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Frenchy Cannoli - Cannabis Censoring Impacts Film Release
By Frenchy Cannoli
Ein News
Cal Poly Humboldt and Sonoma State study North Coast cannabis industry
MAD River Union
STUDY AIMS TO SET BASELINE TO MEASURE THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Kym Kemp
March 22, 2023
DCC RELEASES ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS FOR ’21 & ’22 AS ERADICATION EFFORTS GROW
Kym Kemp
March 13, 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
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost coast outpost
From California to New York: How Interstate Commerce Will Reshape the American Cannabis Market
By PATRICK WILLIAMS
Cannabis Business Times
Bookkeeper May Have Embezzled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Humboldt County Fair Association, GM Says
By Ryan Burns
Lost coast outpost
January 12, 2023
‘We’re in Crisis Mode’: Collapsing Cannabis Industry Guts Garberville Businesses; Local Leaders Look to Tourism as a Saving Grace
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost coast outpost
January 02, 2023
How falling pot prices killed a 3rd generation family farm in California
By Lester Black
SFGATE
December 14, 2022
Legal cannabis promised a lucrative industry for Northern California growers and distributors. It never materialized
By ANDREW GRAHAM
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Humboldt County supervisors suspend Measure S tax for 2 years
By SONIA WARAICH
Times-Standard
Are Water Conflicts Rising to the Surface?
By BRIAN MACIVER
Cannabis Business Times
October 29, 2022
Humboldt County supes cautiously send cannabis initiative to voters
By SONIA WARAICH
Times-Standard
October 27, 2022
An Initiative to Reshape Humboldt’s Cannabis Industry Qualified for the Ballot, and It Has Growers Worried
By Ryan Burns
Lost coast outpost
Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings
BY PATRICK MCGREEVY
La Times
Small Marijuana Growers Could Sell Directly To Consumers Across State Lines Under New Congressional Bill
By Kyle Jaeger
Marijuana Moment
September 14, 2022
Responding to Drought Concerns, Supes Tell Staff to Develop a Cannabis Policy on Water Storage and Forbearance
By Ryan Burns
Lost coast outpost
August 30, 2022
Cannabis uses less water than many cropsThe casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal
By Scott Wilson
TheWashingtonPost
Federal legalization could change landscape for Humboldt County cannabis businesses
By JACKSON GUILFOIL
Times Standard
July 25, 2022
Governor Newsom Signs Cannabis Tax Reform Initiative Killing Statewide Cultivation Tax
Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost coast outpost
July 01, 2022
Humboldt cannabis growers react to new California state tax relief
By AUSTIN CASTRO
KRCR TV
#ASK4HUMBOLDT–HCGA TO LAUNCH A LOCALIZED COLLECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGY
By Kym Kemp
ReadHeaded BlackBelt
June 13, 2022
PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT CANNABIS CULTURE
By Kym Kemp
ReadHeaded BlackBelt
May 25, 2022
‘BUILDINGS FOR RICH PEOPLE’: PART TWO OF PUNISHED FOR ANOTHER’S CRIMES, A LOOK AT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ABATEMENT PROCESS
By Nichole Norris
ReadHeaded BlackBelt
‘We Need Actual, Meaningful Tax Reform’: State Budget Proposal Seeks to Eliminate Cannabis Cultivation Tax This Summer
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost Coast Outpost
HUMBOLDT COUNTY APPLAUDS CULTIVATION TAX REDUCTION IN GOVERNOR’S REVISION OF THE BUDGET
By Kym Kemp
ReadHeaded BlackBelt
May 14, 2022
California Legislative Panel Approves Bill for Cannabis Farmers Markets
By A.J. Herrington
High Times
April 28, 2022
FEES TOO DAMN HIGH? State Cannabis Agency Wants Feedback on its Equity Fee Waiver Program
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost Coast Outpost
Citizens Seek More Voice Through Cannabis Reform Initiative
By Elena Bilheimer
The Northcoast Environmental Center
My Word | Cannabis initiative seeks to reduce harm from big grows
By THE TIMES-STANDARD
Times Standard
California marijuana farmers clamber to avoid major ‘extinction event’
By Chris Casacchia
Lost Coast Outpost
CHERYL DILLINGHAM ANNOUNCES ELECTION BID FOR AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
Kym Kemp
HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Catching Up on the Arcata Gateway Plan With Senior Planner Delo Freitas
By LoCO Staff
Lost Coast Outpost
State bill proposes more prominent warning labels for cannabis
BY SONIA WARAICH
Times Standard
Petition to reform Humboldt County cannabis rules draws ire
BY SONIA WARAICH
Times Standard
Cannabis and Conflict Behind Supervisor Michelle Bushnell's recusal on the Measure S vote, and what it might mean moving forward
BY THADEUS GREENSON
Noarth Coast Journal
Regulatory Relief? Humboldt's struggling cannabis industry hopes for help from Sacramento
BY THADEUS GREENSON
Noarth Coast Journal
Department of Cannabis Control Seeks Public Input on Proposed Regulatory Changes
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Lost Coast Outpost
Local Growers Voice Support for New Assembly Bill That Would Allow Direct Sales at State Cannabis Events
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
Humboldt County cannabis growers struggle with plummeting prices, high taxes
By Sonia Waraich
Times Standard
TODAY in SUPES: Board Talks Drought, Weed Irrigation Curtailment; Madrone Confronts a Geologist
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
Supervisor Michelle Bushnell speaks out about struggling cannabis industry in Humboldt
By AUSTIN CASTRO
KRCR
YESTERDAY in SUPES: After Bushnell Recuses Herself, Board Considers Tax Relief Options for Struggling Cannabis Growers But Postpones Decision
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors discuss cannabis tax relief in Tuesday meeting
By AUSTIN CASTRO
KRCR
‘Save our Humboldt farms’: Cannabis growers plead for help amid Measure S discussion
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Times Standard
Cannabis in Crisis - Behind the push to repeal the county's Measure S and what it might cost
By Thadeus Greenson
North Coast of Journal Politics
Cannabis farmers campaign for Measure S tax relief
By Daniel Mintz
Mad River Union
LARGE CROWD OF CANNABIS CULTIVATORS AND THEIR ALLIES ASK FOR RELIEF FROM ‘PUNITIVE’ MEASURE S TAX AT YESTERDAY’S COURTHOUSE RALLY
By KymKemp
Budding Interests | ‘Farmers feel desperation in a big way’: Cannabis community rallies to suspend Measure S
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Times Standard
(PHOTOS) ‘SUSPEND MEASURE S’: Humboldt Cannabis Community Rallies For Financial Relief From Cultivation Taxes
By Andrew Goff
Lost Coast Outpost
‘We’ve got to evolve’: Humboldt County cannabis industry looks to tourism
By Isabella Vanderheiden
The Mercury News
HCGA JOINS FORCES WITH THE ORIGINS COUNCIL TO BECOME CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST CANNABIS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
By KymKemp
California marijuana, hemp industries hail CBD bill passage, but farmers might sue to halt it
By John Schroyer
MJBizDaily
Budding Interests | Humboldt County Grower’s Alliance highlights women in cannabis
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Times-Standard
Farmers Embrace Sustainable Cannabis Cultivation
By Christopher Jones
Magazine Retailer
How Much Legal Cannabis Is In California? It’s A State Secret.
By Chris Roberts
Forbes
‘Times are really, really tough’: Plummeting cannabis prices strain small farmers
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Times-Standard
HUMBOLDT COUNTY CANNABIS FARMERS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN CALIFORNIA’S OVERSATURATED MARKET
By Lucas Bruce
RMR
California county offers $10,000 grants to cannabis farmers
By MJBizDaily
MJBizDaily
Cannabis growers seek solutions to water issues, including studying usage, monitoring theft
By Laura Drotleff
MJBizDaily
Falling prices in California marijuana wholesale market alarms some growers
By John Schroyer
MJBizDaily
HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Let’s Talk Cannabis!
By LoCO Staff
Lost Coast Outpost
Papa & Barkley Social unveils Eureka cannabis lounge
By Isabella Vanderheiden
April 21, 2021
Arcata Land Company Agrees to Reduce the Size of Its Arcata Bottoms Cannabis Grow From 23 Acres to 8
By LoCO Staff
Lost Coast Outpost
Arcata Land Company offers to reduce cannabis megagrow to 12 acres
By ISABELLA VANDERHEIDEN
April 05, 2021
Cannabis Equity Programs Aim to Repair Damage Done by the War on Drugs, But Who Most Deserves the Help?
