Royal's Cannabis saw a 10 percent increase in sales of legal marijuana in December as compared to November. Rapper Snoop Dogg made an appearance there Dec. 7.
Spokane County retailers sold $4.6 million worth of legal marijuana in October, and the biggest statewide harvest to date means stores are likely to be stocked with outdoor-grown bud for months.
Spokane County's 15 retail stores post their largest monthly revenues yet in August, and growers are reporting increasing revenue ahead of the harvest season.
Board spokesman said July sales figures did not include tax, which accounted for the reported dip in revenue. Those numbers have been corrected to show another increase in sales last month.
Marijuana sales continued to grow in Spokane County in May, with more than $3.8 million worth of recreational pot sold. The industry is pushing $6 million in monthly revenue from farm to customer in the county as we approach the first full year of legal pot sales.
CenturyLink is opening a server farm in Moses Lake. The communications company said it's interested in the space because it's mostly hydroelectric-powered, and helps CenturyLink's sustainability goals. But what it didn't say in a news release is that the 136,000-square-foot facility can withstand a 10 megaton bomb.
One of the world's largest companies will hold its annual meeting in Spokane; a company representative says AT&T has been trying to rotate its meetings around the country.
A common, drought-resistant weed that tends to flourish across the Inland Northwest could be turned into a new cash crop and possibly transform the region into a leading producer of natural rubber.
A federal judge in Minnesota ruled last week that routine genetic testing for dogs, like that for humans, can’t be patented. The ruling was celebrated by Spokane-based Paw Print Genetics, a laboratory that tests for genetic diseases in dogs.
For every state dollar allocated, WSU says it delivered $18.87 in economic impact, including $341 million in research grant expenditures in 2014 alone.
Anthropologie will apparently occupy the space being vacated by the Mobius Science Center, according to a building permit filed with the City of Spokane.
Another month, another Spokane marijuana retailer reports the most sales in January. Greenlight took the crown from Sativa Sisters last month, as total legal marijuana retail sales in the county topped $1.5 million.
