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JUST DOOB IT! There are a handful of businesses in the Upper Yakima Valley that will be celebrating Thursday, April 20th, better known as 4/20 Day. Stores like Yakima Weed Co., Happy Time, Fire Cannabis, and Local Roots will be taking advantage of their special permits issued by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board to sell their hemp products...

EPA announced approval of nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide for use on hemp. This was the first time the federal agency approved products for use on hemp.

A few weeks ago, I responded to a question posed by KIMA Action News on their Facebook page regarding CBDs. Shortly thereafter I was contacted by one of their reporters, Madison Brown, to do an interview for a piece she was working on about the natural supplements and the effects they had on me.

We've been hearing more and more about the relationship between hops and hemp lately. As the Yakima Valley is the hop capital of the Western Hemisphere, it stands to reason that hemp would grow and thrive plentifully in this region as well. What kind of economic impact would the advent of hemp farms in the county have?