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WASHINGTON, D.C (WOWK) – A Putnam County healthcare center is getting funding to expand its telehealth services.According to U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the Federal Communications Commission is giving FamilyCare Health Center in Scott Depot $406,986 to purchase laptops and video conferencing software. The funding will also help the center improve its network and network security.Craig Glover, President/CEO of FamilyCare Health Centers, says the funding... Read More

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers presenting Virginia and West Virginia praised legislation Monday that will address the nation’s highways, bridges and other infrastructure after President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, both D-Va., issued released a statement after attending the White House bill signing ceremony for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.“It’s with great... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (NIDA), Dr. Nora Volkow, visited West Virginia University’s (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) along with Director Dr. Ali Rezai today.The visit included a presentation delivered by Dr. Volkow on the national opioid crisis, namely the drug fentanyl, and an overview of “the RNI’s efforts for innovation... Read More

OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she believes the Build Back Better bill is reckless spending, and she's not going to vote to approve it as is.The bill addresses subjects like universal childcare, affordable housing and climate control.The bill, which will be addressed by the House this week, is about $2 trillion dollars.Capito believes that's too much, especially with the current inflation.“It's basically let's spend trillions of dollars and, oh,... Read More

WASHINGTON — A recently passed Senate bill could lead to the use of security cameras inside VA health care facilities, according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.The Senate-approved bill, which passed the House earlier this year, is sponsored by fellow West Virginia Republicans Representatives David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Carol Miler and is companion legislation to the Senate version.Speaking with reporters Thursday, Capito said the bill was drafted in response to the actions of... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito came to WVU Monday, along with Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).They visited WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) with Director Dr. Ali Rezai to learn about RNI’s innovative work on addiction. Volkow delivered a presentation on the national opioid crisis with a focus on fentanyl.Capito talked with The Dominion Post about the visit and Volkow’s... Read More

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A workshop was held Saturday on Marshall University’s campus to help teach girls life and leadership skills.The workshop was part of the Girl Scout Badge College. The Girl Scouts were able to select two workshops to participate in with a chance to earn two badges.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who is co-chair of the Girl Scouts’ Honorary Troop Capitol Hill was on hand to share the importance of the Girl Scouts.“I can personally... Read More

Jackson County’s Constellium Rolled Products has restarted its 114-inch cold rolling mill with some major upgrades. There is still work to be done, but for now, the team can celebrate some forward momentum brought about by important federal partnerships.“This achievement was made possible by our partnership with the (Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment) program and the Department of Defense,” said Buddy Stemple, CEO of Constellium Rolled Products... Read More

BETHLEHEM — The “Build Back Better” federal social spending bill needs to be better and less costly before U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will back it.   Capito, R-West Virginia, expressed her thoughts on the $1.75 trillion piece of legislation while in Bethlehem Wednesday for a “Girls Rise Up” event at Bethlehem Elementary School.   “Honestly, I think that bill is just a reckless taxing and spending bill,” she said.... Read More

FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. — The completion of U.S. 35, a project more than half a Century in the making, was celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Thursday with representatives from federal, state, county and municipal offices in attendance, along with hundreds of community members who had the unique opportunity to stand on the roadway before it opened.The grand opening was hosted by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice who was joined for the ceremony by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S.... Read More

BETHLEHEM — The “Build Back Better” federal social spending bill needs to be better and less costly before U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will back it.Capito, R-West Virginia, expressed her thoughts on the $1.75 trillion piece of legislation while in Bethlehem Wednesday for a “Girls Rise Up” event at Bethlehem Elementary School.“Honestly, I think that bill is just a reckless taxing and spending bill,” she said. “It is way... Read More

FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. (AP) — A decadeslong effort to reroute and widen U.S. Route 35 to four lanes in West Virginia became a reality Thursday with completion of the final upgraded link.Gov. Jim Justice and other leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony before hundreds of people for a 15-mile segment of the highway near the Putnam County community of Fraziers Bottom. It’s the last part of U.S. 35 from Interstate 64 to the West Virginia-Ohio state line to be widened.The road is heavily... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – Governor Jim Justice and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin celebrated the grand opening of the completion of U.S. Route 35 on Thursday.The U.S. Route 35 project took 53 years to complete in its entirety.The completion project of U.S. Route 35 was kicked off by Gov. Justice in 2019 as part of the Roads to Prosperity program.The project is the 1,000 project completed through the Roads to Prosperity program.This project allows travelers to drive on a... Read More

FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. (AP) — A decadeslong effort to reroute and widen U.S. Route 35 to four lanes in West Virginia became a reality Thursday with completion of the final upgraded link.Gov. Jim Justice and other leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony before hundreds of people for a 15-mile segment of the highway near the Putnam County community of Fraziers Bottom. It’s the last part of U.S. 35 from Interstate 64 to the West Virginia-Ohio state line to be widened.The road is heavily... Read More

MASON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and other Mountain State officials cut the ribbon on a major infrastructure project that many say has been a long time coming.With a lot of pomp and circumstance, the road termed ‘the gateway to the south’ is newly opened.“Nine governors, and 53 years. There’s hardly an engineer that’s been in the industry any length of time that hasn’t worked on this project in one form or another,”... Read More

CHARLESTON — “What you see here today is a tremendous achievement,” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday, while standing on U.S. 35 in Putnam County.That area was part of the final 14.6-mile leg of the roadway, a project five decades in the making, according to a release from the Governor’s Office.With the final piece now completed, Gov. Justice, other state officials, members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation and others attended a grand opening... Read More

BUFFALO, W.Va. — On a smooth open road driving through the West Virginia mountains, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, saw a major road project she’s been working to fund for much of her political career come to fruition.   “I never thought I’d see this day,” Capito (R-W.Va.) told MetroNews during a ride-along Thursday down 11 of the 14.6 miles of expanded U.S. Route 35 from Putnam to Mason County. The senator drove down the new four lane highway following... Read More

WHEELIING W.Va. (WTRF) Inflation is on the rise and that’s just one of many reasons one U.S Senator from West Virginia is saying no to the build back better bill.The Build Back Better Bill could be voted on next week in the House.  Then it’ll make it’s way to the Senate where we know Senator Capito doesn’t like what she sees.It addresses universal preschool, an extended child tax credit, affordable housing, and climate change initiatives.... Read More

FRAZIER’S BOTTOM, W.Va. — Almost everybody in the crowd that had gathered on the final four-lane stretch of U.S. Route 35 Thursday had a story about whether they thought the road would ever be completed.Those questions were answered when the ribbon was cut on the 14.6 mile stretch that will link Frazier’s Bottom in Putnam County to Beech Hill in Mason County, making the 37-mile highway all four-lane.“The first comment we had to each here was, ‘Did we ever think... Read More

WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in Wheeling Wednesday to host a Girls Rise Up event at Bethlehem Elementary School.Senator Capito launched the West Virginia Girls Rise Up program back in 2015 to encourage confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to be strong and kind female leaders.This program focuses on self-confidence, education and fitness.“You can see in some of the girls, most of them probably, have thought about this. They thought about... Read More