Marijuana - The Durango Herald

Pot taking big bite out of Americans’ snack budget

Spending on legal marijuana tops $5.4B

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drug traffickers seek safe haven in Colorado

DENVER – Seeking a safe haven in Colorado’s legal marijuana marketplace, illegal drug traffickers are growing weed among the state’s sanctioned pot warehouses and farms, then covertly shippi...

DATE: Jan 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pesticides use in marijuana grows addressed in Colorado Legislature

Bill would create a list of acceptable products for growers to use

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Marijuana enters new phase of policy discussions at Colorado Capitol

Lawmakers seek to address unintended results of legalization

DATE: Jan 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

California marijuana growers face new crop of local bans

Glitch in measure has cities scrambling

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pot states take fresh look at out-of-state investment

DENVER – States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the industry’s ongoing difficulty in bankin...

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Massachusetts Senate panel will visit Colorado to learn about legal pot

BOSTON – Members of a Massachusetts Senate panel plan to visit Colorado next week to learn more about the state’s experience with the legalized use of recreational marijuana. The ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Emerging from shadows, pot industry tries to build brands

DENVER – Snoop Dogg has his own line of marijuana. So does Willie Nelson. Melissa Etheridge has a marijuana-infused wine. As the fast-growing marijuana industry emerges from the b...

DATE: Dec 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Three years after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, little is known about whether the state’s roads are less safe – and law enforcement efforts remain largely focused on alc...

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s pot credit union begs for access to nation’s banking system

Bank challenges Federal Reserve’s denial of access to financial system

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court hears Colorado pot banking case

Many in marijuana industry nervous handling only cash

DATE: Dec 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Half of new demand for power in Colorado coming from grow operations

As legal weed expands, grids becoming taxed

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday