Start seeds indoors to get a jump on spring By Lisa Schauer, The Morgan Messenger

Mountain State native Taylor Carnell, new PATTERN operations manager for NRGRDA, comes home to share textile industry expertise gained from Melanzana Read more:

Hope Gas continues condemnation suits for Morgantown pipeline route; some settle, some fighting By David Beard, The Dominion Post

Rumor of DOGE visit to Parkersburg’s Bureau of Fiscal Service draws protest By Brett Dunlap and Gwen Sour, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

WVU projects $12 million annual loss of research funding By Samantha Smith and Jerenie Sands, The Daily Athenaeum

REPLAY: West Virginia Press Association 2025 Legislative Lookahead videos

Moorefield High School Launches First Social Studies Fair Read more in the Moorefield Examiner:

David Bridgeman named WVDA’s 2025 Bridgeman Distinguished Dentist Read more:

WVU’s Fred King discusses importance of R1 Land Grant University funding at West Virginia Press Association ‘Legislative Lookahead’ Read more: #wvu

West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association 2025 Winter Symposium Feb. 11 in Charleston offers design and development insights Media invited to attend Read more:

OPINION: The need for certificate of need in WV healthcare: We are built different By Candace Miller, president and CEO, Jackson General Hospital; Lifetime West Virginian

Morrisey poised to push Legislature for cuts amid long-term budget squeeze By Mike Tony, HD Media Read more:

Energy, election integrity and more discussed during Board of Public Works panel at WVPA ‘Legislative Lookahead’ Read more: #wvpress

Education, future workforce take precedent at Legislative Lookahead By Baylee Parsons, The Parthenon

WVU Medicine leads trial of procedure to maintain weight loss without GLP-1 drugs By David Beard, The Dominion Post

Harrison County (West Virginia's) Del. Riley: New House committee process to allow deeper consideration, more public input By Charles Young, WV News

Statehouse beat: A session where anything goes "As long as members are going to treat public hearings as a joke unworthy of their full attention, there’s probably no point in having speakers invest time and effort to come to the Capitol."

Legislative leaders discuss goals for upcoming session during West Virginia Press Association ‘Legislative Lookahead’ Read more: #wvpress #wv

West Virginia Press Association fostering next generation of reporting talent By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian #wvpress #wv

West Virginia Press Association brings state’s media together to hear from legislative leaders and elected officials during annual Legislative Lookahead on Feb. 7 Read more: #wvpress #wvlegis #wv