March 28, 2022, 6:00am Business
When the Snohomish County, Washington dispensary Dexter Warren worked at was robbed last year, four men simply walked in. When one of those men hit him in the face with a pistol and demanded he open the safe, the cash-based business had thousands of dollars on hand, he said. Read story
January 31, 2022, 7:48am Business
The details are strikingly similar. Armed robbers enter a pot store, often near closing time, and hold employees and customers at gunpoint while cash and product are stolen. Then they take off. Read story
January 12, 2022, 9:55am Business
An effort by state regulators to rein in sale of intoxicating cannabis that can be produced with materials outside their authority has some major business interests crying foul. Read story
November 21, 2021, 6:04am Nation & World
A federal raid on a household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales. Read story
November 4, 2021, 7:36am Business
Apples may be Washington’s biggest cash crop, but legal cannabis is gaining ground. Read story
September 27, 2021, 6:03am Business
After blocking dozens of people with criminal records from entering the legal marijuana industry, Washington officials managing the 9-year-old industry are preparing to chill out a bit. Read story
September 4, 2021, 6:03am Business
Cannabis retailers cheered this week after the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board announced that it would reactivate an allowance for curbside service and other pandemic-era rule changes that had previously expired. Read story
August 26, 2021, 6:03am Business
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last year, alcohol and cannabis retailers in Washington were able to mimic their restaurant and retail brethren by embracing carry-out and curbside service models, thanks to temporary exemptions to the state Liquor and Cannabis Board’s normal sales rules. Read story
August 10, 2021, 8:21am Business
In a historic year for Washington companies going public, Seattle-based Leafly, an online cannabis marketplace, will push the 2021 total even higher. Read story
May 2, 2021, 6:00am Northwest
Lab-created cannabis products made from hemp that have been surging in popularity are banned in Washington, a policy statement issued Wednesday by the state’s regulatory body said. Read story
