Pueblo pot raid: Florida men arrested after officers found 127 plants, cash
In Pueblo, two Cuban men who had moved to Colorado from Florida were arrested under suspicion of running an illegal marijuana grow; $7.5M in plants were seized.
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Sheriff: Raid in Pueblo West nets millions worth of illegal pot plants
Authorities on Thursday arrested seven people and seized $7.6 million worth of marijuana plants along with a quarter-million dollars of equipment used to make hash oil from five Pueblo West homes.
Cannabis Cup drops bid to relocate to Pueblo County
Officials behind the High Times Cannabis Cup have told Pueblo County they are no longer interested in obtaining a special event permit for the popular pot fest, scheduled for April.
Ep. 38 – ArcView Group president Troy Dayton and Pueblo County commissioner Sal Pace
Our guests on The Cannabist Show this week: ArcView Group president Troy Dayton and Pueblo County commissioner Sal Pace. [podcast] TOP MARIJUANA NEWS • A man who authorities say was growing marijuana in a central Florida storage unit panicked when he heard a police helicopter hovering nearby and called 911 to…
Pueblo hemp oil processing plant gets $8 million incentive package
Pueblo’s city council voted 5-1 to extend nearly $8 million in incentives from the city’s half-cent economic development sales tax fund to help CBD Biosciences get its hemp-oil processing plant off the ground.
Hemp jobs and new purpose for Pueblo rocket plant
A defunct Boeing rocket plant in Pueblo will be converted into a hemp oil production facility that will employ 163 people by 2018, according to the Pueblo Economic Development Corp. The proposal includes $4.89 million in city incentives to CBD Biosciences, a joint venture of Thar Process Inc. and O.penVape.
Pueblo police: Teen shot after burglarizing illegal marijuana grow
A 17-year-old boy was shot early Friday in Pueblo after authorities say he burglarized a man’s illegal marijuana grow.
Pueblo authorities: Death of 2 men at medical pot grow was murder-suicide
Authorities in Pueblo County say a shooting Monday night that left two men dead at a 400-plant medical marijuana grow is believed to be a murder-suicide.
Pueblo pot shops: Voters will decide whether to allow retail sales in Nov.
Pueblo pot shops: Lawmakers are letting the voters decide whether to allow recreational marijuana shops in their city in southern Colorado.
Looking for marijuana jobs? New Pueblo staffing firm is here to help
Grasshopper Staffing will open for business Tuesday in Pueblo and can help those seeking marijuana jobs through state licensing procedures and provide payroll services for employers.
Pueblo deputies arrest man with $175,000 of pot, including 600 plants
A southern Colorado man was arrested this week after sheriff’s deputies say they found 600 marijuana plants and up to 100 pounds of dried pot — all estimated at about $175,000 — on his property.
Pueblo police: Texas man arrested after trying to ship $63K of marijuana
A Texas man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trying to send himself an estimated $63,000 in marijuana and marijuana products, some of which was legally purchased, from Pueblo back home.
Pueblo County official wants taxing authority over pot grows (hemp too)
A Pueblo County official wants counties to have the power to tax marijuana-growing operations to fund economic development, parks, trails and local governments.
Pueblo officials consider ban on grows in homes
The city of Pueblo is considering a ban on growing marijuana in homes and apartments. The proposed ordinance would require pot growers to use a detached building. The city’s Planning & Zoning Commission will hear the proposal and take public comment on Oct. 15.
Police: Shooting of Pueblo boy, 13, linked with marijuana plants
A 13-year-old Pueblo boy who police believe was trying to steal marijuana plants from a backyard was rushed to a Denver hospital Saturday after he was shot with a pellet gun.
Tommy Chong, Pueblo shop have deal for endorsements
As if Colorado’s weed-happy image needed a boost, it’s getting one from a legendary stoner. Tommy Chong has entered into a business deal to use his name and product endorsements at a Pueblo pot shop.
Pueblo County hauls in $56K for January pot tax revenue
A southern Colorado county with two recreational marijuana stores has become the first in the state to announce tax totals from the new industry. Pueblo County finance authorities announced that its two shops had about $1 million in total sales in January, producing about $56,000 in local sales taxes.
Pueblo Bank & Trust balks at ATMs in pot shops
Pueblo Bank & Trust, one of the nation’s major bank sponsors for privately owned ATMs, has told providers it will not allow machines to be placed in or near marijuana-selling businesses.
That prohibition is likely to continue, the bank’s president said, even if the federal government changes or softens rules prohibiting banks from doing business with the marijuana industry.
“We got it legal:” Comedian Tommy Chong visits Pueblo pot shop
By 7News Actor, comedian and marijuana activist Tommy Chong visited a marijuana shop in Pueblo over the weekend. Chong, of the famous “Cheech and Chong” comedy duo, visited Marisol Therapeutics to celebrate the legalization of recreational marijuana. “Everything I stood for, everything I went to jail for, everything I believed…
Cannabis industry questions new system that adds chemicals to marijuana for tracking purposes
Despite a clear rejection by the Colorado Legislature, the state’s only cannabis research center is going ahead with developing a seed-to-sale marijuana-tracking system that no one in the industry says they want.
Hemp taking off as viable product, and Colorado entrepreneurs are at the forefront of industry
Like with marijuana, Colorado entrepreneurs have been at the forefront of building up hemp as a viable undertaking.
Colorado starts “Cannabis Conversation” to drive honest dialogue about marijuana use behind the wheel
State transportation officials are surveying thousands of residents this year to better understand public attitudes toward driving under the influence of marijuana, with the hopes of blunting the increasingly deadly trend.
Police chief says homeless people are coming to Colorado to get marijuana
“We are observing directly from talking to people that many people who are homeless came here so that they could get marijuana legally.”
To boost its economy, one Colorado county embraced marijuana. Did it work?
A new report finds that the marijuana industry provides a net positive economic benefit to Pueblo County, even when accounting for law enforcement.
