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HUNTINGTON – President Donald Trump will officially declare the opioid crisis a "national emergency," the president announced Thursday during a security briefing in Bedminster, New Jersey.Trump told The Associated Press the drug crisis afflicting the nation is a "serious problem the likes of which we have never had" and says he's drawing up documents "to so attest."A drug commission convened by Trump recently called for a national emergency declaration to help deal with the opioid crisis.... Read More

Head Start programs in Beckley and Oak Hill will receive more than $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF).Specifically, Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc. will receive $1,046,927 and Fayette County Child Development Center will receive $2,278,650. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced the funding in a release... Read More

There is a growing push in Washington to declare a public health emergency to combat the deadly opioid epidemic. If such a declaration can help save lives, and provide additional resources to the states to help battle the opioid crisis, then it would be welcomed.Last week, the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis asked President Trump to declare a national public health emergency to combat the opioid epidemic.The commission concluded that... Read More

MARTINSBURG — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced $8,037,121 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources Administration for Children and Families to support Head Start programs in West Virginia.Head Start and Early Start programs were implemented in 1965 to better prepare preschool children emotionally and academically for school and life, according to the MountainHeart Community Services Inc. website. In addition to providing educational... Read More

CHARLES TOWN – Currently serving as Jefferson County chief deputy prosecuting attorney, Bill Powell was recently nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.Recommended by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., earlier in the year, Powell earned his law degree at the West Virginia University of Law in 1985, and he has previously worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992. He also... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed “Jessie’s Law” Thursday, a significant step in helping doctors understand their patients’ history with opioids.The bill, which was introduced by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., would require the federal Department of Health and Human Services to develop standards for hospitals and medical professionals, enabling them to have full knowledge of a patient’s opioid addiction following consent.The legislation is named... Read More

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Co. will receive $170,858 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fire-safety issues.The overall FEMA funding, which totals $4,252,133, covers nine West Virginia counties, according to a news release from U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.The grant awarded Friday to the Berkeley Springs fire department comes from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, and will help the... Read More

A group of senators have re-introduced a bill to allow the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land to pay tribute to the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services (EMS).Under the National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act, a memorial would be constructed in the greater District of Columbia area.Each year, 850,000 EMS first responders across the nation answer more than... Read More

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. announced West Virginia will receive more than $2.7 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support programs to detect, control and understand cancer. Specifically, the funding will be used to implement the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) and the National Program of Cancer Registries... Read More

President Donald Trump should "declare a national emergency" and increase tools and funding to states to combat a growing opioid drug epidemic, an interim draft report by the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis suggests.The report, released Monday, July 31, cities federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 142 Americans die every day from drug overdoses, and says more than 560,000 people died from drug overdoses between 1999 and... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources Administration for Children and Families is awarding more than $8 million to support Head Start programs in southern West Virginia, including about $2.6 million to programs in Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Head Start is a federal program promoting school readiness of children from birth to 5 years old from low-income families aiming to enhance cognitive, social and emotional development.U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito... Read More

West Virginia will receive an additional $42 million for flood relief from the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin and U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins announced the grant in Thursday news releases. Thursday's announcement of the additional $42,383,000 award, combined with the previous $107 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster grant, brings the state's total funding in response to the storm to about $149 million,... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced $8,037,121 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to support Head Start programs in Williamson, Bluefield, Beckley, Oceana and Moorefield.“Our children in West Virginia deserve the best education resources available,” Senator Manchin said.“This grant money will ensure the success of early childhood... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a budget hearing this week, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito praised the Bureau of the Fiscal Service office in Parkersburg and invited Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to come see it himself.The Republican senator from West Virginia also supported a Department of Transportation budget that increased funding for Essential Air Service — which subsidizes commercial flights at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport — by $5 million over the House of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday West Virginia will receive an additional $42.4 million for ongoing flood relief efforts following the June 2016 flood that claimed 23 lives.The money, which will help in the construction of new homes for flood victims, will come through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).A news release from Capito’s office said... Read More

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., are among a bipartisan group of senators who have signed onto legislation that would expand and reform coverage under the ages-old G.I. Bill.Manchin and Capito are among senators who have joined with Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, in introducing the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017. The legislation is named after... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia airports will receive federal funds to make terminal and runway repairs.U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced more than $11.6 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for Yeager Airport in Charleston and Tri-State Airport in Huntington.“That’s for Taxiway A improvements, roof improvements, some lighting improvements on the taxiways,” said Yeager Airport Director... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hopes the federal government will get behind a proposal to create a regional ethane storage hub somewhere in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia now that U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is aware of the idea.Capito held a roundtable discussion July 7 with Perry, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. and state Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher to talk about the economic possibilities for West Virginia if an ethane storage... Read More

WHEELING — A bill re-introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday would pay up to $50 a ton to entities capturing CO2 pollution from coal-fired power plants and other sources of carbon emissions.Sen. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va., is among senators sponsoring the FUTURE Act — which stands for “furthering carbon capture, utilization, technology, underground storage and reduced emissions.”The bill would provide tax credits for the capture and sequestration of carbon emissions... Read More

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday leading a push for a bill intended to balance the interests of the fossil fuel industry and the environmental community by increasing tax credits for carbon capture technology.The bill is called the FUTURE Act – for “Furthering carbon capture, Utilization, Technology, Underground storage and Reduced Emissions.” It was originally introduced in 2016 and Capito joined with... Read More