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Hunters can harvest more types of animals from the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge and use rifles under new regulations that recently went into effect. The refuge encompasses 22 islands spread over 362 miles of the Ohio River through West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, including Buckley, Middle, Muskingum and Neale islands in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The main changes locally involve the expansion of hunting to include crow, raccoon, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk, opossum,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Department of Education’s program to increase mental health awareness among youth and train school staff to respond has received a $1.8 million grant from the federal government. The award was announced Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. The senators said in a news release the program also works to train school teachers and employees to detect and respond to mental health issues and connect young... Read More

Federal funding totaling $451,668 to help prevent childhood lead poisoning in West Virginia was announced Friday. The award is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for childhood lead poisoning prevention. It comes as elevated lead blood levels in multiple children has led to testing and a water line replacement program for Clarksburg Water Board customers. The grant was... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced that $95,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would go to the Mountain State Parents Children and Adolescent Network. “This past year has highlighted both the mental health and substance abuse challenges Americans of all ages continue to face,” Senator Capito said. “Our children and young adults are especially susceptible, and it’s important we get through to... Read More

Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation expressed frustration and heartbreak Thursday followed the attacks that killed 12 Marines, a Navy medic and several civilians at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. “This is devastating and incredibly sad to see. Our marines were bravely performing the critical mission of evacuating Americans,” U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito tweeted. While the effort is worthwhile, @potus must ensure everything is being done to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTRF) — US Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is responding to today’s deadly attacks on American servicemen in Afghanistan. “This is devastating and incredibly sad to see. Our marines were bravely performing the critical mission of evacuating Americans. While the effort is worthwhile, @potus must ensure everything is being done to protect and support those evacuating and helping them. So far, I have been very disappointed with the actions of this... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia’s U.S. senators have released reactions to Thursday’s deadly attacks outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 13 American military personnel are among those who died after two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans gathered outside the airport, according to reports from The Associated Press. More than 140 Afghans were wounded. “Today’s horrific attacks in Kabul that killed and... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the Fayette County Family Resource Network’s eligibility to receive up to $125,000 through the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. This funding is made available through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and will help establish collaboration among communities to prevent and reduce substance use among young people. Read More

WASHINGTON — A West Virginia lawmaker is demanding full accountability for U.S. military equipment that has been left behind in Afghanistan by the Biden administration. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is seeking a complete inventory of all U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Capito and Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are leading the Republican-led accountability effort in the U.S. Senate. “It is unconscionable that... Read More

Republican lawmakers have pointed out for years that many Democratic proposals for addressing the health of our climate depend on allowing other countries to continue to do the dirty work while American employers suffer under ever-stricter regulations. One wonders whether President Joe Biden gave any thought to those complaints when he called upon the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to increase oil production as a means of lowering gasoline prices. Sen. Jim Inhofe,... Read More

A decision by President Joe Biden calling on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies to increase oil production in response to rising gas prices should be reversed, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and several Republican colleagues.  “It is astonishing that your administration is now seeking assistance from an international oil cartel when America has sufficient domestic supply and reserves to increase output, which would reduce... Read More

U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined 40 of their Republican colleagues to request an update on a federal inquiry into the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Crossfire Hurricane was the code name for the counterintelligence investigation undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from July 31, 2016, to May 17, 2017, into links between Russian officials and associates of former president Donald Trump and whether individuals associated with his... Read More

WASHINGTON — A West Virginia lawmaker is demanding full accountability for U.S. military equipment that has been left behind in Afghanistan by the Biden administration. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is seeking a complete inventory of all U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Capito and Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are leading the Republican-led accountability effort in the U.S. Senate. “It is unconscionable that... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A partnership dedicated to improving health outcomes for pregnant women and their babies in West Virginia has been awarded a $1 million federal grant. Sen. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding for the West Virginia Perinatal Partnership from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will support the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program, which works to improve maternal care in rural communities, the... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she knew about some of the innovative technology happening at Intermed Labs, part of Mon Health. But she said she had no idea just how expansive the work was. “I cannot believe how many different products and the creativity here,” Capito said. “What I think we have here is a center of excellence, so that your physicians or your medical professionals in Florida or California, they’re not going to Silicon Valley; they’re... Read More

Sixteen Republican senators sent a letter to President Biden calling on the president to use all means necessary to rescue Americans and Afghan allies trapped in Afghanistan. Senator Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., led 15 of his colleagues in a letter to the president Thursday, calling on Biden to take charge as Americans and allies alike are stuck behind Taliban lines. "From the very beginning, when you announced the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Members of... Read More

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Friday announced $1,075,002 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Community Health Systems in Beckley. This funding is allocated through the Affordable Care Act and will support the facility's Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program, which establishes or expands primary care residency programs throughout rural and underserved communities in West Virginia. Both Manchin and Capito... Read More

 U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin and the assistant secretary for economic development Alejandra Castillo were in the Jewel City Tuesday. Three grants totaling more than two million dollars from the Economic Development Administration were awarded to three separate organizations in the hopes of spurring on economic development in the area. In a two-stop tour of Huntington, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin and newly appointed assistant secretary... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Following the chaotic fall of the government in Afghanistan and the ongoing evacuation, The Dominion Post spoke on Monday with Secretary of State Mac Warner, who spent five years there as a contracted advisor. We also solicited comments from Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito. Warner served 23 years active duty as a U.S. Army office then five years as a contractor in Afghanistan advising the Ministry of Justice, Attorney General’s Office, Supreme Court and... Read More

WASHINGTON — A pilot program to is in the works to increase COVID vaccinations and testing in West Virginia’s rural and more vulnerable communities. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced last week $3.5 million has been earmarked for the Community Education Group (CEG). The funding comes from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and will “support and expand vaccination efforts in rural communities, including recruiting and... Read More