The Year in Photos
OB photographer Jason E. Kaplan offers his favorite images, taken throughout the state in 2024.
Cannabis
Skating at the Edge
In the mid-2010s, thousands of Oregon entrepreneurs joined the ‘green rush’ made possible by legal recreational marijuana. Others decided to serve the industry with ancillary businesses that seemed safer. Where are they now that the boom’s gone bust?
OSU Receives $10M Grant to Develop Industrial Uses for Hemp
The school will partner with 13 Native American tribes to develop manufacturing capabilities for the material.
Sponsors See “Path Forward” for Cannabis Banking Bill
The SAFE Banking Act has passed out of the House of Representatives seven times but failed in the Senate.
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan Resigns
Fagan’s resignation, effective May 8, follows revelations that she has been consulting for a major player in the cannabis industry.
Made Locally, Grown Globally
Oregon-based Grön Edibles became an international brand this summer, but faces an increasingly competitive local market and a complex latticework of regulation.
The CPA of Green
Bend-based Andrew Hunzicker’s DOPE CFO helps train CPAs and CFOs on the ins and outs of the cannabis industry.
CBN Ban Goes Into Effect Friday
The non-psychoactive hemp compound will disappear from grocery stores, but will be available in dispensaries for a one-year grace period.
Workers at Gresham Grow Operation Walk Out, Demand Union Recognition
Legalization placed cannabis workers in legal limbo, union leaders say.
Workforce Development, Farmworker Overtime Lead 2022 Legislative Agenda
The Oregon Legislature kicks off a 35-day session this week. Here’s what OB is watching.