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Nearly $2 million in federal funds will be awarded to West Virginia to help support the state’s black lung clinics. West Virginia is expected to receive $1,954,576 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin made the announcement in a Friday news release. The funding will support the West Virginia Black Lung Clinics Program, which aims to provide primary and specialized health care services for coal miners and their... Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $30,000 for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to ensure the safety of drinking water. Specifically, the funding will help protect underground water sources from waste and pollutants in southern West Virginia. “Clean water and fresh air for West Virginians has always been a top priority of mine," said U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. "By protecting our underground water sources, we are able to take steps forward in... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK)- In 2015 Senator Shelley Moore Capito started the program West Virginia Girls Rise Up to empower young girls through education, physical fitness and self-confidence. On Monday she brought the program to Charleston and she didn't come alone, with her was former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. "We really just want the girls to know that if they push through the fear they'll end up so much stronger on the other side and you don't know what you can accomplish if you don't push to... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Upgrades to Corridor H are getting a boost with two announcements on Friday. A $100 million grant for the West Virginia Division of Highways was announced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects. The funding will support the completion of Corridor H, specifically, an interchange at the junction of Corridor H and WV Route 72, along with... Read More

VARNEY - After years of work, the Mingo County Air Transportation Park made a big step closer to completion Friday afternoon. Officials and development partners celebrated the groundbreaking of the water/sewage holding tank infrastructure project Friday afternoon at the site at Oldfield Branch, near Varney, on WV Route 52/14, also known as Mystery Mountain Road. "Today we are commemorating the start of construction. It's a long-awaited start of construction of the water line extension... Read More

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that a contract has been awarded for another 4-mile section of Corridor H to be completed, which will bring the highway closer to Parsons. The contract, through the governor’s Roads to Prosperity program, has been awarded to Kokosing Construction Company, which submitted the low bid of $175.6 million. The project marks the second out of five phases of work that will be done to enhance Corridor H from Kerens to Parsons in... Read More

MARTINSBURG,W.Va. - Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced Martinsburg will receive a reimbursement of  $4.9 million for a water supply clean-up. "I'm so thrilled that the Air Force has finally put forward an agreement that will help recuperate the significant costs Martinsburg incurred during the cleanup of their water supply," Capito said. The reimbursement is for expenses related to the 2016 cleanup in which high levels of harmful chemicals (PFAS) were found within the city's water. In... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and federal officials were in the state capitol Monday to promote a public-private program meant to spur investment and economic opportunity in struggling regions in West Virginia. Capito was joined by Scott Turner, executive director of the White House’s Opportunity and Revitalization Council, and Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin on a walking tour of Opportunity Zones in the Charleston central business district. Last summer,... Read More

KINGWOOD, W.Va. — No one in America today should be unable to call emergency services, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday, as she stopped in Preston County to promote a national initiative to improve cellular communications for emergency services and private users. FirstNet, the First Responder Network Authority, is a wireless communications platform created by Congress to help first responders across the nation. In times of critical need, the network gives priority access to first... Read More

A bill aimed at curbing annoying and sometimes predatory robocalls cleared the U.S. Senate on Thursday and is on its way to the House of Representatives. The bill is S 151, the TRACED Act, short for Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was one of the original four sponsors of the 2018 version of the bill. One of her co-sponsors, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., sponsored this one. Including Capito and Sen. Joe Manchin. D-W.Va., it... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. (AP) — The Air Force has agreed to reimburse $4.9 million to the city of Martinsburg, West Virginia, for expenses related to the 2016 cleanup of hazardous chemicals from the city's water supply. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia announced the agreement Wednesday. A statement released by Capito's office says the Environmental Protection Agency identified high levels of contamination linked to chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-one veterans and their families were welcomed Wednesday to the nation’s capital for the 10th Always Free Honor Flight, a program which takes veterans from West Virginia on a journey that lets them see the national monuments which were erected in their honor. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. provided each veteran with a Congressional Record Statement to recognize their trip to Washington, D.C., which included a visit to the Arlington Cemetery, Iwo Jima... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The U.S. Air Force has agreed to reimburse Martinsburg $4.9 million for expenses that the city incurred in response to water-supply contamination linked to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced Wednesday. “I’m so thrilled that the Air Force has finally put forward an agreement that will help recuperate the significant costs Martinsburg incurred during the cleanup of their... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin offered praise and support for Kanawha County lawyer and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill. President Donald Trump has nominated Volk to a vacancy on the U.S. District Court bench in the Southern District. Longtime District Judge John Copenhaver recently took senior status. “Based on his experience as a judge and educator and his service to our... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Senate Commerce Committee approved one broadband act focused on improving connectivity efforts around the nation. The Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act was approved by this committee meaning it may now move to the full Senate to be voted on and approved. Senator Shelley Moore Capito voted to pass the bill in order to enhance broadband with and accuracy around America. "For those folks who are still in the remote areas who don't have good service, this is the... Read More

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators including West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito this week introduced two bills aimed at further regulating a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The chemicals include PFOA, or C-8, used to make nonstick products and other similar chemicals used in flame retardants. They have been detected in at least 10 water systems in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. Exposure has been linked to some cancers and thyroid problems at very low levels. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., acted on legislation Wednesday that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to declare per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances eligible for cleanup funds under the Superfund law. The legislation also would require that polluters undertake or pay for remediation. Joining Capito on the legislation was Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; both are members of the Senate Environment and Public Works... Read More

WASHINGTON — Both Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $600,000 of funding for West Virginia through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration. According to a release from Sen. Capito's office, the funding comes through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program and the money will support planning for prevention and... Read More

Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to improve the way patients receive care for mental illness in emergency departments. The Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act would establish a competitive grant program for emergency departments to adopt more collaborative and connected mental health care models and deploy new technology to better connect patients with appropriate resources in their communities. "With the ever-growing demands on our emergency... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $175,000 to West Virginia University (WVU) to support clinical research related to neurological disorders. “Earlier this year, I visited WVU and saw the amazing research being conducted there,” said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. “I’m so glad HHS recognizes their tremendous effort and awarded WVU this grant to help them continue their valuable work related to brain traumas. WVU... Read More