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FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — Follansbee Fire Chief Larry Rea is excited to finally see the firehouse expansion project coming to fruition. Money to help the city in that effort is coming from the recently passed federal omnibus spending package."It's hard to put it into words; it means a lot,” Rea said.The city plans to move forward with the planned expansion and upgrades after West Virginia U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was able to secure $2.7 million in funding."We've really kind of outgrown it and... Read More

THURMOND, WV (WVNS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito applauded the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’s announcement that they have added 45 acres of land to the area designated as the preserve. The tract located on Beury Mountain, just east of the Thurmond area, will provide easier access and add to the national preserve area of the New River Gorge where hunting is already allowed. This acquisition was made possible by Senator Capito’s successful efforts to redesignate New River... Read More

For over two decades, the High Technology Foundation has worked to strengthen the Mountain State’s economy. We have worked hard to promote diversification and bring focus to our state’s potential to become a part of the nation’s knowledge economy. At no time in the past 25 years have we been closer to realizing that goal. It is therefore imperative that we remain determined to put in place the necessary foundational pieces. For the first time ever, millions of dollars in... Read More

The city of Princeton has been working for several years on plans for a new multi-use community center. Now, thanks to a recent federal funding award of $2.2 million, construction on the project is expected to begin this summer.The community center will take up about 25,000 square feet of space inside of the former Dean Company complex beside city hall. Current plans call for the creation of three basketball courts, a classroom, a martial arts room and space for various community uses inside of... Read More

CHARLESTON – Two bills that were quickly passed by the West Virginia Senate last week and approved by members of the House Judiciary Committee Monday could open up property owned by the Division of Natural Resources for underground storage of emissions from a possible hydrogen hub project.  The House Judiciary Committee recommended Senate bills 161 and 162 for passage Monday afternoon after the state Senate passed both bills unanimously Thursday, suspending constitutional rules that require... Read More

GLEN JEAN, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) applauded the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’s announcement that they have added 45 acres of land to the area designated as the preserve.The tract located on Beury Mountain, just east of the Thurmond area, will provide easier access and add to the national preserve area of the New River Gorge where hunting is already allowed. This acquisition was made possible by Senator Capito’s successful efforts to... Read More

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (WV News) — Additional acreage has been added to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, the U.S. National Park Service announced Tuesday. The 45 additional acres located on Beury Mountain just east of the Thurmond area in Fayette County will be designated as a preserve and provide easier access to lands already part of the national preserve, the release states.  “This property is a great addition to the national preserve portion of the park where hunting is allowed,” said... Read More

LOGAN, W.Va. — Mountain Health Network, Marshall Health, and Logan Regional Medical Center, a ScionHealth Community Hospital, recently announced a new collaboration aimed at bringing more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia.Through a new memorandum of understanding, the organizations will work to establish a process for identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance health care services for the residents of Logan and surrounding areas.“Mountain Health and Logan... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA (WTRF) — A major step was taken last year to make mental services quickly available in a crisis.The phone number to call changed to just three digits, 9-8-8.Since then calls have been steady at the lifeline in West Virginia.But texts and chats are on the rise.The 988 lifeline will soon get a funding boost to reach more people.Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced more than $450,000 that’s going to the program. It will be used to create partnerships with 911... Read More

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (WV News) — Upshur County will benefit from two Congressionally Directed Spending grants secured by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.One of the grants targets water and sewer infrastructure, while the other is aimed at improving health care, according to Capito’s office.Upshur is part of an 18-county group that benefits from Environmental Infrastructure Section 571 funding, which provides a program of federal assistance through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows... Read More

PARKERSBURG — The federal omnibus spending bill passed at the end of 2022 contains millions of dollars in earmarks for projects in the Mid-Ohio Valley.Among those is an effort to redevelop industrial sites in Parkersburg, particularly in the areas of Depot and Jeanette streets, East Street and Camden Avenue, according to a list of earmarks provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.A release from her office said she secured spending for the projects, some of which were also... Read More

Years ago federal earmarks were used as building blocks for key infrastructure projects across our region. For example, the first sections of the King Coal Highway in Mercer County, including the K.A. Ammar Interchange and the Christine West Bridge, were largely made possible through the use of federal earmarks.However, the practice of using earmarks eventually fell out of favor with lawmakers and the public, and the process was suspended by Congress in 2011. Part of the problem at the time was... Read More

The Childhood Cancer Survivrship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act of 2022, legislation authored by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Jan. 5.The bill reauthorizes the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever passed by Congress, for another five years.The STAR Act, which was first passed in 2018 and signed into law later that year on June 5, 2018, helps advance pediatric... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., delivered remarks at Logan Regional Medical Center commending the new collaboration between several health organizations to bring more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia.Leaders announced a new Memorandum of Understanding signed by Logan Regional Medical Center, Mountain Health Network, Marshall Health, and Scion Health that will allow the organizations to enhance health care services for the residents of Logan and surrounding... Read More

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WV News) — Mason County will benefit from more than $11 million in Congressionally Directed Spending awards allocated by U.S. Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., including direct funding for a sewer collection system pivotal to the Nucor development.That $1 million grant for the Mason county Public Service District will help to fund the Apple Grove Sewer Collection System Project. The project will provide service for the Apple Grove, Mercers Bottom and Ashton areas of the... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $498,512 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support increased Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services at Marshall University and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Wheeling.The funding aims to bolster treatment of those dealing with substance use disorder and severe mental health issues, according to a press release.“Making... Read More

THIS WEEK:President Joe Biden announced an expansion of the Title 42 pandemic expulsions policy, recently prolonged by the U.S. Supreme Court, to encompass citizens of Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua, earning strong criticism from migrant rights’ advocates. The announcement came with a new “humanitarian parole” policy for those countries’ citizens, and plans to expand use of a CBP app to process protection-seeking migrants’ requests. Biden then paid a brief visit to El Paso en route to a meeting of... Read More

Area residents concerned about new IRS reporting requirements that would impact transactions of only $600 on platforms like PayPal can breath a temporary sigh of relief. But the key word here is temporary.The implementation of the controversial IRS reporting requirement, a part of the American Rescue Plan, has been delayed by a year.Both U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pushed for the delay — arguing it would give Congress more time to correct... Read More

President Joe Biden on Jan. 5 signed into law a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) that requires all athletes representing the United States in international amateur athletic competitions to receive equal compensation and benefits for their work, regardless of gender.“I’m proud to have championed this bipartisan effort, and look forward to the positive impact this will have on our Team USA athletes now that this is the law of the land,” Sen. Capito said on... Read More

Senators are calling on the Biden administration to give states more time to weigh in on a map that will inform how much money they receive to connect Americans to the internet.Congress is keeping a close eye on two agencies tasked with deploying $42.5 billion for broadband from last year’s infrastructure law. Past attempts to expand internet access—which lawmakers say will improve equity and economic opportunity—have faltered because of inaccurate data on who is and isn’t connected in the US. A... Read More