Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
FBI agents are investigating public corruption allegations involving current and former Pontiac city officials amid a grand jury probe that raises questions about whether bribery, conflicts and illicit cash have tainted Pontiac’s attempts to launch a marijuana...
Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A man was taken to the hospital early Friday morning after the butane gas he was using to try to extract THC from marijuana blew up in his face and started a fire in his motel room. Fire crews were called at 12:13 a.m. Jan. 24 to Americas Best Motel, 830 Royal Drive,...
Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency stripped the marijuana grower licenses from an Albion operation under scrutiny from law enforcement. The CRA announced a consent order Jan. 23 against Hongrui Enterprises Inc. prohibiting the grower from operating in the state and...
Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) has filed yet another formal complaint against Sky Labs LLC, an adult-use cannabis processor located in Mt. Morris, for its receipt and handling of more than one million grams (equal to 2,204 pounds) of product identified...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s cannabis industry is booming, with new cultivators, strains, and innovations cropping up every day. But with all this growth comes a question: What separates the good weed from the truly exceptional? Last year, I embarked on a mission to find out, sampling...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Battle Creek Police are shedding light on an alarming trend in West Michigan: robberies at marijuana dispensaries. Last Friday, three minors and an 18-year-old man, all of Battle Creek, were arrested for breaking into Potter’s Cannabis Boutique at 2825 Capital...
