morning. Hours later, two Southern Humboldt residents were booked by the Humboldt County Drug Task Force on marijuana-related charges. Nearly two days later, authorities still have not released details. Here’s what we’ve been able to confirm.
Read moreNew Docu-Series Puts Humboldt’s Legacy Growers Front and Center
A new four-part documentary series gives the Emerald Triangle’s legacy cannabis growers a chance to tell their own story — before legalization finishes what federal prohibition started.
Read moreHappyDay: ‘Spring Comes in Waves’
“Our affirmation for June is that Roots Don’t Rush, and we picture the cool, rich earth teeming with life and offering abundant nutrients and mycorrhizal relationships to roots that reach out in the darkness of the soil.”
Read moreHappyDay: ‘This Week Was Momentous for Us’
“Brother Lito and I got back from our sales trip last night as dusk darkened towards night.”
Read moreCannabis Union Backs Congressional Push to Free Federal Prisoners Serving Time for Nonviolent Marijuana Offenses
The UFCW, which represents thousands of cannabis industry workers, is calling on the Trump administration to commute the sentences of people in federal prison on nonviolent cannabis charges, joining a letter signed by 28 members of Congress urging presidential action.
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