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CHARLESTON, W.Va (WTRF) – West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore-Capito released a statement following an announcement from Cleveland Cliffs Inc. Thursday morning it will be idling its tinplate production plant located in Weirton, W.Va indefinitely in April 2024. The statement is as follows: “I am devastated to learn that Cleveland-Cliffs will be closing their Weirton operation, which will result in the elimination of almost 900 jobs in the area. While little consolation to the hardworking men and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) for water system upgrades.   A total of $6,880,000 EPA CDS will be awarded to the Clarksburg Water Board to replace service lines in the Northview, Rosebud, and Stealey communities, as well as a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the City of Nitro, W.Va. for upgrades to its sewer and storm water infrastructure.   This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will provide funding for... Read More

ELKINS – Agencies in both Randolph and Upshur counties are among the recipients of grants announced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to address homelessness across the state. The Randolph County Housing Authority in Elkins will receive $260,564 in federal grant funding, while Mountain CAP of West Virginia, Inc., in Buckhannon, will receive $88,789. Capito announced a total of $12,133,681 in federal Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Continuum of Care (CoC) and Continuum of Care Renewal... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) for water system upgrades. This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will provide funding for service line replacements and emergency repair and remediation of a water main break. “Following the discovery of the lead service lines in... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News)— Nearly $7 million dollars in funds has been granted to the Clarksburg Water Board by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to be used for its lead line replacement project. The funds will be used to replace service lines in the North View, Rosebud and Stealey communities, along with service line replacements on West Pike and West Main Streets. The replacement of a transmission line intersecting with Van Buren Street and the installation of many valves and hydrants... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Feb. 12, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) for water system upgrades.   This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will provide funding for service line... Read More

America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act of 2024, cosponsored on Feb. 8 by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), would renew the nation’s important habitat and wildlife conservation efforts through 2030. S. 3791, which is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), would help conserve wildlife and wildlife habitat, including by reauthorizing the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, and the Chesapeake Bay... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia's U.S. senators, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., were among senators voting to pass a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The Senate passed the funding measure 70-29 early Tuesday. Twenty-eight Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined Capito in voting for the measure. The House of Representatives now will take up the measure. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he opposes the plan, as... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies and junior U.S. Senator from the Mountain State Shelley Moore Capito is announcing new funding to help with the homeless population. That funding will be provided through the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Continuum of Care and Continuum of Care Renewal grants. These grants come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) for water system upgrades.   This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will provide funding for service line replacements and emergency... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) is receiving $6.88 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for clean water upgrades. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s (R – WV) office announced in a press release that the award was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending request that she made. The money will be used to fund service line replacements in the Northview, Rosebud and Stealey neighborhoods, a transmission line off Van Buren Street and... Read More

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Feb. 8 offered a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize funding for public health initiatives across the country to combat Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts approximately 6.7 million Americans.  “Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest and most under-recognized public health threats of our time. Millions of Americans and thousands of Mainers are living with the disease, and that number is soaring as our overall population... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Efforts to upgrade the water distribution system in Clarksburg got a major boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $6.88 million in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) Monday. Now, service lines... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Monday announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Clarksburg Water Board for water system upgrades. Funds will replace service lines in the North View, Rosebud and Stealey communities, as well as a transmission line off Van Buren Street. It also will go toward the cost of repair and remediation of a water main break on West Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg. “Following the discovery of the lead service lines in... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Efforts to upgrade the water distribution system in Clarksburg got a major boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito. Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $6.88 million in funding from the  EPA to the Clarksburg Water Board Monday. Now, service lines in the communities of Northview, Rosebud and Stealey... Read More

Bipartisan bills recently introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives, if passed as written and signed into law, would fund public health initiatives related to Alzheimer’s disease to the tune of $33 million each year over the next five years. US Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Reauthorization Act of 2024 on Thursday. US Reps.... Read More

Washington D.C. (WTRF) – A program that currently helps 23 million households pay for Internet service has stopped taking new applications as funding is about to run out this spring. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) can pay $30 to $75 per month to pay for Internet. The Biden Administration has requested 6 billion dollars from Congress to keep the program going. West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito is in favor of extending the funding, especially since over 100,000 West Virginians... Read More

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval to overturn a 2023 rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that they say constitutes government overreach. The FHWA rule mandates that state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) set declining emissions targets. This rule, say the Republicans, attempts to use authority that was specifically... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVNS) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee announced that resources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will support barriers floods and parking lot repairs. The construction will go towards the construction of a barrier for floods and parking lot repairs at the Valley Pre-K-8 School, which resulted from from flooding that happened in... Read More