The World Famous Cannabis Cafe, a cannabis social club in Portland, OR, has started aGoFundMe campaign to help cover the costs of staying open. The club is facing $4,000 per month in civil fines as penalties for refusing to close its doors.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Signal Bay Inc. (OTC:SGBY) a leading provider of cannabis consulting, operations, and analytical laboratory services is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oregon Analytical Services, LLC. expanding its cannabis testing footprint into Eugene, Oregon.

“This strategic acquisition enables Signal Bay to expand its vision of protecting patients through comprehensive product testing”

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Oregon’s recreational marijuana industry hit a milestone this month.

About 90 days into the legal sale of recreational marijuana, Jan. 4 marked the first time people could officially apply for licenses to operate recreational businesses in Oregon. And more changes are on the way.

By the end of the year, Oregon’s cannabis industry will look a lot different from what we currently have.

When will new recreational retail marijuana stores be open?

Although the state is accepting business license applications, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission — which will oversee the state’s recreational marijuana business solely starting in January 2017 — doesn’t plan to approve any of the retail store applications until at least the fourth quarter of 2016.

An upcoming marijuana business conference will, to NBA fans, feature a very familiar face.

The 2016 Cannabis Collaborative Conference, which takes place Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 at the Portland Expo Center, will host former Blazers great Cliff Robinson. The former NBA All-Star has become a cannabis advocate and will address the expected crowd of 2,500 attendees.

By Teresa Mahoney

I write this entry the morning after a long night of harvesting and wet-trimming our two indoor marijuana plants. My socks in the hamper have cannabis leaves stuck to the bottoms and peel off like tape. My jacket and camera straps still reek of pot.

So, how did harvest go?

Jeremy Plumb, commercial pot grower and my growing mentor, hadn't seen the indoor kiddos for over a month, except for photos I'd been texting him, incessantly asking, "Are they done yet?"

He originally anticipated it would take around eight weeks for the plants to reach full maturity under a 12/12 light cycle – which means 12 hours of sun and 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness during a cannabis plant's flowering period.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Friday temporarily removed a popular pesticide from its list of chemicals cannabis growers may use on their crop.

Rodger Voelker, a chemist with OG Analytical, a marijuana testing lab in Eugene, said he recently noticed that abamectin, a common insecticide, had turned up in a handful of cannabis samples submitted by growers who said they grew organically. One mentioned he used only Guardian Mite Spray. Voelker asked for a sample of the mite spray, tested it and detected abamectin, an active ingredient not listed on the product label.

In an episode right out of CNBC's American Greed, Missouri native Travis Maurer, along with his wife Leah Maurer (co-chair of Women Grow's Portland chapter) were sued Friday in Multnomah County by a former business associate. It was their second law suit in less than a month.

Deschutes County is taking applications for its Marijuana Advisory Committee, which will make recommendations to the county commissioners on land use regulations for both medical and recreational marijuana.Commissioners voted to temporarily ban marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas of Deschutes County in December. The board wanted more time to look at the impact of proposed regulations.The committee will develop and recommend regulations looking at the sights, sounds and smells associated with marijuana land use. County commissioners will consider those recommendations if they or voters decide to overturn the temporary opt-out ordinance, according to a news release from the county.Commissioners will appoint as many as 12 members to the marijuana panel in early February.

SALEM — Lawmakers on Wednesday proposed a flurry of tweaks to Oregon's legal marijuana market, including to how pot is grown and sold.

Two bills set for the upcoming legislative session would allow recreational and medical marijuana to be grown and processed in the same facility, and let medical dispensaries sell nontraditional pot products such as edibles and THC oil.

The joint committee on marijuana implementation rolled out its so-called "base bill" — a slew of procedural tweaks that lawmakers hope to tackle in the 35-day short session starting Feb. 1.

Oregon’s recreational marijuana industry is officially off to the races

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Oregon’s recreational marijuana industry is officially off to the races.

Just days into the license application process, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission has received 282 applications as of Monday morning from producers, processors, retailers, wholesalers and even research facilities.

About half are for applications from growers, who will see their licenses processed soonest because they’re at the top of the supply chain, says Mark Pettinger, OLCC spokesman.