Brandon Hanson, of the Hanson of Sonoma distillery family, spun off his own venture featuring a type of sparkling water with hemp-derived THC.

America’s beverage laws are stuck in the past — and it’s hurting consumers, emerging brands and even the very distributors those laws were designed to protect.

On Sunday, fire crews from Big Sandy and surrounding areas responded to a fire at Vital Earth Resources on Hwy 80, just east of the city. When crews arrived, they found a mountain of compost was ...