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PHILIPPI — Those attending the dedication of the Sago Mine Disaster Memorial Stone at the Blue & Gray Park in Philippi Saturday listened in silence as Doug Schiefelbein, master of ceremonies, described the events of the morning of Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, the day of the Sago Mine Disaster. "While most of us slept or were just beginning to stir, 13 miners were hard at work at the Sago Coal Mine near Buckhannon when an explosion trapped them far underground," he said. "Twelve of them... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Jefferson County Emergency Services Agency has been awarded $960,710 in federal funding to assist volunteer fire departments, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced Friday. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was announced by the senators in a joint news release. The mission of county emergency services is to assist volunteer fire departments in providing fire and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources is getting a federal grant to help it with the monitoring and reporting of drug overdoses. The offices of U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin jointly announced the $318,000 grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control Thursday. “This funding is coming at a critical time, as the number of drug overdoses continues to skyrocket. Just last week, 28 overdoses occurred within a matter of... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have announced Aug. 25 that the Department of Energy will be awarding nearly $250,000 to West Virginia State University to fund research into environmentally sound coal-fired power plant wastewater treatment. With the $249,999 award, the West Virginia State University Research and Development Corp., based in Institute, West Virginia, will work to find a “technically feasible and cost-effective process for designing... Read More

HUNTINGTON – With more than 26 overdoses in a four-hour time period in Huntington, a letter co-authored by one of West Virginia's U.S. senators urging guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute pain is timely. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R), along with her colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) sent the letter to President Obama and his administration asking that guidelines be developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for prescribing opioids for acute... Read More

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Tri-State Airport near Huntington will receive $1.3 million in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for improvements. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia announced the funding in a news release Friday for improvements to the area where aircraft are parked, loaded, refueled, or boarded. It's part of an ongoing five-year capital improvement plan at the airport. Taxiway resurfacing and lighting, terminal office remodeling, navigational... Read More

SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Shepherdstown Fire Department is committed to providing excellent service to the community - and with the award of a grant for a new ladder truck, they will have another tool to do just that. Lt. Daniel Henderson began the lengthy grant-writing process in November 2015. On Aug. 5, he received word that FEMA awarded the Assistance for Firefighters Grant in the amount of $825,000 for the purchase of a new 100-foot ladder truck to replace the 75-foot ladder truck currently... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have announced more than $250,000 in federal funding for the Marshall County Airport Authority. The $269,876 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration will be used to improve airport drainage, install perimeter fencing and pay for other construction projects. “Keeping our airports updated is important for local businesses and for the convenience of travelers,” Capito said. “As a member of the... Read More

Two senators, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., are asking the National Guard to more effectively allocate funds to address the drug epidemic in states with high concentrations of overdose fatalities. According to a release, the National Guard’s Counterdrug Program has been successful. In 2015, the West Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force assisted 37 law enforcement agencies in seizures of illicit drugs and assets valued at over $1 billion and provided... Read More

LYBURN, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelly Moore Capito visited Logan County August 11. Capito was given a presentation on the ongoing work on the Hatfield and McCoy Trail System before taking a tour of a local distillery and enjoying a ride on the Rockhouse system of the Hatfield and McCoy Trails. Capito was given an update on the Hatfield and McCoy Trail System by Jeff Lusk, executive director of the Hatfield and McCoy Trail Authority.Lusk noted the trail system stretches for nearly 600 miles... Read More

WASHINGTON – West Virginia's junior U.S. senator, Republican Shelley Capito, is at the forefront of a broad-spectrum movement to address the growing problem of opioid abuse and addiction in West Virginia and nationwide. Capito two weeks ago joined a bipartisan group of U.S. senators in sending an open letter urging Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to expand access to opioid abuse treatment by allowing CMS-authorized providers of mental... Read More

Greenbrier Valley Airport officials are considering how to develop about 80 acres of currently unused industrial park land. That future development will figure into an updated master plan being funded by a $422,304 U.S. Department of Transportation grant announced by U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins on Friday and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin Monday, according to airport manager Steve Snyder. The possibilities for the land include an expanded parking area, as well as a ramp addition and... Read More

KEYSER – Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito were in Mineral County Monday; first taking part in a ribbon cutting for a new building at Orbital ATK and then conducting a “town meeting” with the employees. The ribbon cutting was not open to the media, as it involved a building located in a high-security area of the ATK property. It was mentioned several times during the meeting that followed, however, that the addition to the plant could eventually result in 250 jobs... Read More

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – For some Americans signing on to the Internet isn’t as easy as a click of a button. West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito said roughly 30 percent of people in her state don't have access to broadband service that meets the Federal Communication Commission's requirements. "What I found is a lot of other states have the same problem, particularly in rural areas," Capito (R-WV) said.So she’s teaming up with Senators Angus King (I-ME),... Read More

Drug addiction has exploded in the United States during the past decade or so. Few, if any, states have been hit as hard as West Virginia, which has one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the nation. Addiction is a disease, too often a terminal one. It needs to be treated that way. But officials of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services do not see it that way. A special provision of rules for the two programs, the Institutions for Mental Disease Exclusion, may be keeping... Read More

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – Senator Shelley Moore Capito visited Harpers Ferry Morning to highlight all the ways she believes the National Park Service makes West Virginia shine -- but she also has some ideas on how to improve it. After a fire ripped through nine businesses last year in Harper's Ferry, the community is still recovering. Capito said, "when I was here a year ago about three or four days after it happened, we weren't really sure what was going to happen." Since the incident the... Read More

LANSING — On Tuesday, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai at Adventures on the Gorge in Lansing to draw attention to West Virginia’s broadband challenges. Sen. Capito and Commissioner Pai were joined by several local business owners and officials from Fayette County for a roundtable discussion about the importance of expanding broadband access to rural parts of the state. Several businesses in the area have struggled to attract... Read More

HUNTINGTON — Back from Cleveland where she spoke during the Republican National Convention, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is setting her focus on exploring the state she calls home. Capito, R-W.Va., made two stops in Huntington and one in Hurricane Thursday as she continued her statewide small-business tour. First, she visited with the Perry family and toured Heritage Farm Museum and Village in Huntington, a Smithsonian-affiliated living history museum dedicated to telling the story of... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is one of several prominent West Virginians who wants to see improved broadband access in the Mountain State. Yesterday, she toured parts of Fayette County with business owners, local leaders, and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai to highlight the difficulties facing West Virginia’s economy while it remains near the bottom for residential access to broadband internet. The group also engaged in a round table discussion. “56 percent... Read More

LANSING — Business owners, residents and county officials met with Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Tuesday to share the frustrations they feel living, working and driving tourism in a state that ranks 48th in broadband accessibility. Just north of the New River Gorge Bridge, the image chosen for the official West Virginia State Quarter, Lansing is home to rafting companies and substantial residential development. But lack of... Read More