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Dinsmore Man Pleads Guilty to Wrecking the Environment for His Megagrow; Could Face Four and a Half Years in the Clink, DA Says
Hank Sims / April 5, 2017, 4:43 p.m. / Courts
… . Appelbaum, of Dinsmore, California, pled guilty to a felony violation of cultivating marijuana resulting in environmental violation (Health and Safety Code § 11358(d)(3)) and admitted to being personally …
… the wiser. Go back in time just a few more years and you'd find such properties on the market for pretty cheap. Not anymore. With recreational marijuana now legal in California, plus a county …
HARDIN: Drug Dealers Say the Dumbest Things
John Hardin / April 3, 2017, 6:44 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… drug dealers really were until I heard them complain about the falling price of marijuana. Really, you should keep that to yourselves. The people out there forking over large sums of cash for paltry …
LONELY? OKCupid Declares Humboldt to Be One of the Most Stoned, Promiscuous, Vulgar Dating Pools in the Country
Andrew Goff / March 31, 2017, 8:10 a.m. / Love
… ;Do you believe in miracles?” to “Biting?” to “Are you okay with people who grow marijuana for their own personal use?” to “Do you own a gun?” All important questions …
HARDIN: Lots of Soil, Not Many Vegetables
John Hardin / March 27, 2017, 7:47 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… . A friend of mine who works at one of our local “garden centers” told me they had an order for 600 pallets of bagged soil (that's well over 1,000 cubic yards of sterilized potting soil …
HARDIN: Helping the Economy Isn’t Helping
John Hardin / March 13, 2017, 8:36 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… HARDIN: Helping the Economy Isn't Helping When you hear people talk about how much the marijuana industry helps our local economy, you should remember that what's “good for the economy …
Mendo County Sheriff’s Office Nabs Seventh and Final Suspect Tied to Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler
John Ross Ferrara / March 11, 2017, 1 p.m. / Crime
… .During the investigation it was determined the deceased male adult, Jeffrey Quinn Settler, was operating a commercial marijuana growing operation on the property. In the early morning hours of 11-11-2016 (Thursday …
(UPDATE) They Say They’re Mapping the Cannabis Genome, But When EPD Came Calling They Found BHO Equipment
Hank Sims / March 9, 2017, 5:26 p.m. / Cannabis
… system inside. The system was pressurized, functional and set up to manufacture hash, but it was not currently in operation. Marijuana “shake” (cannabis material) was located in the system’s attached …
Two Detained as Drug Task Force Searches Home on Eureka’s Sixth Street
Hank Sims / March 3, 2017, 12:34 p.m. / Crime
… , heroin and marijuana on the premises.Two people — a man and a woman — have been detained. We'll update when we know more.# # #UPDATE, 7:10 p.m.: Lt. Quenell tells us that officers found a little over …
(VIDEO) Rio Dell Builds Fancy Cannabis Business Park on the Ruins of an Old Sawmill
Sierra Jenkins / March 2, 2017, 7:25 a.m. / LoCO Video Reports
… (VIDEO) Rio Dell Builds Fancy Cannabis Business Park on the Ruins of an Old Sawmill In just one year Humboldt County approved its medical marijuana land use ordinance, encouraged growers …
PG&E SEZ: Weed Growers Now Qualify For A Sweeter Deal on Electrical Rates, Just Like Other Farmers Do
Hank Sims / March 1, 2017, 3:04 p.m. / Cannabis
… ;amp; Electric:While recreational marijuana cannot be sold in California until January 2018, existing medical marijuana growers and future recreational marijuana growers will be eligible as of March 1 for PG …
South Lake Tahoe PD Arrests One of Two Remaining Fugitive Trimmers Wanted for the Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler
John Ross Ferrara / Feb. 25, 2017, 10:14 a.m. / Crime
… Office and Criminalists from the California Department of Justice.During the investigation it was determined the deceased male adult, Jeffrey Quinn Settler, was operating a commercial marijuana growing …
SECURITY NATIONAL CLARIFIES: We’re Not Making Money Off Growers — We’re Making Money Off People Making Money Off Growers
Hank Sims / Feb. 23, 2017, 3:20 p.m. / Business
… president and co-owner Rob Arkley that his Fairhaven property is mentioned in the article. Willcutt lets Arkley know that he has rented a corner of the Fairhaven complex out to a marijuana consultancy …
Georgia Mom Searching for Son Who She Believes Worked on Southern Humboldt Marijuana Farm
Andrew Goff / Feb. 23, 2017, 12:25 p.m. / Missing
… Georgia Mom Searching for Son Who She Believes Worked on Southern Humboldt Marijuana Farm The Outpost was contacted by extremely concerned family and friends of a Georgia man whose last known …
Weed Permit Applications Reveal Breadth and Location of Demand in Humboldt
Ryan Burns / Feb. 23, 2017, 6:45 a.m. / Cannabis , Government
… Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (MMLUO) was the prospect of bringing a black market industry out of the shadows, thereby improving transparency and bringing accountability to our region's No. 1 agricultural …
(VIDEO) WOMEN’S WEED: Local Medical Collective Director Speaks on New Cannabis Products and Opportunities for Women, and Booming Business Generally
Sierra Jenkins / Feb. 17, 2017, 8:30 a.m. / LoCO Video Reports
… a commercial kitchen, possibly in Arcata's Medical Marijuana Innovation Zone, and rent it out, similarly to how Arcata's Foodworks culinary center operates. “We're going to hold …
Myers Flat Woman Charged With Murder in 2015 Marijuana DUI Crash That Killed Passenger; Trial Delayed, Again
Rhonda Parker / Feb. 14, 2017, 3:57 p.m. / Courts
… Myers Flat Woman Charged With Murder in 2015 Marijuana DUI Crash That Killed Passenger; Trial Delayed, Again PREVIOUSLYFatal Accident North of Weott on 10129-Year-Old Myers Flat Woman Injured …
HARDIN: You Call This an ‘Emergency’?
