Yavapai County OKs weed funds to pay 911 bonuses
The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, at a meeting held in Cottonwood on Wednesday, May 17, donated a portion of the funds from Proposition 207 marijuana sales in Arizona to 911 dispatchers at the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. has unanimously approved the funding of the recruitment and retention bonus program. YCSO has 19 authorized posts […]
YCSO informs the community about weed being laced with Fentanyl in Yuma | Yuma
Yuma — The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office wants to inform the public about the new trend of fentanyl in marijuana. A growing number of street drugs are containing low-cost, highly potent fentanyl. Whether it was marketed with fentanyl on purpose, or whether it was innocently marketed by dealers, is cause for concern. Opioids cannot be […]
Silver Belt | Stinknet: Help prevent invasive weed from taking root in Globe
David Sowders/Arizona Silver Belt Stinknet has bloomed. Updated: 1 hour ago / Posted May 9, 2023 Take Highway 60 and drive through Gold Canyon near Basha’s Store to see bright yellow roadside flowers. They are not gold poppies or marigolds – instead they are also colloquially called globe chamomile, although they are not chamomile. Chris […]
Weed tax to aid Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office hiring
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announced at its Board of Directors on Wednesday, May 17, a board of oversight to use $115,000 in Smart and Safe Arizona funds from recreational marijuana taxation to recruit and retain 911 dispatchers. approval will be sought. The $115,000 is intended as an adjustment to make the division competitive against […]
Weed warriors take aim at Tucson’s largest stinknet outbreak so far
To the untrained eye, the drab dirt land near Stone Avenue and Prince Road seems to be splashed with welcome spring colors. But for weed warrior Tony Figueroa, this newly sprouted field of distinctive yellow wildflowers is a battlefield. Mr. Figueroa spent several hours last week spraying herbicide on Tucson’s newest and largest stinkbug, a […]