October 2019

WEED GODS: Humboldt Now Has the Most Cultivation Licenses, Most Farms and Most Production Acreage in the State

Sheriff Says the Number of Illegal Pot Farms is Dwindling, But Many Remaining Outlaws Are Back to Hiding Indoors

Bring On the ‘Grown in Humboldt’ Labels: Governor Signs McGuire Bill That Protects Cannabis Appellations

Attention Un-permitted Small-Scale Weed Farmers: You Can Still Get Your Application Processed in Time for 2020 Grow Season, County Says

September 2019

OPERATION ‘GREEN WAVE’: One Arrested at Unpermitted Grow Off Highway 36

Did You Mean to Get Your Cannabis Cultivation Permit But Just, Like, SPACED IT? You Have Three Months to Un-Space Yourself

OPERATION ‘WILD FISHER’: Weeklong Trespass Grow Cleanup Operation Hauls Tons of Trash, Miles of Water Lines Out of the Trinity Alps Wilderness

August 2019

WEED IS BACK! Humboldt County Growers Say They’re Having Their Best Season in Years

1,888 Marijuana Plants Seized, Two Arrested During Grow-Op Raid On Public Lands Near Trinity Alps

July 2019

60,000+ Marijuana Plants, 3,500+ Pounds of Processed Bud Seized During Sizable Law Enforcement Operation in Trinity County

(UPDATE) Marijuana Grow Neighboring Arcata’s Jacoby Creek Community Forest Causes Logistical Nightmare for Government Agencies; City Expresses Concerns About Owner’s Sketchy History

(VIDEO) PBS NewsHour Looks at Craft Cannabis in the Emerald Triangle

‘OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP’: National Guard Will Also Assist in This Week’s Raids on Illegal Mendocino Marijuana Grow Sites

(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal to Unpermitted Marijuana Growers: ‘We are Coming’

BECAUSE WEED? Old Town’s ‘Because Coffee’ Closing This Weekend, Will Likely Be Replaced by Cannabis Smoking Lounge

June 2019

Rio Dell’s Downtown May Soon Have Three Weed Stores

Humboldt County Growers, Manufacturers Show Out Strong at the 2019 NorCal Cannabis Cup

(UPDATE: Letter Approved) Supes May Ask State Officials to Close ‘Loophole’ Allowing High-CBD Cannabis to be Grown as Hemp

May 2019

TODAY IN SUPES: Hemp Moratorium Reinstated

County Ag Commissioner Accepting Hemp Registration Forms Ahead of Moratorium Vote

Will a Lapse in the County’s Hemp Moratorium Inadvertently Open the Floodgates for Industrial Cultivation?

County Looks to Extend Moratorium on Industrial Hemp Cultivation While Developing New Rules and Regulations

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Krayzie Bone Visits Humboldt for His New Weed Brand, Looks at Pretty Ocean Views

Hoopa Election Board Rejects Controversial Ballot Measure About Cannabis Legalization

County Approves ‘Cannabis Village’ With Onsite Sales and Consumption for Reggae on the River

The Hoopa Valley Tribe Can’t Decide Whether to Allow Weed Cultivation, Nor Whether They Already Answered that Question

April 2019

Arcata-Based Cannabis Start-up Offers Steep Discounts Through Costco-Like Membership Model

Eureka City Council Passes Ordinance Allowing Cannabis Smoking Lounges in the City

March 2019

Supes Give Cannabis Farmers a Tax Break, But Statewide Overproduction Could Spell Doom for Many Growers

Rio Dell Still Rolling Out the Carpet for Weed Biz; New Package Includes Locked-In Tax Rates, Eased Zoning, Equity Program

Eureka City Council: Ordinance to Allow On-Site Weed Smoking, City Cannabis Equity Program on Tuesday’s Agenda

‘PROJECT TRELLIS’: The Board of Supervisors May Create a Government Funding Mechanism for the Local Cannabis Industry Tomorrow

455 Pounds of Marijuana, BHO, Guns Seized During Raid in Trinity County

February 2019

(VIDEO) PANEL DISCUSSION: The Other Side of Murder Mountain

THE HOBELMANN REPORT: At Last Week’s ‘Seed to Sale’ Cannabis Business Event in Fortuna

Weed Growers Without Permits Can Expect Detailed Abatement Letters This Year, County Says

Panel Discussion at HSU Will Look at Netflix’s Murder Mountain and Media Representations of Humboldt County

Governor Newsom Says He Will Pull National Guard Troops From Mexican Border and Redeploy Some ‘North to Go After Illegal Cannabis Farms’

County Planning Commission Denies Permit for Cannabis Grow on Private Land Within Yurok Ceremonial District

January 2019

(VIDEO) Masked Humboldt Pot Growers Dish to ‘Inside Edition’ About Murder Mountain: ‘It Ain’t No Joke’

Arcata Might Soon Have Two New Places to Buy Legal Weed, Including Pacific Paradise

December 2018

Local Cannabis Company Taking Over the Ol’ Kmart Building in Eureka

(UPDATE) Oregon Marijuana Company Leases 16,000-Square-Foot Bien Padre Factory in Eureka

November 2018

Humboldt Man Found Pushing Dolly Full of Weed East on Wyoming Highway

16,000 Pounds of Marijuana Seized, Over 30 People Detained at Grow Site East of Honeydew

Ohio Man Arrested After Deputies Discover 500+ lbs. of Weed, Rifles with High-Capacity Magazines in Weaverville Commercial Building

CANNABIS CARES: Local Cannabis Businesses Brave Pre-Thanksgiving Rain to Serve Area Homeless

County Assesses $4.5M in Penalties for Illegal Weed Cultivation, But Don’t Expect Anyone to Pay Up

Humboldt Woman Faces 22 Years in Prison After Being Arrested in Ohio With Hundreds of Pounds of Weed

Godfather Director Makes SoHum Marijuana ‘Brothers’ an Offer They Can’t Refuse