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West Virginia’s senators announced this week more than $4.4 million in federal funding to fix flood damaged roads, and almost half of the money was allocated to Ohio and Hancock counties. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday that $2.1 million had been granted to the two counties. The state received the money through the Federal... Read More

WHEELING — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Wednesday announced $4.4 million for West Virginia through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance grant program. Funding will assist the West Virginia Division of Highways with repairs to roadways in Hancock, Lincoln, Monongalia, and Ohio counties that were damaged as a... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday it is offering millions of dollars as part of a program to build broadband infrastructure in rural America. The ReConnect Program will provide $600 million in loans and grants for telecommunications companies, electric cooperatives, internet service providers and municipalities for the purpose of serving communities in rural America. Areas may qualify if they have a population of fewer than 20,000 residents and... Read More

MARTINSBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants to help build broadband infrastructure in rural areas — a move U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., are applauding.According to a release from Capito, the USDA is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities are all eligible to... Read More

MORGANTOWN — Just over $1 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support will be used to address Monongalia County roads damaged by flooding earlier this year. On Wednesday, Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, announced a total of $4,437,159 through FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program for roads in four counties — Monongalia ($1,085,016), Hancock ($1,015,145), Lincoln ($1,217,795) and Ohio ($1,119,210). Earlier this year,... Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities may apply to USDA’s new program for funding to connect rural areas that currently have insufficient broadband service, according to the release.USDA Rural Development is the primary agency delivering the program, with... Read More

After unanimous passage the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act in the U.S. Senate, the legislation now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. The bipartisan bill would, for the first time, create a public health infrastructure across the country to combat Alzheimer’s disease and preserve brain health. “To prevent millions of more Americans and their families from being devastated by Alzheimer’s, we have to... Read More

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R) says she supports the president in his need to address border security. This comes after President Trump's meeting with democratic leaders about money for the his long-promised border wall on the U.S. Southern border. Senator Capito says it’s important to have better, more formidable border security. She says the country needs a border system and should continue enhancing the border. “I will... Read More

PARSONS, W.Va. - As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Shelley Moore Capito has been working closely with the U.S. Department of Transportation to secure funding for Corridor H.  Through the US Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants, $20 million will be allocated for the construction of a four-lane expressway in Tucker County. Senator Capito says she has been advocating for the competition of... Read More

WHEELING — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4.4 million for West Virginia through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance grant program. Funding will assist the West Virginia Division of Highways with repairs to roadways in Hancock, Lincoln, Monongalia, and Ohio counties that were damaged as a result... Read More

CHARLESTON — A new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy cites the potential of West Virginia and other Appalachian states for the location of centralized storage hub for natural gas production. The report takes a look at West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania as potential locations for a storage hub for ethane — a byproduct of natural gas. Ethane, when broken down through a process called “cracking,” creates ethylene and is used in the manufacturing of... Read More

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin on Thursday announced $20 million in federal transportation funding for the U.S. 522 Berkeley Springs Bypass in Morgan County, W.Va. “This is a much-needed investment ... that will make West Virginia roadways safer and more efficient,” Capito said in a news release. “Not only is this good for travelers and those living in Berkeley Springs ... but it’s good for commerce and our... Read More

ELKINS — The Robert C. Byrd Corridor H Highway Authority announced Thursday that millions of dollars in funding is being allotted to help with the project in both Randolph and Tucker County. Robbie Morris, Chairman of the Corridor H Highway Authority said the authority is praising the work of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Joe Manchin, III, and West Virginia Secretary of Transportation Tom Smith in securing $20 million for the construction of Corridor H in Tucker County through a... Read More

CHARLESTON —A new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy cites the potential of West Virginia and other Appalachian states for the location of centralized storage hub for natural gas production. The report, released Tuesday, takes a look at West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio as potential locations for an ethane storage hub — a byproduct of natural gas. Ethane, when broken down through a process called “cracking,” creates ethene and is a common product... Read More

MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Department of Energy has outlined the potential benefits of an Appalachian ethane storage hub in a new report to Congress. The report – “Ethane Storage and Distribution Hub in the United States, commissioned by congress – says the shale oil and gas boom has transformed global energy markets and made the U.S. the largest combined crude oil and gas producer in the world. … The Appalachian Basin’s shale resource endowment is so... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Transportation will be receiving major funding on two specific projects. On Thursday, the news was announced that West Virginia will receive $40 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants to construct a bypass around Berkeley Springs and the construction of approximately 10 miles of a four-lane expressway in Tucker County. In a release, U.S.... Read More

A new statewide coalition will improve the quality of life for cancer and other patients with a serious illness and support their families through palliative care. House Bill 4035, signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice in March, creates a State Advisory Coalition on Palliative Care which, among other things, brings together experts and groups statewide to address the barriers of palliative care and identify innovative solutions for West Virginians. “Currently, there are some gaps... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA - In an effort to help graduate students pay off debt, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced legislation that would help attract recent graduates to communities that have high poverty rates.  Senator Capito says the grants are awarded by community foundations to recent graduates to pay down their student debt if they live and work in regions with unmet need. The bipartisan bill, called the Workforce Development through... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Transportation will be receiving major funding on two specific projects. On Thursday, the news was announced that West Virginia will receive $40 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants to construct a bypass around Berkeley Springs and the construction of approximately 10 miles of a four-lane expressway in Tucker County. In a release,... Read More

A planned four-lane bypass around Berkeley Springs is one of two area roadway projects to receive major federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) grants, according to an announcement today by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Both are members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Their offices announced on Thursday, December 6, that a $20 million BUILD grant... Read More