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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - All five members West Virginia's United States Congressional delegation addressed those in attendance Thursday at the 2015 West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., along with Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., and Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spoke about what is being done in Washington to benefit West Virginia, the importance of bipartisanship, the... Read More

MADISON — On her Sept. 1 speaking tour of southern W.Va., Senator Shelley Moore Capito made a stop at the Heritage & Cultural Center next door to the Coal Museum in downtown Madison to discuss economic growth and the prospects of improved broadband access with local business leaders. The event was well-attended by members of the Logan County Chamber of Commerce, Logan County Commission, the Economic Development Authority and a representative from Governor Tomblin’s office. Capito... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Sept. 3 West Virginia will receive $782,849 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to improve West Virginia’s response to hazardous materials transportation incidents and better protect communities and families. According to a joint news release from both Manchin and Capito, West Virginia will receive $198,828 through the Hazardous Materials Emergency... Read More

HUNTINGTON - The city of Huntington is receiving federal funds for a new women's drug court program on the heels of the Huntington Mayor's Office of Drug Control Policy laying out such a move as part of its strategy for fighting addiction in the region. More than $140,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded to establish a Women's Empowerment and Addiction Recovery (WEAR) program, which will increase the Cabell County Drug Court's capacity... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The goal of a small business workshop being held at the Clay Center Wednesday was clear -- getting online and on the map. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is partnering with Google to help business owners learn new ways to market their products, mainly to help them launch a website and become more visible online. The initiative is called "Let's Put West Virginia on the Map." Small business owners from all across the state were getting some one-on-one time with... Read More

LOGAN — On her Sept. 1 speaking tour of southern W.Va., Senator Shelley Moore Capito made a stop at the Logan County Chamber of Commerce to discuss economic growth and the prospects of improved broadband access with local business leaders. The event was well-attended by members of the Logan County Chamber of Commerce, Logan County Commission, the Economic Development Authority and a representative from Governor Tomblin’s office. Capito opened the meeting saying, “I want to... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With dozens of small business owners and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. in attendance, representatives of Google presented a ‘Let’s Put Charleston on the Map’ seminar at the Clay Center Wednesday. A team from Google took more than 60 business representatives explain programs and techniques to small business owners from the Charleston area and around the state during Wednesday’s “Let’s put Charleston on the... Read More

HOLDEN, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore-Capito, (R -W.Va.), hosted a round table discussion Tuesday, with officials and business owners in Mingo County, at the Wood Products Industrial Park. At the meeting, Capito and local business leaders discussed economic development and improving broadband access in the region. The purpose of Capito’s visit was to listen to area business leaders issues and concerns on continuing to develop and grow in the southern West Virginia... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will partner with Google to launch the Let’s Put West Virginia on the Map Program.Senator Capito and representatives from Google will host a free tech workshop for Charleston-area small businesses at the Clay Center Wednesday, September 2, to help business owners launch a website and become visible online.“By helping business owners reach more customers online, this workshop will empower West Virginia small... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced Friday that the Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Department, Hooverston Heights Volunteer Fire Department, Cora Volunteer Fire Department and Verdunville Volunteer Fire Department will receive funding to enhance fire prevention and safety operations through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Programs."My experience working with the volunteer rescue... Read More

Small businesses will get a little boost through the Let's Put West Virginia on the Map Program Sept. 2 at the Clay Center.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. announced Aug. 19 she will be partnering with Google to host a free tech workshop for Charleston-area small businesses in order to help business owners launch their own website and become visible online. At the event, small business owners will participate in event activities, workshops and receive one-on-one counseling from Google... Read More

National media outlets have finally begun to pick up on what the federal government is doing to the Mountain State.In fact, the Wall Street Journal recently published a blog with the first sentence, "Poor West Virginia," in which it explained to its national audience that we are the only state in the country to have lost a statistically significant number of jobs during the past year.Between July 2014 and July 2015, West Virginia lost 19,100 jobs, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That is... Read More

National media outlets have finally begun to pick up on what the federal government is doing to the Mountain State. In fact, the Wall Street Journal recently published a blog with the first sentence, "Poor West Virginia," in which it explained to its national audience that we are the only state in the country to have lost a statistically significant number of jobs during the past year.Between July 2014 and July 2015, West Virginia lost 19,100 jobs, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That is... Read More

The Economic Development Administration has awarded five counties in central West Virginia with $70,000 in federal funds to assist in job creation.U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Tuesday afternoon that the Economic Development Administration will provide the funds to the Region 4 Planning and Development Council to invest in job creation and economic development in the region.Five counties are in that region: Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Pocahontas, and... Read More

While coal will almost certainly remain the favorite target of President Barack Obama, no one should be surprised by the administration’s announcement last week of a controversial plan to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s booming oil and natural gas industry.That’s right. Obama and his politically charged Environmental Protection Agency are now going after the oil and natural gas industry. The EPA maintains that methane, which is a key component of natural gas, is a... Read More

Imagine if you will if King Fahd of Saudi Arabia declared that the most oil-rich nation in the world would no longer supply its “black gold” to the world. Can you imagine the anarchy that would take place?In the United States, President Obama and the EPA have gone rogue on fossil fuels in an apparent attempt to eliminate all carbon-based fuels as an energy source in this nation.First, it was the “War on Coal.” Now, it’s the “not-so-surprise attack” on... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will partner with Google to launch the Let’s Put West Virginia on the Map Program. Capito and representatives from Google will host a free tech workshop for Charleston-area small businesses at the Clay Center on Wednesday, September 2, to help business owners launch a website and become visible online.“By helping business owners reach more customers online, this workshop will empower West Virginia small businesses to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) says she supports the federal funding announcement made this week by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to benefit West Virginia’s rising heroin problem.ONDCP Director Michael Botticelli said $13.4 million will go toward High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas across the United States. Advance drug prevention initiatives will receive $2.5 million in funding in the Appalachia region as well as New... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA and the Obama administration’s next focus is the reduction of emissions of methane gas from the oil and gas industry.With the Clean Power Plan recently finalized and coal on the ropes, the EPA is proposing standards to reduce methane emissions down to 45 percent, a 40 percent decrease. The EPA has said that methane is a greenhouse gas which has a global warming potential greater than carbon dioxide.Most of the methane emitted is from production of oil and... Read More

A welcomed federal funding boost announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., will help in fighting the rising heroin epidemic in the Mountain State while advancing necessary drug prevention initiatives for the region. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is allocating the $2.5 million to the Heroin Response Strategy, a new partnership among five regional High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area... Read More