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CHARLESTON — On Monday, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute, Inc. to support telenursing software upgrades, telemedicine expansion and cardiology services integration. These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Capito, will be used to expand CAMC’s robust telenursing program... Read More

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — Some Kanawha County middle school students are feeling more confident to become whatever they want to be when they grow up. Sissonville Middle School fifth grader Ivy said it was inspiring to hear from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito during her Girls Rise Up event at her school Monday morning. “It was great. I usually don’t speak up for myself and I feel a lot more confident,” Ivy said. Ivy was one of a number of fifth grade girls at Sissonville to participate in Capito’s... Read More

A bipartisan group of senators are joining the ranks of Americans picking up paddles and playing the fastest growing sport in the country — pickleball. Once a week, the group sets aside politics to play for a while. For Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., those moments of human connection sow seeds for better communication. "It's kind of hard to treat people in an untoward way if you've been out on pickleball court, on a mountain bike trail, spent time with them," he told NPR. "We need more of that." The... Read More

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — She's West Virginia's first female U.S. Senator, and Shelley Moore Capito is helping support the next generation of women leaders with her initiative 'Girls Rise Up'. "I thought, Hey, what would I want my daughter to hear, and I want her to hear, Hey, I saw your mom at Sissonville Middle School, and I'm going to run for county commission or I'm going to own my own business," Capito said. Since 2015, Capito has brought "Girls Rise Up" to schools across West... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R.W.Va., hosted an Academy Day event Sunday at Bridgeport High School for West Virginia students interested in learning more about opportunities at the U.S. service academies and available Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarships. During the event, various service academy admissions representatives and local ROTC scholarship program representatives were available to answer questions and members of Capito’s staff provided... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — US Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in the Eastern Panhandle last week. One of her stops was in Morgan County to survey the progress on the long-awaited US Rt. 522 Bypass: (Senator Capito visited the 522 Bypass construction site last week to check in on the progress. Capito says she’s been involved in this project for quite some time and worked to secure funding for it through her role on the Appropriations Committee. Money from the infrastructure law, which she was... Read More

SISSONVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to Sissonville Middle School to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Joining Senator Capito in hosting the Girls Rise Up event were West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Beth Walker and Justice Haley Bunn. Fifth grade female students participated in the program, where they had the chance to hear from the women on their personal... Read More

Boone Memorial Hospital in Boone County, West Virginia, has received additional funding for its new wellness center that is being built to improve healthcare services for residents of Boone, Lincoln, Logan, and Kanawha counties. The hospital had already secured a $14.3 million investment from USDA Rural Development, and now an additional $3 million is being provided by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Ray Harrell, the General Council and Chief External Affairs Officer of Boone... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia’s first female U.S. Senator is working to inspire the next generation of women leaders. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito traveled to Charleston on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 to host a “West Virginia Girls Rise Up” event. Capito launched the initiative in 2015 with the goal to empower young women through education, fitness and self confidence. “I want West Virginia young girls to aspire to be anything they can be, whether it’s to be a U.S. senator or a justice... Read More

Washington D.C. (WTRF) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Washington D.C. this past week to get more money to continue to war against Russia. President Biden is pushing Congress to approve another 24 billion dollars in military aid. If approved, that would bring the total amount that the U.S. has sent to Ukraine since the war began to 135 billion dollars. West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito supports this plan, saying that any effort to weaken Putin and Russia will be... Read More

All four of West Virginia’s federally elected officials called on the national Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services this week to implement a new treatment model they believe will help support hospitals and first responders struggling with ongoing staff shortages. The treat-in-place model the legislators are proposing would allow emergency medical services to receive insurance payments for certain calls where a patient is brought somewhere other than a hospital for treatment. “There are... Read More

DANVILLE, W.Va. — More funding has come for a new, state-of-the-art medical clinic that’s developing in Boone County, which will better serve the health needs for residents of Boone, Lincoln, Logan, and Kanawha counties. Boone Memorial Hospital’s General Counsel and Chief External Affairs Officer Ray Harrell told MetroNews that in addition to the $14.3 million investment from USDA Rural Development to get the new Boone Memorial wellness center off the ground, an additional $3 million is coming... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WBOY) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito hosted one of her four Academy Days at Bridgeport High School Sunday for West Virginia students interested in learning more about admissions to the U.S. Service Academies and ROTC scholarships. Members of Senator Capito’s staff are made available at each event to provide information on academy nominations. Admission to a service academy is a two-tiered process, starting with the candidate applying through the Academy directly. There... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is taking exception to a new Biden administration rule that she says is designed to kill more energy jobs. The new rules announced last week by the White House Office of Management and Budget directs federal agencies to consider the “social cost of greenhouse gases” metrics when purchasing any goods or services, conducting the environmental review process for projects of all kinds, and levying climate penalties against private businesses. Capito,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bob Casey (D-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) bipartisan resolution to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children past infancy; in 2023, an estimated 9,910 children under the age of 14 will be diagnosed with cancer and about 1,040 will... Read More

MARTINSBURG — The past, present and future of Berkeley County was highlighted Friday for U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. She made three stops before returning to Charleston. On Thursday, Capito said she was hosted by the Department of Transportation in Morgan County to see the progress of the 522 Bypass. Making use of her time in the Eastern Panhandle, she also visited The Martinsburg Initiative (TMI) at the Ramer Center, the Interwoven Mills/Perfection Garment Company site and the... Read More

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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Boone Memorial Hospital. The $3 million in CDS funding to Boone Memorial Hospital, in Madison, will be used to renovate and equip 18,230 square feet of the former Magic Mart department store in Danville to establish the Boone Memorial Health... Read More

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the U.S. Capitol, Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia expressed her continued support for that country’s efforts to push away Russian forces. Capito, a Republican, told reporters during a conference call today that she had just come from a briefing with Zelenskyy. “He framed the situation in Ukraine as very difficult, but also an affront to every democracy — not just his, but ours and NATO democracies — and that the strength of our... Read More

Area Republicans are stepping up their criticism of President Joe Biden’s handling of the southern border. One day after Gov. Jim Justice blasted Biden for failing to secure the border, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, joined fellow Republicans Wednesday in a virtual press conference where she took aim at Biden for failing to secure the border and stop the deadly flow of narcotics — specifically fentanyl — into America. “It is true This is a 50-state problem,” Capito said of the border... Read More

Four West Virginia communities are getting nearly $12 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission for water and wastewater projects. The city of Williamson in Mingo County is the biggest recipient, with $4.2 million for water system improvements for 222 commercial and 1,520 residential customers. In Lincoln County, $3.3 million will go to the Hamlin Public Service District to upgrade sewers for 101 businesses and 586 households. In Webster County, the Cowen Public Service District will get... Read More