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CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) – While most high school students are starting to get college acceptance letters, others are awaiting letters of another kind. Students pursuing U.S . Service academies may have to wait a little longer for acceptance letters, but nominations are out! And for one Notre Dame High school student receiving a nomination puts him one step closer to his dream. Senior Alex Altenburg wears many hats at Notre Dame High school. "One of the biggest things I... Read More

WASHINGTON – A bill that includes major funding to combat the opioid epidemic passed the Senate on Wednesday and now makes its way to the White House. The 21st Century Cures Act will allow for $1 billion over two years in funding to be distributed in the form of grants to states to combat the opioid epidemic. Funding will supplement state activities such as improving prescription drug monitoring programs, implementing prevention activities, training for health care providers and expanding... Read More

An estimated 30 million Americans experience an eating disorder in their lifetimes and more than 61,000 are currently suffering in West Virginia, according to studies. But help is on its way, a news release from West Virginia University Disordered Eating Center suggests. On Dec. 7, Congress passed legislation designed to help people with eating disorders for the first time in its history. The measure is making its way to President Barrack Obama’s desk within the week, with the expectation... Read More

West Virginia U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is working hard to pass legislation this week that will protect healthcare and pension benefits for retired coal miners. Congress is working on a temporary government spending bill this week as lawmakers wrap up work for the year. The Coal Miners Protection Act is included in that discussion. It would prevent any lapse in important benefits for thousands of retired miners and their families that are scheduled to expire at the end of the... Read More

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Landmark legislation passed in Congress on Thursday, making it easier for those suffering from eating disorders to get help. "I know, had Anna had that level of care, she would be standing next to me today," Kitty Westin said. Kitty Westin lost her daughter, Anna, to an eating disorder when she was just 21 years old. Since then, she's dedicated her time to ensuring others don't have to suffer the same fate. This week, her work paid off.Congress passed the... Read More

It looked like so much symbolism when U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and her fellow Republican officeholders gathered together at the state Capitol earlier this week. In the moment, maybe we tend to brush off symbolism: not news. But given time to reflect – like, 20 years to reflect – symbolism carries significance.Back in 1996, when Capito was first elected to a state House of Delegates seat, one word would have described the inkling that she would one day stand and promote a... Read More

CHARLESTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s Republican congressional and state leaders vowed Monday to work with the incoming Trump administration to push back federal environmental regulations they say limit and threaten their state’s energy industry and jobs. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the Obama administration has overstepped its authority in the energy, financial and other sectors and they expect president-elect Donald Trump to undo many of those regulations with... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republicans now dominate West Virginia’s elected offices, and several of the GOP’s top representatives in West Virginia gathered Monday to say they know it’s time to deliver. “We have such a great opportunity here,” said U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, ticking off a list of the offices that Republicans will now hold, including president, both houses of Congress including herself and all three of West Virginia’s... Read More

Time is of the essence when it comes to congressional action to protect the hard-earned pensions and benefits of thousands of retired coal miners. Legislation is still pending in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives that would protect the health care and benefits of retired coal miners now in jeopardy. Without a change to current law, 12,500 of the country’s retired coal miners will lose their health care beginning on Dec. 31 of this year. Another 6,500 retired miners... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – Senator Shelley Moore Capito has nominated 32 high school seniors for admission into U.S. service academies, four of whom attend Bridgeport High School. Cole Amos described the moment he found out he was nominated for the U.S. Military Academy as surreal. "There weren't any tears, but me and my dad hugged for a while," Amos recalled, sporting a beaming smile. "There were a lot of smiles. I couldn't stop smiling while we were... Read More

CHARLESTON – West Virginia has relied on coal production for years to support communities, but regulations and increased competition have dented that prospect as thousands of jobs have been omitted. However, legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., aims to revive rural economies. Called Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies (CORE) Act, this legislation would leverage available tax credits to support new investment and business development in distressed... Read More

How do you put a price on a promise? Well, a savings worth $3.1 billion over the next 10 years isn’t too shabby. That’s how much the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the nation will save by protecting health care and pension benefits for about 120,000 retired coal miners. As efforts ramp up to pass the Miners Protection Act (MPA), which will prevent thousands of families from losing benefits, the CBO says the bill would increase spending on health care and pension... Read More

CLARKSBURG — U.S. Sens. Shelly Moore Capito and Joe Manchin, as well as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, are supporting passage of Senate Bill 3470, or the Miners Protection Act. The act is intended to protect the health benefits of retired coal miners and their families. According to Manchin’s office, retired miners face an uncertain future because the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan is extremely low on funding. Unlike other public and private pension plans, the 1974 Pension... Read More

West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito spoke with us today and shared her thoughts on the Miners Protection Act and a bill that effects health care providers in rural areas. The Senator stressed that she is hopeful the Miners Protection Act will be passed. "The Miners Protection Act is exceedingly important to me as tens of thousands of miners are set to lose their healthcare benefits and pension benefits, but their healthcare at the end of the year, Capito said. "We're pushing... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Of the 32 young men and women selected to attend a U.S. service academy, 3 are from Monongalia County. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s office announced the lawmaker’s selections made up of high school seniors in 15 West Virginia counties. Capito nominated Robert Munroe Warner to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy. Aaron Carl Flowers was chosen to attend the U.S. Military Academy. Alia Nicole Stutzman will attend the US Naval Academy.According to... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is co-sponsor of a bipartisan bill intended to help give more senior citizens access to shingles vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control recommends that all seniors over 60 receive the shingles vaccine. But Capito spokeswoman Ashley Berrang said only about a quarter of seniors get vaccinated because of high out-of-pocket Medicare costs. But the Protecting Seniors through Immunization Act, sponsored by Capito and U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii,... Read More

New legislation by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., could potentially have a big economic impact here in Preston County and in 31 other counties across the state. According to the legislation, the Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies (CORE) Act would leverage the power of something called the New Market Tax Credits dedicating a portion of the credit to low-income communities suffering from job loss in the coal industry. Sen. Capito’s press secretary Ashley Berrang said the... Read More

Here in West Virginia and East Ohio, we need no statistics to bring the impact of the current White House’s war on coal and affordable electricity home to us. The victims are all around us. Laid-off miners and even more other unemployed men and women whose jobs once depended on the good paychecks handed out by the coal industry tell us all we need to know. And here in West Virginia, the collapsed state budget is another casualty. Still, the numbers are eye-openers: Between 2011 and the... Read More

WHEELING — Amid President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to help get out-of-work miners back on the job, coal will likely reclaim its position as the fuel generating the most electricity wattage in December, U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates show. Along with the rejuvenated optimism for the coal industry, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is introducing the Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies Act, which she believes will spur an economic renaissance in some of... Read More

Attracting new industry to any part of our region is hard work. The state has had only a handful of job announcements over the past few years, and the employment losses in the energy sector have left the state with little to no job growth at all. In fact, the Joint Economic Committee for Congress reports that jobs in West Virginia are down 2 percent, or 12,000 positions, since the start of the Great Recession in 2007. But attracting new employers to the most rural parts of the state - especially... Read More