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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – Bayacan, LLC, has refiled a rezoning application to change a greenhouse (Site 6) at NatureSweet’s tomato-growing facility from General Land Use Certification to Unlimited …
Bayacan refiles rezoning application to grow cannabis in NatureSweet greenhouse Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article SAFFORD – Are you interested in joining the cannabis industry? Graham Mountain Flowers is excited to announce a job fair for competitive pay and benefits in long-term roles …
Graham Mountain Flowers to have job fair Saturday Read More TweetPinShareContributed Photo: NatureSweet says it will close its Bonita facility if it cannot sell greenhouses to Bayacan to grow cannabis. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – NatureSweet, which grows tomatoes …
NatureSweet to close if it can’t sell greenhouse to grow cannabis Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Bayacan, LLC, looks to retrofit a 53-acre greenhouse at NatureSweet to grow cannabis. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Chamber of Commerce has sent a …
Chamber of Commerce supports cannabis grower’s zoning change request Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo: A Safford Police officer arrested a man with a medical marijuana car for DUI-drug after determining the man was too impaired to drive. By Jon Johnson …
Man with medical marijuana card arrested for DUI-drug Read More
TweetPinShareImage for illustration purposes Fence of outdoor grow area not compliant with AMMA “He who represents himself has a fool for a client” Italian proverb popularized by Abraham Lincoln By …
Jury convicts medical marijuana cardholder who represented himself for illegal production of cannabis Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Safford man reported to police on Saturday that he believed his grandparents stole his medical marijuana. An officer was dispatched at about 1:35 …
Man accuses grandparents of stealing his medical marijuana Read More
TweetPinShareThe Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that all products derived from marijuana, including vape oils such as these are legal for medical marijuana production and use. By Jon Johnson …
High court rules cannabis extracts legal for Arizona medical marijuana patients Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A woman called the Safford Police at about 11:55 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 16, and reported the theft of her medical marijuana. The victim said …
Woman reports her medical marijuana stolen by son’s teenage friends Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy SPD: A Thatcher medical marijuana patient was arrested after being found in possession of methamphetamine, like this example from a different police bust. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD …
Medical marijuana patient caught with meth Read More