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Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. The bill would also expand continuing education and career development programs and incentives in these fields. “After... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, today announced a total of $2,799,136 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and U.S Department of Education (DoE) to support projects throughout West Virginia. USDA FUNDING: First, Senator Capito announced $1,999,664 in... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The ribbon is officially cut on the brand new University of Charleston Downtown Innovation Hub (DIH). Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin and business owners marked the opening of the new center, which is located on the corner of Lee and Capitol streets. Primarily funded through a US economic development grant, the new DIH center aims at helping local businesses with coaching, employee training and creating economic... Read More

A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony took place Monday morning at the corner of Capitol and Lee streets for the University of Charleston’s Downtown Innovation Hub, a business accelerator location designed to help small businesses scale up and grow. “We’re going to be working with existing businesses that have kind of plateaued in terms of their performance,” said University of Charleston President Marty Roth. “Through training, workshops, networking,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new setting right in the heart of downtown Charleston is now helping small businesses around the Kanawha Valley scale up and grow. University of Charleston and city officials along with business leaders and Senator Shelley Moore Capito came together Monday morning to welcome in the arrival of UC’s Downtown Innovation Hub by way of a ribbon cutting ceremony. UC President Marty Roth told MetroNews that the new hub will help local businesses grow through a... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The state Public Service Commission has issued an order aimed at streamlining part of the process of boosting broadband availability in West Virginia. The order deals with utility poles jointly owned by Monongahela Power/The Potomac Edison Co. and Frontier West Virginia Inc. Until now, other companies — referred to in the PSC order as third parties — had to get permission from Mon Power/Potomac Edison and Frontier West Virginia. Under a stipulation... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Federal regulators have given the Mountain Valley Pipeline the green light to restart construction. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued an order allowing developers to “proceed with all construction activities.” Work on the project is expected to resume “shortly,” said Natalie Cox, director of communications and corporate affairs for project developers Equitrans Midstream Corp., in an email to WV News. “We expect the... Read More

Marshall University and West Virginia State University will split $1 million in federal funding secured by West Virginia’s senators this year. Last month, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced they had secured $1 million in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding for the Marshall University Research Corporation to support research and education in cybersecurity, including the purchase of IT... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is continuing to push back against a set of proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules she has said would force the closure of West Virginia’s coal-fired power plants. Capito recently teamed with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., to ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to study how the EPA’s power plant performance and emission standards would impact the nation’s electricity grids. “The proposal... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, is raising an alarm about the impact of President Joe Biden’s proposed Clean Power Plan 2.0 on the nation’s ability to sustain electric reliability. Capito, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, are asking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and FERC Commissioners James Danly,... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has appropriated more than $27 million in federal funding to support Head Start projects across West Virginia, two public health initiatives regarding hospital preparedness and youth immunization, and funding two public health research projects at higher education institutions in West Virginia. Three entities in southern West Virginia will receive funding. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Appropriations... Read More

ELKINS, W.Va. – Randolph County has been designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), which will provide for more resources to law enforcement to combat the rise of drug trafficking in the region. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Wednesday joined Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld to announce the designation. Randolph County is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., voiced her support for Wednesday’s announcement that Randolph County will be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and announced more than $27,000,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “A HIDTA designation means more resources to support local efforts and solutions that are already making a difference; and this designation for Randolph County will help local, state,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $27,072,343 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support Head Start Projects across West Virginia, two public health initiatives regarding hospital preparedness and youth immunization, and funding two public health research... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The federal government has announced funding for Head Starts and other programs around the state. Individual awards: $7,942,940 — Head Start funding for North-central West Virginia Community Action Association, Inc. (Fairmont) $7,622,492 — Head Start funding for Northern Panhandle Head Start, Inc. (Wheeling) $2,065,371 — Head Start funding for Upshur Human Resources, Inc. (Buckhannon) $1,851,756 — Funding for Immunization and Vaccines for... Read More

ELKINS, W.Va (WDTV) - Senator Joe Manchin and Dr. Rahul Gupta came to Elkins to announce Randolph County’s new High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area designation. Randolph County was the 24th county in West Virginia given this designation. “If you see the map, you can see where Randolph County is and where other higher counties is. It’s gonna bring in all of those resources, the ability to share intelligence and go after the bad guys like never before in West... Read More

FIRST ON FOX: High-ranking Senate Republicans are calling for the nation's top energy regulator to immediately assess the impact President Biden's crackdown on fossil fuel power plants will have on electric grid reliability. The two Republicans — Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. — penned a letter Wednesday to the Federal Energy... Read More

Republican Sens. John Barrasso, Wyo., and Shelley Moore Capito, W. Va., are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold technical conferences to review how the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could affect grid reliability. “The already-strong pressure for premature retirements of electric generating units coupled with the rising risks to electric reliability require you to convene representatives of... Read More

ELKINS, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined federal, state and local officials in West Virginia this week to announce the designation of Randolph County as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Manchin, along with Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld, were on hand for the announcement Wednesday in Elkins from the Jennings... Read More

The Region 1 Planning and Development Council was recently awarded a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant which will be used to support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said the $350,000 was awarded for three separate economic development councils in West Virginia. The Region 1 Planning and Development Council was awarded $210,000. This funding will support the development and implementation... Read More