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  • Facing mounting scrutiny, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw will face lawmakers Thursday in his first appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday since the Feb. 3 train derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill and evacuation in East Palestine, Ohio.The Norfolk Southern Railway CEO will be in the hot seat in a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, as senators grill him about clean-up efforts and a spate of recent accidents involving the rail company.Shaw plans to tell... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is apologizing to Congress on Thursday and pledging millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from the fiery hazardous materials train derailment as senators investigate rail safety and the Biden administration’s response to the disaster.“I am deeply sorry for the impact this derailment has had on the people of East Palestine and surrounding communities, and I am determined to make it right,” CEO Alan Shaw said in prepared remarks released... Read More
  • WEST VIRGINIA (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $681,618 in federal funding to Triple E Farms in Hampshire County and Frostmore Farm in Pocahontas County. This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Investment Program, will be used to expand the customer bases for the farms with better online logistics and marketing to reach more potential customers.“I’m glad... Read More
  • RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — A Michigan company envisions a new plant in West Virginia as the future model for how its products are built. ONE, Our Next Energy, announced in recent days they would locate a factory to produce their industrial power storage batteries in Ravenswood, West Virginia. The facility would be built in conjunction with the Berkshire-Hathaway alternative power plant within the industrial park in Jackson County.“They needed a battery technology that could absorb energy during the... Read More
  • The CEO of Norfolk Southern will appear before Congress on Thursday to apologize and promise accountability for the derailment that has devastated East Palestine, Ohio — and will seek to distance his railroad from the profit-chasing approach that has defined much of the industry in recent years.Alan Shaw will “pledge that we won’t be finished until we make it right,” according to testimony he plans to deliver before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, where he will tick off the... Read More
  • Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw will testify before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on ThursdayOn the eve of testimony by Norfolk Southern Corp. CEO Alan Shaw on Capitol Hill, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia said that the rail carrier will pay for the environmental impact of the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing on the Feb. 3 derailment of the train carrying... Read More
  • CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Pocahontas County farm is one of two farms in West Virginia to receive federal funding to expand their customer bases online.According to a press release from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), $681,618 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Investment Program went to Frostmore Farm in Pocahontas County, and Triple E Farms in Hampshire County.Frostmore Farm received $181,618 and the remaining half a million went to Triple E... Read More
  • With more than 6.5 million women in the United States living with endometriosis, a disorder that affects 190 million women worldwide, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on March 1 unveiled a bipartisan resolution to raise awareness about the condition.Sen. Capito signed on as the lead original cosponsor of Senate Resolution (S.Res.) 90, which is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to recognize the significance of endometriosis as a chronic disease affecting millions of women and... Read More
  • Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is showing he can play offense against vulnerable Senate Democrats by forcing them to take tough votes, driving a wedge between red state Democrats up for reelection and the party’s base.  McCarthy put them in a difficult position last week by forcing them to vote on a GOP-sponsored resolution blocking a Biden administration rule encouraging retirement managers to consider environmental, social and corporate governance — or ESG — factors when making investment... Read More
  • RAVENSWOOD — West Virginia state leaders joined the top executives from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. and Our Next Energy Inc. Saturday to break ground on a project they said would build the future of American manufacturing on a foundation of clean energy.A groundbreaking event was held on more than 2,000 acres of land at the former Century Aluminum site in Jackson County.The new titanium melt facility will employ about 200 people to manufacture titanium... Read More
  • ELKINS — The City of Elkins will soon implement a street camera system that utilizes license plate reader technology in an effort to detect and prevent crime.Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett issued a press release thanking officials for helping bring in federal funding for the project.“The City of Elkins would like to thank Sen. Joe Manchin III and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito for their efforts in securing $950,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the Elkins Police... Read More
  • RAVENSWOOD – West Virginia state leaders joined the top executives from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. and Our Next Energy Inc. Saturday to break ground on a project they said would build the future of American manufacturing on a foundation of clean energy.A groundbreaking event was held on more than 2,000 acres of land at the former Century Aluminum site in Jackson County.The new titanium melt facility will employ about 200 people to manufacture titanium... Read More
  • RAVENSWOOD — West Virginia state leaders joined the top executives from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. and Our Next Energy Inc. Saturday to break ground on a project they said would build the future of American manufacturing on a foundation of clean energy.A groundbreaking event was held on more than 2,000 acres of land at the former Century Aluminum site in Jackson County.The new titanium melt facility will employ about 200 people to manufacture titanium... Read More
  • The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday focused on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, giving lawmakers their first public opportunity to grill top officials for the accident that took place more than a month ago.The hearing, scheduled for 10 a.m., will feature two panels of witnesses. The first panel includes lawmakers from Ohio, and the second is comprised of top officials from Norfolk Southern Corporation and the Environmental... Read More
  • Shepherd University hosted U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV, Monday after $2,708,000 of congressional funds were granted to support programs on campus.Capito visited both the school’s Tabler Farm and Byrd Science and Technology Center during a visit to the Eastern Panhandle. One part of the total funding will help create a “small business incubator” for new farming students, specifically to help teach them small-scale agricultural practices in a way that’s hands-on and... Read More
  • WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) – Senator Shelley Moore Capito made a return to her roots in the Northern Panhandle. She began in New Cumberland to open their new health center and made her way to Wheeling’s Cliff House to discuss recent funding for emergency medical services for children in West Virginia. $190,650 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was allocated to support the Emergency medical Services for Children partnership through the DHHR. ”What we’re seeing with our children... Read More
  • State leaders broke ground on Saturday for an economic development project in Jackson County.Gov. Jim Justice, U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-WV, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV, Rep. Carol Miller, R-WV, and other dignitaries came to Ravenswood to break ground on an aerospace manufacturing hub.The project will be built on the site of the former Century Aluminum plant. Precision Castparts will build titanium parts for the aerospace industry and employ about 200 workers.It will also be powered by a... Read More
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced $17,424,327 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support the habitat and conservation of fish and wildlife in West Virginia and increase access to outdoor opportunities for people across the state. “West Virginia is truly ‘wild and wonderful,’ and it is important that we take steps now... Read More
  • In many ways, congressional Republicans’ regulatory rollback strategy is working: It’s dividing Democrats, squashing a progressive D.C. criminal justice plan and forcing President Joe Biden to whip out his veto pen for the first time.It’s also helping Democrats carve out politically helpful distance from the president and their party’s left flank.“The Republicans think they’re doing gotchas, when in fact plenty of those votes give our members the opportunity to demonstrate their independence,”... Read More
  • RAVENSWOOD – West Virginia state leaders joined the top executives from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. and Our Next Energy Inc. Saturday to break ground on a project they said would build the future of American manufacturing on a foundation of clean energy.A groundbreaking event was held on more than 2,000 acres of land at the former Century Aluminum site in Jackson County.The new titanium melt facility will employ about 200 people to manufacture titanium... Read More