EUGENE CANNABIS DISPENSARY BURGLARY UNDER INVESTIGATION

Eugene Police are investigating a cannabis dispensary burglary that happened Thursday morning. The burglary was reported around 3 a.m. at Elev8 Cannabis located on Oak Street and 14th Avenue. After residents and the business’s alarm company alerted police, officers...

LOCAL HEMP FARMERS PREDICT FEWER HEMP FARMS THIS SEASON

ROGUE VALLEY, Ore — It’s the beginning of hemp season. Last year, it seemed like there was hemp everywhere. This year, some local farmers don’t think that will be the case. “I think a lot of people just were one and done. Let me tell you, it...

Hemp boom brings new assistant watermaster to Southern Oregon

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon Water Resources Department has hired a new assistant watermaster in southwest Oregon to keep up with the region’s rapidly expanding hemp industry. Scott Prose joined the agency Feb. 1 after previously working with the Pacific States Marine...

Here’s why you may see less hemp in the valley this year

ASHLAND, Ore. — Farmers are preparing hemp fields for this upcoming planting season, and one hemp professional says this season might look a little different than years past. Eviane Coton, assistant director of The Cascade Hemp Collective, said even though the...