John Hardin / Feb. 13, 2017, 9:12 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… in their car, or camped-out, while working a local job and hunting for a place to rent, before they ever found a place to look at. People also talked about how they got pushed into the marijuana industry …
Fugitive Trimmer Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler After Sheriffs Find Him Hiding In Vacant Virginia Home
John Ross Ferrara / Feb. 11, 2017, 1:21 p.m. / Crime
… the deceased male adult, Jeffrey Quinn Settler, was operating a commercial marijuana growing operation on the property. In the early morning hours of 11-11-2016 (Thursday), multiple subjects who had …
How Would YOU Spend the Growers’ Money? County of Humboldt to Hold Series of Meetings on New Weed Tax
Hank Sims / Feb. 10, 2017, 3:35 p.m. / Cannabis , Local Government
… about that.###PREVIOUSLY:County Prioritizes Crackdown on ‘Illegal Marijuana Farms’ in Pitch for Tax on Growers###Measure S, a new countywide tax on marijuana cultivation, passed by an overwhelming 2-1 …
McGuire to Grill Lawmakers on ‘Unanswered Questions’ in State’s Efforts to Set Up Marijuana Regulations
Ryan Burns / Feb. 7, 2017, 4:43 p.m. / Cannabis , Government
… McGuire to Grill Lawmakers on 'Unanswered Questions' in State's Efforts to Set Up Marijuana Regulations In recent months, Senator Mike McGuire, our state representative, has been vocally …
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Could Not Be More Stoked For Their New Doggie Armor
Andrew Goff / Feb. 6, 2017, 10:33 a.m. / Cute
… , at a cost of over 1.9 million dollars. All vests are custom made in the USA by Armor Express in Central Lake, MI. The program is open to dogs actively employed in the U.S. with law enforcement …
HARDIN: Casualties of the Green Rush
John Hardin / Feb. 6, 2017, 6:42 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… . We'd puff fat joints while we talked about music, old TV shows and marijuana. He was obsessed with marijuana. He watched a lot of TV too, but he was obsessed with marijuana. He told me how much …
Police Follow ‘Trail of Marijuana’ After Eureka Man is Shot in the Leg During Early Morning Home Invasion Robbery; Suspects Still At Large
Andrew Goff / Feb. 2, 2017, 11:27 a.m. / Crime
… Police Follow 'Trail of Marijuana' After Eureka Man is Shot in the Leg During Early Morning Home Invasion Robbery; Suspects Still At Large Eureka Police Department press release …
Convicted Humboldt County Embezzler Jeff Lang Back in Prison, This Time On Charges of Bilking Women He Met on Dating Sites
Hank Sims / Jan. 30, 2017, 4 p.m. / Crime
… to trial. Lang pleaded guilty and received a light sentence and some probation, then moved back to the Sacramento Valley and started things up all over again, founding a marijuana magazine that went belly …
HARDIN: The ‘Heritage’ of the War on Drugs
John Hardin / Jan. 30, 2017, 7:25 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… of cannabis falls far enough, fast enough, to relegate the black market in marijuana to the pages of that long, dark tome known as the History of the War on Drugs. We should have closed the cover …
Neighbors, Schools Oppose Permit for Hash Oil Lab on McKinleyville’s Central Avenue
Jack Durham / Jan. 27, 2017, 10:31 a.m. / Cannabis
… [about the] influence and impact a marijuana manufacturing facility could have on students,” states District Superintendent Alan W. Jorgensen in a response to the county. The district oversees three …
Jobs Returning to the Old Sierra Pacific Mill in Manila; New Owner Plans Business Park, Possible Weed Grow
Jack Durham / Jan. 19, 2017, 3:05 p.m. / Business
… , Meyer said.With ample water and power, the old mill might also be used for marijuana growing.Meyer said he doesn’t know if this will happen, but if it does, “it would be the most suitable location …
MENDO SHERIFF: Laytonville Trimmer Murder Suspect Arrested at Mexico Border; Three Suspects Still at Large
Hank Sims / Jan. 19, 2017, 8:03 a.m. / Crime
… the deceased male adult, Jeffrey Quinn Settler, was operating a commercial marijuana growing operation on the property. In the early morning hours of 11-11-2016 (Thursday), multiple subjects …
… .”A business logo featured on Facebook.Ford, a former real estate agent and radio DJ, has actively promoted his agency to the marijuana industry, offering coverage for growers, dispensaries, landlords …