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Two Southern Oregon counties issued emergency declarations related to cannabis this week. The announcements are meant to stop new licenses from being issued to hemp growers.

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors cut a cannabis excise tax by 85% on Monday after dozens of local farmers said they are struggling under poor market conditions.

The governor championed the ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana. The struggling legal cannabis industry is now calling on him to cut state taxes, but his office says the solution isn’t that simple.

Lawmakers pass bills providing relief for Oregonians facing eviction, enduring drought, and combating illegal cannabis operations.

What happens if you feed cannabis to sheep? It’s a question that livestock scientists are actually wondering about at Oregon State University. They’re trying to develop a new animal feed market for industrial hemp. OPB science reporter Jes Burns recently joined JPR’s Liam Moriarty to explain what they’re up to.

Efforts to clamp down on illegal marijuana cultivation in Southern Oregon could get attention from the federal government with the help of Congressmember Cliff Bentz.

A community forum on Tuesday night focusing on illegal cannabis cultivation in Southern Oregon detailed a litany of abuses as local and state agencies try to reign in illegal operations.

County officials say illegal cannabis operations are sprouting up all over Jackson County, outpacing local code and law enforcement efforts.

Since California legalized cannabis in 2016, many growers in Humboldt County have struggled with the transition to the legal market. The costs of production have gone up and the price they’re paid for their harvests has plummeted. Now, the county has approved the equivalent of disaster relief. JPR’s Humboldt correspondent Daniel Mintz recently spoke with JPR’s Liam Moriarty about the cannabis crisis.

A member of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission presented initial results of a crackdown on illegal marijuana production posing as legal hemp in Jackson and Josephine counties on Thursday.

As the California drought grips the state, the state's deserts have become a hotbed for water theft.

In recent weeks, protests have roiled Siskiyou County. They’ve focused on an officer-involved shooting of a local Southeast Asian American man and restrictions on water used to grow illegal marijuana. Those water restrictions could be voted into law on August 3rd.