A staggering percentage of stops by county deputies targeted Asian-American residents.
Marijuana
Law enforcement takes center stage in Siskiyou County’s fight over who can, and can’t, use land and water.
A 4/20 roundup of the industry’s trials, triumphs and political conundrums.
An interview with an ecologist studying the West’s emerging, and rarely researched, industry.
Wary of local authorities, a community forms an ad-hoc firefighting force to defend its property.
Tasked to map an enigmatic aquifer for future water management, scientists confront political and scientific uncertainty.
As drought grips the Golden State, water thefts have increased to record levels. The most common offender: illegal pot farms.
The burgeoning marijuana industry gobbles up electricity.
High Country News and Searchlight New Mexico confirmed that Dineh Benally, who set up illegal ventures on the Navajo Nation, attempts new operations in South Dakota.
Justice, power and environment: The 2020 elections were defined by grassroots organizing and deep partisanship.
Wine grape and cannabis growers try to assess the invisible damage of ash and smoke on their harvests.
Decriminalization campaigns follow a Denver ballot initiative to regulate shrooms that passed last year.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Rob Trotter’s vision continues to deteriorate as he works on his marijuana farm in Gypsum, Colorado.
Entrepreneurs find opportunity and community in what was once illegal.
The California city tries to move on from a painful history scarred by illegal drugs.
Drug cartels on federal land pose enormous environmental and financial costs.
California activists turn to the cannabis industry to help launch the nation’s first public bank in nearly a century.
For some small Colorado communities, recreational marijuana is generating much-needed revenue.
Utilities should view legalization as an opportunity, not a threat.
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