marijuana

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Ore. – A married couple was sentenced for illegally growing marijuana and harming the environment in the process. The Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office said last year, Cheng Vang and Yia Xiong moved from Minnesota to Siskiyou County so they …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A local man has been charged in an apparent murder-for-hire plot. The U.S. Department of Justice said 68-year-old Josephine County resident John Tobe Larson was involved in distributing marijuana to other states. He allegedly smuggled cash back into Oregon …

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Investigators have determined the cause of the East Evans Creek Fire north of Gold Hill. The fire was first reported as a structure fire on the afternoon of August 2 along East Evans Creek Road. Initially, it was …

GOLD HILL, Ore. – Detectives busted a “black market” marijuana cultivation operation in the Gold Hill area. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said on the morning of July 30, they served search warrants at two properties in the 600 block of Upper …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – A court in California has ruled inmates can have marijuana in prison. However, there is a catch. Criminal defense attorney Dan Olsen said, “It creates confusion if it’s illegal to take it in, it’s illegal to use, but …

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Senate and House have passed a bill allowing interstate marijuana shipping should it become federally allowable. Senate Bill 582 aims to give Oregon a head-start on shipping marijuana between individual states if the Department of Justice ever …

MEDFORD, Ore.– Two men involved a plane crash in a residential neighborhood of Medford over the weekend were arraigned on Monday for charges of drug trafficking. Zachary Wayne Moore, 34, and Mathew William Thompson, 38, crashed a 1947 single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza on …

MEDFORD, Ore.– A pilot and passenger who were on board a small plane that crashed into a Medford neighborhood Saturday afternoon are now behind bars. The plane went down Saturday along Whittle Avenue and Grandview Avenue, just south of the Rogue Valley …

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Nearly 5,000 illegal marijuana plants were seized in northern California last week. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday, June 7, their agency was involved in an anti-drug operation where 4,658 illicit marijuana plants were found in …

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Thousands of illegal marijuana plants were seized in a series of drug raids in northern California. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said a total of 6,788 illicit marijuana plants were found during numerous searches over the past two …