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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., applauded President Trump’s nomination for Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Monday. Frank W. Volk had been recommended by Sen. Capito to President Trump for the position, according to a news release from the Senator’s office. “Frank has served West Virginia honorably as a bankruptcy judge and as a law clerk to several of our state’s most... Read More

The Rainelle Medical Center will receive $2,092,044 in federal funding to continue its primary and preventative care services. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin jointly made the announcement on Tuesday. “Our community health centers are an essential component of West Virginia’s health care system,” U.S. Senator Capito said. “By providing access to primary health services in rural areas, professionals like those at Rainelle Medical Center fill a... Read More

Rainelle Medical Center will receive more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The center provides primary care services, preventative health care, including mammograms for uninsured women, as well as black lung treatment. “I am thrilled Rainelle Medical Center will receive this funding so that they can better serve their community, through providing essential medical services to West Virginians and give rural West Virginians access to... Read More

OAK HILL, WV (WVNS) - Senator Shelley Moore Capito came to Oak Hill High School Friday, March 29th, to speak about the importance of financial literacy. Students at the high school were recognized for their involvement in the Capitol Hill Challenge Stock Market Game. Senator Capito provided some insight to the upperclassmen who are getting ready to graduate. She also shared some background knowledge on what it means to earn and save money. "We want to encourage our younger generation... Read More

MORGANTOWN — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and members of the West Virginia University gymnastics team recently made a stop in Morgantown to visit with fifth grade girls at North Elementary School as part of Capito’s West Virginia Girls Rise Up program. This marks the second Girls Rise Up event that Capito and WVU Gymnastics have hosted together and the 17th event since the program’s launch in 2015. “Empowering the next generation of female leaders... Read More

The Oak Hill Red Devils welcomed U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to their high school Friday as she spoke on the importance of financial literacy after graduating. Capito spoke with a group of students currently learning about global capital markets, economics, investing, and personal finance in preparation for the 2019 SIFMA Foundation Capitol Hill Challenge (CHC) Stock Market Game, a national financial education competition for public middle and high schools that reaches every... Read More

Editor: West Virginia’s superb brook trout fishing is one of the reasons why there are more anglers per capita in West Virginia than in most other states, and why fishing generates close to 7,000 jobs and more than a half-billion dollars of economic activity in the state. Thanks to a new bill introduced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., the fishing could get even better. Sen. Capito recently introduced the bipartisan Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act, a bill... Read More

Bipartisan legislation was introduced Wednesday to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to detect and identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl.  The Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act would establish a new grant program through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help state and local law enforcement organizations secure these high-tech, portable screening devices, the release said. Without these devices, suspected drugs have to be... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. - This Women's History Month WOWK traveled to Washington D.C. to sit down with the women representing the Mountain State. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate and has been serving there since 2014. Before her days in the Senate she was in the House of Representatives for 14 years. Capito now uses her platform as a Senator to help other women and that includes her program West Virginia Girls Rise Up. The Senator... Read More

CHARLESTON — West Virginia is getting an infusion of federal dollars to help the state with its massive substance abuse crisis. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the state more than $14 million to curb abuse of opioids. The state Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday it plans to use the grant for medication-assisted treatment to gradually step down drug abusers off heroin, OxyContin and other strong opioids. “Using... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a procedural motion on the Green New Deal, an effort to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and address the nation’s top environmental concerns including climate change. Republicans forced the vote, in which all 53 Republicans voted against the motion. Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Doug Jones of Alabama and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona opposed the measure, as did independent Angus King of... Read More

PARKERSBURG — Three U.S. senators from Ohio and West Virginia support the public release of the special counsel’s report on the Russian interference in the 2016 election. “As I’ve said consistently, I believe the report should be made public, with important exceptions for grand jury or classified information, and I hope the attorney general provides as much information to the public as he possibly can, as soon as he can,” Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio,... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded more than $1 million for the West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation through HRSA’s Healthy Start Initiative.  The funding aims to improve the health of mothers and children before, during, and after pregnancy through education, resources, and support, the release said.  “Alarmingly, maternal mortality rates are on the rise in... Read More

These days, quite a few politicians seem to believe the key to success is pandering to one’s so-called “core constituency.” It appears most Democrats consider that to be the 20-30 percent of the people with very liberal views, while most Republicans appeal to the 20-30 percent with very conservative outlooks. What about the 40-60 percent of us stuck in the middle? Anyone remember old-fashioned values such as constituent service and politics being the art of... Read More

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — The Kanawha County Board of Education is receiving about $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse the board for temporary classrooms bought after the 2016 floods that destroyed Herbert Hoover High School. The funding from the agency's public assistance program was announced Friday by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. “Almost three years later, communities across... Read More

WASHINGTON (WDTV) - West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given West Virginia over $14.6 million to fight the state's opioid epidemic. “West Virginia has been at the frontlines of the fight against the opioid epidemic and is now ground zero for recovery efforts," Manchin, a Democrat, said. "This funding will enable West Virginia to provide our citizens with the help that they need in... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education will receive more than $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for the portable classrooms being used by Herbert Hoover High School. The announcement Friday by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is related to the purchasing of the classrooms after the school building was destroyed in the June 2016 food. Clendenin Elementary School was also destroyed by... Read More

MONONGALIA, W.Va. - One of the nation's top experts on aging comes to West Virginia to learn about WVU's progress with Alzheimer's and Dementia research. National Institute on Aging Deputy Director, Doctor Marie Bernard, met with Senator Shelley Moore Capito and WVU research leaders Wednesday morning in Morgantown. Vice President and Executive Dean of Health Sciences, Doctor Dean Marsh, talked with Bernard and Capito about the major breakthroughs the team of doctors has made with... Read More

MONONGALIA, W.Va. - Monongalia County 5th grade girls are learning how to be confident and successful community leaders. Senator Shelley Moore Capito brought her West Virginia Rirls 'Rise Up Program' to students at North Elementary School in Morgantown Wednesday morning. WVU Women's Gymnastic team members joined the senator teaching students about education, physical well being and self confidence. Capito says reaching out to young girls and giving them confidence is critical at... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R) is the first female U.S. Senator in West Virginia’s history. She followed her father's journey into public office, but she has made a name for herself. Ever since she was a little girl, Capito could remember her earliest memories about government politics. “I remember as a young girl riding in parades, going to political dinners and listening to speeches...and I think that ignited an interest for me,” said... Read More