MORGANTOWN – That large, whooping sound you heard in Monongalia County on Thursday afternoon was nothing to worry about. It was the final day of the 2025-26 school year, and as students were bolting for building exits and their entry to summer, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. joined ...
The West Virginia Farmers Market Association, in partnership with the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition and the USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program, announces the upcoming Transition to Organic Production (TOPP) In-Person Workshop in Morgantown. TOPP is a component of the ...
by David M. Shribman The sap is running in Iowa and New Hampshire. No, not that guy. Besides, the Iowa and New Hampshire presidential contests were two months ago. This is a different kind of sap, and a different kind of March Madness. We’re officially in the middle of Maple ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — The top man with the state’s Department of Agriculture believes the future of farming in West Virginia is bright. Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt said this year, the enrollment in the Future Farmers of America organization is the highest it has ...
MORGANTOWN — Farming, guns and baby diapers were among the topics occupying the House of Delegates on Tuesday. SB 171 prohibits counties from enacting or enforcing agricultural ordinances that contravene or are stricter than state agricultural laws. It applies to state-registered ...
A bill that would allow the sale of raw milk in West Virginia passed the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee in the House of Delegates Wednesday. The bill, HB 4911, would wipe out current state law that only allows the distribution of raw milk through what are called “shared ...