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WEST VIRGINIA, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced West Virginia will receive $43,756,934 through the State Opioid Response grant program. The funding would come through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This news follows a joint-announcement released in March acknowledging West Virginia was eligible for these funds. Capito attended Donald Trump’s speech last night and during a press call this morning she discussed his remarks on... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia will receive $68,269,946 from a FEMA grant as part of the lost wages program for citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor, who approved the grant for West Virginia, says the grant funding will allow West Virginia to provide those unemployed due to the pandemic $300 per week on top of their regular unemployment benefit.  U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) says FEMA will work with West Virginia Governor Jim... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday $40,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the Mountain Line Transit Project in Morgantown. This funding is made available through DOT’s competitive Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant program and will promote innovative approaches to improve financing, system design, and service... Read More

WESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito toured the new Mountaineer Food Bank facility Thursday in Weston. Leading the tour was Food Bank Director Chad Morrison. Morrison said the facility will be up and running by January. The Mountaineer Food Bank serves 48 West Virginia counties, and with this facility, they will be better able to serve those in need. Morrison added they are also working to supply non-food items, such as sanitizer and toilet paper, as well. “The... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection's footprint in Jefferson County, W.Va. appears to be expanding.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced last week that the agency will now have a "longstanding presence" at a Summit Point, W.Va., facility that was vacated by the State Department in November.“The facilities and personnel at Summit Point are second to none," Capito said in a news release. "I was disappointed when the State Department decided to move... Read More

CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — On Thursday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Kate MacGregor and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for a behind-the-scenes tour of the new LEED-certified visitor center and headquarters facility at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Davis, West Virginia. “This new visitor center is a prime example of the Trump Administration’s investment in... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice gave an update on COVID-19 at approximately 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 19. US Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) joined the governor and state officials for the briefing. Justice discussed an array of topics, highlighting some positive numbers including a decrease in the state’s daily, active cases and a decreasing unemployment rate that is now under the national average of 10.2... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and their colleagues sent a letter Monday to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to urge the department to continue providing flexibilities to schools and sponsoring organizations for school meals and child nutrition.  “As the school year begins, the challenges brought on by the COVID... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump Tuesday requesting that the federal government continue to cover 100 percent of the cost share for the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) response to the coronavirus pandemic under Title 32 orders. “Since being activated under Title 32 orders, the WVNG has played a pivotal role in the state’s response to the pandemic. In addition to distributing personal protective... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) along with Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma requesting CMS make all recommended vaccines accessible to Medicare beneficiaries. Under current law, Medicare immunization coverage varies by vaccine. Some vaccines, like those that protect against... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A total of $2,981,528 in awards from the National Science Foundation are headed to West Virginia University Research Corporation and Marshall University Research Corporation. Respectively, these awards will help support efforts to increase the number of students in STEM fields, advance research in gravitational measurement, deepen our understanding of topological quantum matter, and develop an outrigger telescope at Green Bank Observatory in Pocahontas... Read More

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s two U.S. senators have joined forces with Gov. Jim Justice in calling for federal funding to continue for the West Virginia National Guard’s response during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., wrote a letter ato President Donald Trump Tuesday calling for the federal government to cover 100 percent of the funding for the National Guard. Trump issued a memorandum last week requiring all states and territories except... Read More

Twenty-twenty—a year none of us could have predicted. Amidst a racial reckoning and a global pandemic that has simultaneously transformed our lives, we’re arguably facing the most consequential election of our time. On November 3, 2020, millions of Americans will use their collective power to write our country’s next chapter. Voting isn’t just about choosing who represents us in the White House—it’s about determining who we want to lead our schools, our police... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $7,262,424 for non-profits across West Virginia to help combat veteran homelessness on Monday. This funding is made available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF) in fiscal year 2021, which begins on October 1. “Our veterans have sacrificed so much so we are... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s U.S. senators are working with two of their Senate colleagues on trying to motivate industries and businesses to move near Interstate 68. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took part in a virtual discussion Friday with Maryland Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen about possible regional collaboration regarding the 112-mile interstate. Among the business sectors mentioned were the aerospace industry, which includes the... Read More

The U.S. Senate on Aug. 4 unanimously approved a bipartisan bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) that would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to implement report recommendations aimed at spurring the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure. “The passage of this legislation is great news as it will help make the case for using composites in various projects with the help of institutions like our very own West Virginia... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Monday announced $10.1 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to protect downtown businesses from flooding, spur growth in a critical industry sector, boost workforce training efforts, and provide critical infrastructure needed to support business growth. This funding will create and retain more than 2,500 jobs and spur $69 million... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the opportunity for Belington Community Medical Services Association to apply for $1 million in funding under the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). This funding will help support and expand opioid use prevention programs, recovery services, and enhance rural residents’ ability to access treatment and move towards recovery from opioid use. “The COVID-19 pandemic has severely... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $189,561 for an opioid-impacted family support program at Northern Community College in Wheeling. This funding was made available through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “The opioid epidemic continues to ravage West Virginia as we simultaneously face the COVID-19 pandemic, putting an incredible strain on those... Read More