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
Community calls on commission to deny Arcata Bottoms megagrow
By Isabella Vanderheiden
Times-Standard
State Awards $30 Million to Study Cannabis
Thadeus Greenson, North Coast Journal
March 18, 2021
Hemp, marijuana growers provide strategies for success in producing field-grown cannabis
By Laura Drotleff
Marijuana Business Daily
March 1, 2021
Interview with Ross Gordon of HCGA on The Humboldt Chronicles About the MORE Act
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
A New State Law Could Allow Small-Scale Outdoor Cannabis Farmers to Adopt the French Wine Concept of Terroir
By Ryan Burns
Lost Coast Outpost
Ross Gordon of HCGA Interviews on The Humboldt Chronicles About Marketing Assessment
Lost Coast Outpost
Oct 21, 2020
Humboldt County supervisors OK easing cannabis permitting
By Sonia Waraich
Times Standard
Oct 06, 2020
Advocates Launch Group Seeking Interstate Cannabis Commerce
By TG Branfalt
Ganjapreneur
Sep 22, 2020
Governor Newsom Makes California Cannabis Terroir Program Official with SB 67 Signing
By Jimi Devine
LA Weekly
Sep 30, 2020
Humboldt Cannabis Industry Comes Together in the Face of Fires
By Founder & Interim Editor of L.A.
Sep 14, 2020
Can California marijuana trade groups coordinate to engage industry’s legislative gears?
By John Schroyer
May 19, 2020
California Regulators Prepare for the Champagne of Cannabis
By Alyson Martin
May 08, 2020
Humboldt County cannabis receives equity grant, but no federal funds
By Shomik Murkherjee
Apr 25, 2020
Trim responsibly: Humboldt County pot industry wary of COVID-19
By Shomik Murkherjee
Apr 15, 2020
Humboldt Cannabis Genetics & Bioethics Conference opens online 4/20
By The Times-Standard
Apr 15, 2020
$350,000 in cash? California marijuana taxes still make growers - and tax collectors - nervous
By Adam Ashton and Andrew Sheeler
The Sacramento Bee
Apr 11, 2019
Bill to Protect Cannabis Growers In Danger of Being Pushed Out of the Permitting Process Takes Crucial Step Forward
Redheaded Blackbelt
Apr 04, 2019
Keeping the Golden Goose Alive: Humboldt County Makes Changes to Measure S that Could Provide Some Relief for Cannabis Farmers
By Kym Kemp
$9.99
Mar 29, 2019
Supes Give Cannabis Farmers a Tax Break, But Statewide Overproduction Could Spell Doom for Many Growers
By LoCO Staff
Lost Coast Outpost
Mar 27, 2019
McGuire looks to extend all temp pot permits to year’s end
By Shomik Murkherjee
Times Standard
Mar 23, 2019
‘Project Trellis’ — the Multipronged, County-Led Program to Assist the Local Cannabis Industry — Appears to be a Go
By Hank Sims
Lost Coast Outpost
Mar 12, 2019
‘Small-grower focus’ would highlight new cannabis grant, marketing, equity program
By SHOMIK MUKHERJEE
Times Standard
Mar 13, 2019
Project Trellis: The Tax Man Giveth Back to the Cannabis Community
By Thadeus Greenson
Redheaded Blackbelt
Mar 14, 2019
Thousands of California pot growers’ licenses set to expire if bill is not passed
By Andrew Sheeler
Mercury News
Mar 11, 2019
California cannabis licensing backlog could spur collapse of supply chain, ‘hundreds of businesses’
By John Schroyer
Marijuana Business Daily
Feb 27, 2019
At Last Week’s ‘Seed to Sale’ Cannabis Business Event in Fortuna
Lost Coast Outpost
Feb 26, 2019
Panel Discussion at HSU Will Look at Netflix’s Murder Mountain and Media Representations of Humboldt County
Lost Coast Outpost
Feb 18, 2019
U.S. NEWS California's governor vows crackdown on illegal pot farms, says many are 'run by the cartels'
By Dennis Romero
NBC News
Feb 12, 2019
Coastal Commission to consider delaying cannabis ordinance decision by one year
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Feb 06, 2019
Supervisors look to incentivize Humboldt County water storage
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Jan 22, 2019
After year of commercial cannabis, some Humboldt County cities remain opposed
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Jan 12, 2019
OP-ED: What the Netflix Series ‘Murder Mountain’ Got Wrong
Lost Coast Outpost
Jan 04, 2019
Year in review: 2018 was a banner year for the cannabis industry
By Associated Press
Times Standard
Dec 27, 2018
Compliant cannabis growers will get more time for expiring interim permits
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Dec 20, 2018
Local Cannabis Company Taking Over the Ol’ Kmart Building in Eureka
Lost Coast Outpost
Dec 12, 2018
Oregon cannabis company says it wants to build ‘community’ in Humboldt County
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Dec 14, 2018
Humboldt Brothers team up with Francis Ford Coppola on cannabis products
By Shomik Mukherjee
Times Standard
Nov 01, 2018
Humboldt County Growers Alliance hosts sold-out ‘Meet the Buyers’ event
By Philip Santos
Times Standard
Sep 20, 2018
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