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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare has put "a lot more impetus" on passing tax reform in Congress."I'm feeling very positive about the tax plan," said Capito, R-WV, who was in Martinsburg on Friday to attend the kickoff reception for the 42nd biennial convention of West Virginia Federation of Republican Women hosted by the Gateway Republican Women."To get the economy moving more positively, and to get us out of this... Read More

MARTINSBURG — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s top advice for aspiring public servants: Learn to listen as skillfully as you learn to speak. On Thursday morning, Capito offered leadership pointers to a small group of junior and seniors enrolled in Mrs. Brianna Riffle’s leadership class at Spring Mills High School.Spring Mills will be hosting Sen. Capito’s first of four “Academy Days” on Saturday. The event is for West Virginia students interested in... Read More

After eight years in which federal policy often seemed calculated to harm West Virginia's economy rather than help Mountain State residents, something of a corner has been turned. President Donald Trump has vowed to put an end to needlessly harmful regulation of the coal and natural gas industries. He and others in his administration have made a start at that.Trump and his Cabinet members have a broader agenda: making federal regulators partners with the private sector rather than adversaries.... Read More

WASHINGTON – More than $3 million federal funding for health centers and rural health organizations across West Virginia will include a $175,700 grant for the Williamson Health and Wellness Center in Williamson.The grants totaling $3,683,255 were announced this week by U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va), according to news releases.The funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S.... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced close to $3.7 million in federal funding for health centers in West Virginia. This includes close to $530,000 for projects in southern West Virginia. Monroe County Health Center in Union was awarded $175,700; New River Health Association in Scarbro was awarded $175,701 and Rainelle Medical Center in Rainelle was awarded $175,700.This funding will help increase access to substance abuse and mental health services by providing... Read More

BECKLEY — West Virginia State Police Lt. Michael Baylous has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia.Trump announced his first wave of United States Marshal nominations Monday. Baylous currently serves as the public information officer for the West Virginia State Police. He has been with the West Virginia State Police since 1994. Before joining the State Police, he served in the Marine Corps Reserves in Cross Lanes from... Read More

CHARLESTON — More than two years after a massive landslide at Yeager Airport in Charleston took out an emergency runway overrun area, state and federal officials gathered to announce a $13.5 million federal grant to finally repair the damage.“This took an act of Congress,” said Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper, adding that repairs to the hillside above Keystone Drive in Charleston, where the landslide occurred, were technically not eligible for federal... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will host four Academy Days, including one in October in Beckley. Academy Days are for students interested in learning about admission to the U.S. service academies and available Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or ROTC, scholarships.The Beckley event will be 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 7 at Woodrow Wilson High School.Members of Capito’s staff will be available at each event to provide information on academy nominations, a press release said.Admissions... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Crews at Charleston’s Yeager Airport can now begin emergency repairs to the hillside that collapsed at the end of the runway more than two years ago.Yeager officials accepted a $13.5 million federal grant Monday at the top of the airport’s overrun safety area where the slip occurred March 12, 2015. The money will be used to help pay for the first phase of construction.West Virginia’s congressional leaders announced the funding last week. U.S. Senators... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Yeager Airport will receive a grant worth more than $13.4 million for repairs to the facility’s runway safety area, more than two years after it was destroyed.The engineered materials arrestor system is designed to stop airplanes if an aircraft overruns or comes off the runway.This area to Runway 5/23 at West Virginia’s largest airport was destroyed in a March 2015 hillslide. The slide also destroyed the Keystone Apostolic Church and damaged two homes... Read More

WORTHINGTON — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined Worthington residents and members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the town’s riverbank protection project.The project, which has been 17 years in the making, is designed to protect the town’s vacuum-type sewer line from erosion along the West Fork River.The Army Corps of Engineers reinforced around 1,400 feet of riverbank, according to former Worthington Mayor Sandra Hulsey, who... Read More

Last week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., invited guests from Washington, D.C., to get a first-hand look at the damage the substance abuse epidemic is doing to West Virginia – and the work being done to combat it, in the face of enormous challenges.Lawrence Muir, general counsel and acting chief of staff for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, got a look at two facilities in Charleston, Rea of Hope and Recovery Point Charleston, that could be templates for similar... Read More

Wooden painted plaques representing the Army, Navy and Air Force line the walls of the new Medal of Honor Hall at the Beckley VA Medical Center, along with the names of 13 Medal of Honor recipients from southern West Virginia and a U.S. flag.It is not just any ordinary flag hanging on the brand new white walls of the hall, but a flag donated by Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams, given to him by U.S. representatives. He said that flag is now in its rightful place."Why me?"... Read More

ELGOOD — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito greeted people in Elgood Saturday when she stopped by for a new water line project groundbreaking ceremony. Capito spent the day in Mercer County, also making stops at Bluefield State College, Mercer County Airport and the DISH Network offices.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., wants more done in Washington, and she remains optimistic that the political process can change.But some cooperation in that direction will have to come from Pres. Donald Trump,... Read More

ELGOOD — After eight years of work and determination, 162 families in the Elgood area will soon be getting clean, fresh water.County, state and federal officials, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., gathered at Mountain View Community Church in Elgood Friday morning for the groundbreaking of a water line that consists of 67,000 linear feet of new lines.“The community is eager to have good, clean, fresh water,” Mercer County Commissioner Gene Buckner said as he... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A top drug policy official in Washington is getting a look at what recovery centers in Charleston are doing after President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a “national emergency.”“There’s such a critical need here and our presence here is supposed to show that we are not forgetting about what West Virginia is going through,” said Lawrence Muir, general counsel and acting chief of staff for the White House Office of National... Read More

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced funding Monday for a West Virginia University project to prevent and treat the opioid epidemic. The project, “Rural West Virginia Responds to Opioid Injection Epidemics: From Data to Action project at WVU,” will receive $525,031 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with several other federal agencies, to develop comprehensive approaches to prevent and treat consequences of... Read More

MADISON, W.Va. – Federal, state and local officials continue to work to coordinate and encourage efforts to increase internet connectivity, broadband access and cellular phone service in West Virginia."Broadband access continues to be an issue in the southern coalfield communities in West Virginia," said Kris Mitchell, director at Boone County Community and Economic Development Corp.Mitchell says there can be no real diversification efforts in her county without increased broadband... Read More

Gov. Jim Justice has asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster for the state for last month’s floods, landslides, mudslides and wind damage that affected several counties in the northern part of the state.According to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Justice sent a letter to the White House last Thursday.U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Reps. David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins also sent... Read More

Four U.S. Senators announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense would cover new care plans to support Alzheimer’s patients covered through TRICARE and their families.More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and more than 15 million people serve as their caregivers, according to a release. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Ed Markey, D-Mass., had strongly urged the department to... Read More