Marijuana - The Durango Herald

Durango police secure money to investigate ‘black and gray’ market marijuana sales

Department confiscated almost 30 pounds of pot in 2020

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor reduces truck driver’s sentence to 10 years from 110; pardons 1,315 people for marijuana possession

Four people died in 2019 when an out-of-control semi crashed into them

DATE: Dec 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

When will federal law reflect what states have already done regarding marijuana?

Banking concerns and threat of federal enforcement loom over an otherwise legalized industry

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition 119: Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to pay for out-of-school learning

Supporters say it will help close achievement gap, opponents see it as a slippery slope toward privatizing education

DATE: Oct 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two statewide tax initiatives qualify for 2021 Colorado ballot

One measure would raise taxes on marijuana, another would slash property taxes

DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to boost out-of-school learning

Initiative 25 would impose a new 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana starting on Jan. 1 and increasing to 5%

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aurum Labs in Durango receives state certification for hemp testing

Company also seeks nod from Drug Enforcement Agency

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Voters will decide whether to lift marijuana ban in Ignacio

Some residents concerned what impact local pot shops will have on teen use

DATE: Aug 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado launches new office to boost jobs and equity in the cannabis industry

Colorado is launching a new Cannabis Business Office, which aims to create economic opportunities and local jobs in the state’s cannabis industry. The office was established through Senate B...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Cannabis industry in New Mexico faces big challenge of water

MADRID, N.M. (AP) – Where some see desert, Cid and Medina Isbell see opportunity. Standing on a plot on their 30-acre property just north of Madrid, they envision a greenhouse full of cannab...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business