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WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — Ghosts and goblins aren’t the scariest thing about Halloween….it’s what could be in YOUR child’s treat bags. It’s a deadly drug that looks JUST like candy. Rainbow fentanyl is real and it’s right here in the Mountain State.Every year as soon as October hits kids get excited for Halloween, from picking out their costume, to trick or treating. But as much fun as that... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announce $775,700 in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).The funding is part of the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (Chesapeake WILD) program for two West Virginian projects.Individual awards include $499,800 to West Virginia Land Trust to help preserve and restore one of two remaining populations of the... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) made a statement regarding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data on migrant encounters at the U.S. southern border in September.“The reports that migrant border crossings broke a record for the past year are stunning in scope, but sadly not surprising. Seeing illegal crossings for FY22 at 2.34 million, topping the previous high, which was last year, should startle even this administration into... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Clorox has opened a new West Virginia cat litter plant that is expected to create more than 100 new jobs.The company says the Martinsburg facility officially opened on Friday, with plans to bring $190 million into the local economy.The facility is in a West Virginia Eastern Panhandle community that includes suburbs of Washington. The plant is expected to reach full capacity by early next year.The project includes a 97,000-square-foot main building and 450,000... Read More

MORGANTOWN – As Halloween approaches, elected officials and medical experts are warning parents – and kids – to be aware of a growing trend of drug traffickers disguising fentanyl as candy.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has joined 12 other GOP senators to put out a public service announcement about the problem. And following a Monongalia County drug bust where so-called “rainbow fentanyl” was seized, three WVU pharmacy professors joined to issue their own... Read More

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The National Weather Service office in Kanawha County now has a newer and bigger home. And it has some neat “bells and whistles” to go along with it.Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held Thursday morning for an expanded National Weather Service office in South Charleston. The agency simply outgrew its cramped quarters on Corridor-G.The new offices are in a bigger building at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. It also... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announce $440,681 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).Bipartisan Safer Communities Act provided the funding to expand mental healthcare services for children and youth in West Virginia.“The COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional burdens on many young West Virginians facing mental health issues, and the... Read More

State and local officials, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, ceremoniously break ground at the site of the Mountaineer Recovery Village in Kearneysville.Officials broke ground Friday afternoon on the Mountaineer Recovery Village, a first-of-its-kind sober-living housing development in the Eastern Panhandle.The development is part of Mountaineer Recovery Center (MRC), a substance use treatment campus in Kearneysville. It’s set to provide its patients with housing and transportation after... Read More

MARTINSBURG – The opening ceremony for The Clorox Company’s Fresh Step Cat Litter plant took place on Friday, with the facility opening its doors to the community for the first time.“We are certainly glad to have you here today and to be able to celebrate, on this beautiful morning, all of those who helped make possible the opening of our Martinsburg cat litter plant. It is a momentous celebration,” Jennifer Richter, vice president of manufacturing at The Clorox Company,... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The first bag of cat litter to come off the production line at the new Clorox production plant in Martinsburg was cut open during a Friday morning ceremony.The 97,000 square foot plant, which will produce the company’s Fresh Step and Scoop Away products, starts out with more than 100 workers, more than 80 of them from West Virginia.“We’ve found there’s really a great number of skills and readily available to come work at the plant,”... Read More

MARTINSBURG – The official groundbreaking of the Mountaineer Recovery Village took place on Friday, offering great hopes for the future of recovery.Mountaineer Recovery Village will be established as a covenant-based community where 200-plus families will live in a sober neighborhood. The village will offer diverse housing units that will allow those in early recovery to live with family members in a neighborhood setting.Amenities will include park features, playgrounds, walking trails and... Read More

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The National Weather Service office in Kanawha County now has a newer and bigger home. And it has some neat “bells and whistles” to go along with it.Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held Thursday morning for an expanded National Weather Service office in South Charleston. The agency simply out grew its cramped quarters on Corridor-G.The new offices are in a bigger building at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. It also... Read More

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Charleston say opening a new facility will help enhance their goal of providing accurate forecasts to the region.A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday at the new building located at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. Staff moved in a few weeks ago.“This site offers a spacious environment for the staff to perform our mission critical to protect life and... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announce $2,659,835 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).Eleven West Virginia programs will use the funding to promote public safety by expanding law enforcement hiring capacity, implementing community policing strategies, and expanding access to mental health services.Individual Awards include $500,000 for the Greenbrier County Board... Read More

The relocation of the National Weather Service’s Charleston Forecast Office from Southridge Centre to a new building in the West Virginia Regional Technology Park, in South Charleston, was officially acknowledged during a ceremony on Thursday.“This site offers a spacious environment for us to continue our mission of protecting lives and property,” Jamie Bielinski, the forecast office’s meteorologist in charge, told those attending a ribbon-cutting event for the new... Read More

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Charleston say opening a new facility will help enhance their goal of providing accurate forecasts to the region.A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday at the new building located at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. Staff moved in a few weeks ago.“This site offers a spacious environment for the staff to perform our mission critical to protect life and... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has joined her peers in reintroducing a bill to strengthen measures to combat sexual assault on college campuses.Capito, R-W.Va., said last week she recently joined senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA).The act seeks to protect students by providing them with additional resources and strengthening colleges’ accountability and transparency standards,... Read More

CABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Senator Shelley Moore Capito went to Cabell County on Tuesday to, “inspire the next generation of female leaders,” through her “West Virginia Girls Rise Up” program.Senator Capito’s website says the event is empowering young women through, “education, physical fitness and self-confidence.”She went to Barboursville Middle School with Marshall Health CEO, Beth Hammers.“We just want to inspire the next generation... Read More

BARBOURSVILLE — Barboursville Middle School sixth-graders got a visit from local representatives and health workers to discuss physical and emotional wellness Tuesday.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., visited the school for the West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to talk about self-confidence, education and wellness. She started the program in 2015 after becoming the first female senator from West Virginia.“I got the opportunity to talk to sixth-grade girls about leadership and... Read More

CHARLESTON — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has joined her peers in reintroducing a bill to strengthen measures to combat sexual assault on college campuses.Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday she recently joined senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA).The act seeks to protect students by providing them with additional resources and strengthening colleges’ accountability and... Read More