November 2024

A State Appellate Court Says Weed is Illegal ‘Because Federal Law Says So.’ What Does That Mean for Humboldt?

TODAY in SUPES: Board Suspends 2025 Weed Taxation, Directs Staff to Explore ‘Repeal and Replace’ Options for Measure S

September 2024

Humboldt County Officials Applaud as Gov. Newsom Issues Emergency Regulations On Intoxicating Hemp

August 2024

TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Grant and Two Full-Time Positions for Sheriff’s Office; State Claws Back Millions in Cannabis Funds

April 2024

Supervisors Receive Report on the Declining Cannabis Industry and its Watershed Impacts, Then Vote to Shut Down a Nuisance Farm

(PHOTOS) Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Large, Illegal Grow Near Berry Summit, Sheriff’s Office Says

Bro, Harsh! Recent Studies Suggest Weed Strains Are Meaningless, CBD Doesn’t Ease Anxiety and Other Cannabis Wellness Claims are, Like, Totally Bogus

Environmental Groups Say County Has Abandoned Its Duty to Fully Assess the Weed Industry’s Impacts

FINALLY! Shoot Up Your Friends in the New ‘Humboldt Growhouse’ DLC Map From ‘Call of Duty’

March 2024

Papa & Barkley to Merge With LA-Based Cannabis Distribution Company Amid Industry Challenges

January 2024

Eureka City Council Approves Letter of Opposition to Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative

December 2023

Judge Denies Effort to Keep Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative,’ Off the March Ballot

November 2023

Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Proposed Cannabis Initiative Following ‘Rushed’ Process

Proponents and Opponents of Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, Square Off at a Public Forum in Arcata

Pressured by Upcoming Ballot Measure, County Supervisors Look to Improve Existing Cannabis Regs

October 2023

Arcata City Council Unanimously Opposes Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative’

‘Cannabis Reform Initiative’ Legal Challenge Filed: Small Farmers, Industry Reps Ask the Court to Kick Next Year’s ‘Measure A’ Off the Ballot

Humboldt Supervisors Partially Reinstate Measure S Cannabis Cultivation Tax at 10 Percent as Market Shows Signs of Stabilization

August 2023

Cannabis Mega-Firm StateHouse to Take Over and Expand Willow Creek Cultivation Facility

July 2023

Recently Closed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Owes Nearly $1M in State Taxes

June 2023

Another Day of Cannabis Reform Initiative Panic at the Board of Supes; It’s Now All But Certain That Voters Will Decide on the Controversial Measure on the March 2024 Ballot

Humboldt Cultivators Win Multiple Cannabis Awards, Including ‘Best of California,’ at State Fair

‘Multiple Individuals’ Fled Into the Woods During Marijuana Enforcement Team’s Search of Illegal Grow Near McClellan Mountain, HCSO Says

Local Weed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Closes Suddenly Following Owner’s Death

May 2023

Denied by Supes and a Judge, Enviro Groups Continue Fight Against Remote SoHum Weed Farm With Appeals Court Filing

April 2023

Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts

Proponents of the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative Are Calling Out the Board of Supervisors, County Staff for Allegedly Distorting the Intent of the 2024 Ballot Measure

March 2023

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Blast ‘Misleading’ Ballot Initiative That Would Impose New Restrictions on Cultivators; Supervisors Form an Ad Hoc Committee to Work on Alternatives

February 2023

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Look to Co-ops As a Means to Compete Against Corporate Consolidation

January 2023

‘We’re in Crisis Mode’: Collapsing Cannabis Industry Guts Garberville Businesses; Local Leaders Look to Tourism as a Saving Grace

December 2022

Wiyot Tribe Objects to Planned Cannabis Project on Old SPI Mill Site, Which Sits Atop the Ruins of a Wiyot Village

November 2022

THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: Rep. Jared Huffman’s State of the Cannabis Address, in the Wake of the Mid-Term Elections

Supervisors Suspend Measure S Cannabis Cultivation Taxes for Two Years

October 2022

Supes Agree to Put Controversial Weed Initiative on 2024 Ballot, Though They Hope to Work With Organizers on Alternatives

An Initiative to Reshape Humboldt’s Cannabis Industry Qualified for the Ballot, and It Has Growers Worried

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Farewell, Humboldt

President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted Under Federal Marijuana Possession Laws

‘It’s Gonna Look Like a Ghost Town’: Garberville Business Owners Sound the Alarm as Weed Industry Tanks

September 2022

THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: A News Roundup on the State of Cannabis Regulation Locally and Globally, Featuring an Interview With Humboldt County Economic Development Director Scott Adair

THE CANNABIS COVERSATION: Appellations

August 2022

Responding to Drought Concerns, Supes Tell Staff to Develop a Cannabis Policy on Water Storage and Forbearance

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play, Take Two

State Fines Unlicensed Cannabis Grower More Than $300K for Runoff That Threatens Mad River Water Quality

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play

July 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Cannabis Farming — Financial Success in an Increasingly Competitive Industry

The Humboldt Chronicles, Your Monthly Roundup of Cannabis News and Features, Talks About the Changing Regulatory Landscape

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Why People Consume Cannabis

WEED REGS LAXED: Newly Approved Update to Eureka’s Cannabis Ordinance Simplifies License Structures for Business Owners, Allows Event Onsite Consumption

[UPDATED] New Hoopa Valley Police Chief Inaccurately Stated That Officers Destroyed $10.8 Million Worth of Illegal Cannabis on Tribal Land, Says He Intentionally Released Misinformation as a ‘Test’

4,500 Pot Plants Found at Trespass Grow on Hoopa Valley Tribal Land