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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has announced more than $3 million in federal funding for West Virginia disaster relief. Sen. Capito announced on Thursday that $3,944,851.61 would be provided through the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the West Virginia Division of Emergency Management. The funds will be used to continue recovery projects after severe flooding across the state in April... Read More

BLUEFIELD — Bluefield State University will receive a $7.145 million Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) award to support the creation of a state-of-the-art health care training facility at the BSU Medical Education Center, university officials announced Friday. The Fiscal Year 2024 CDS request was submitted by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va. “Bluefield State has been an educational cornerstone in southern West... Read More

BLUEFIELD, WV (WVNS) — A generous award will be given to Bluefield State University to help with their healthcare training facility at the BSU Medical Education Center (MEC). The award, which totals $7.145 million, is a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) award that was submitted by Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Joe Manchin, and Congresswoman Carol Miller. “Bluefield State has been an educational cornerstone in southern West Virginia for generations. As the leading Republican on the... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced more than $3 million in federal funding for disaster relief in West Virginia. The funding, from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, is meant to aid recovery efforts after severe flooding in April 2018. The funds will go to the West Virginia Division of Emergency Management for ongoing recovery projects. FEMA also surveyed homes in Bridgeport affected by severe storms and flooding in August 2023. For more... Read More

The Biden administration is creating regulatory confusion across the nation’s natural gas sector via haphazard implementation of the natural gas tax under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), says U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). More than a year and a half has passed since President Joe Biden signed the IRA — “the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree” — into law, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved forward on implementing many of the IRA’s spending programs and... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Bluefield State University will receive $7.145 million in congressionally directed spending to support the creation of a health care training facility at the school’s medical education center. That’s according to a release from the university. The funds will be used to create two wings at the medical education center that will feature expanded classrooms, lab space and offices. The school currently offers a variety of health care programs at the school including... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito from West Virginia highlighted the significant impact of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the state in an op-ed published in The Dominion Post. Capito emphasized how NIH funding has transformed healthcare accessibility within West Virginia over the past decade, stating, "10 years ago, many West Virginians had to leave the state to get treatment for certain diseases, illnesses, or other medical issues. That is not the case today thanks in part to... Read More

MORGANTOWN – If you’re stressed about the potential demise of TikTok (or maybe delighted), don’t be, Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday. It will continue – under a different owner and – maybe, who knows – a different name. The senators both mentioned the TikTok bill pending in Congress during separate appearances at Wednesday’s Focus Forward symposium, organized by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing resources to the West Virginia Division of Emergency Management for disaster relief efforts in the state. The funding, amounting to $3,944,851.61, is aimed at supporting ongoing recovery projects following a major weather disaster that occurred in April 2018. In a statement, Senator Capito highlighted the importance of such funding for... Read More

MORGANTOWN — A single question vexed business leaders, political officials and educators Wednesday at the Focus Forward Conference. “What we’re all trying to figure out is, is it going to run our lives,” Gayle Manchin, co-founder of the Focus Forward conference, said. “Or, are we going to run it? Is it going to be a combination somewhere in between?” Over 500 guests registered for Focus Forward, which was held at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place to try and wrangle the topic. The... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Monday wrote EPA Administrator Michael Regan outlining what she sees as significant legal and economic concerns with the agency’s proposed tax on natural gas producers. The tax is being implemented as part of the Democrats’ so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” targeting American energy workers and employers, Capito said in a news release. “Together with other policies like the ‘pause’ on approvals of liquefied natural gas... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia National Guard will reap big benefits from the recently approved federal budget. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito were able to secure $34 Million in military construction funding and $7 million in defense funding secured through the appropriations packages passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 9 and 23, 2024. “We have a wide range of projects that are going to go across the state of West Virginia,” said Lt.... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — During a visit to Morgantown on Wednesday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Monica Bertognolli toured WVU’s Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine’s Lung Cancer Mobile Screening Unit, also known as LUCAS. The mobile unit was located in the parking lot of the WVU Health Sciences Center, and was open for the public to come tour. LUCAS is the only fully mobile unit of its kind in the nation and offers a full-sized CT Scan. The... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On March 27, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), hosted Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Morgantown, W.Va. for a series of visits at West Virginia University (WVU) to highlight the work being done at the university through NIH funding. During the visit, Senator Capito and Director... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito visited West Virginia University’s Health Sciences Campus Wednesday alongside the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. During the visit, Bertagnolli gave a presentation titled “Visions for Enhancing the Nation’s Health,” which discussed the overall health in West Virginia and the U.S. and what can be done to improve it. “West Virginia is one of the most important places I could think of to really... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — State officials, educators and industry leaders gathered Wednesday in Morgantown for the sixth annual Focus Forward conference. This year’s conference featured a wide variety of speakers who each explored how emerging technologies related to artificial intelligence have impacted and will continue to impact the ways West Virginians learn, live and work. Speakers not only discussed the rapidly evolving tech of AI itself, but also touched on issues of internet... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke at the 911 Emerging Technologies Symposium in Charleston, West Virginia. The event aimed to help telecommunicators from county 911 centers and featured 19 vendors with new equipment and technologies. The focus was on moving to Next Generation 911 (NG911) for precise location accuracy and faster call-answering times. According to West Virginia NENA Chapter President Russell Emrick, five counties have started upgrading to NG911, with the goal of enabling all 55... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia National Guard will receive more than $34 million in military construction funding and $7 million in defense funding secured through the bipartisan appropriations packages passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden. The funding, which was supported by both Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, will increase the capabilities and readiness of the more than 6,500 soldiers, airmen and civilian employees in the West Virginia... Read More

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted her 31st West Virginia Girls Rise Up event at Anna Jarvis Elementary School in Grafton Tuesday. Capito, joined by Miss Morgantown Sarah Lojewski, brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to fourth graders at Anna Jarvis to promote female empowerment, education, fitness and self-confidence. “I started thinking about the things in my life that have really been helpful to me, and I try to relate it to what I felt like when... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin delivered remarks Tuesday at the West Virginia 911 Conference symposium in Charleston where officials had the chance to talk about the next steps when it comes to emergency response. An upgrade called “Next Generation 911” would allow people to send texts, photos and video to help telecommunicators with information straight from the scene. Senator Capito also took time to say thank you to the ones who are on the other end... Read More