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A bill that Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., championed is now law, and she praised the bipartisan effort to get the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act through.The act will reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887, ensuring the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for president, as well as promote a peaceful transition of power between the outgoing and incoming president.“I am a firm supporter of our... Read More

American Trucking Associations is among the groups calling on the Federal Highway Administration to withdraw a memorandum from a little over a year ago focused on the implementation of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure law.Nearly two dozen groups, representing much of the freight sector, argued the FHWA’s Dec. 16, 2021, document has complicated project planning throughout the transportation network with regards to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.The law, enacted shortly before the memo,... Read More

On Dec. 28, the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NO PAIN) Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and a bipartisan group of senators, was signed into law. The law helps address barriers to non-opioid pain management for those enrolled in Medicare, which will support efforts to stem the opioid epidemic in West Virginia and across the nation.Opioid overdoses took the lives of more than 70,000 Americans in 2021.The law expands patient and provider... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that Semper Liberi and Mountaineer Behavioral Health received $1.5 million to support their work in establishing Mountaineer Recovery Village, a center that includes a variety of services aimed at helping patients recover from substance use disorders in Kearneysville.The funding was made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by Capito.In total, Capito secured... Read More

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia’s only National Park has added 45 acres to its preserve land, the National Park Service announced Tuesday.According to the release, the land is on Beury Mountain just east of the Thurmond area and will make hunting lands in the preserve more accessible.“This property is a great addition to the national preserve portion of the park where hunting is allowed,” said New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Superintendent Charles Sellars. “It connects two... Read More

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The National Park Service has announced the addition of 45 acres within the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. According to a Park Service news release the acreage will be in the Preserve area and will allow access for hunters and other users in the Beury Mountain area to an 85 acre section of the area which is currently difficult to access.“This property is a great addition to the national preserve portion of the park where hunting is allowed,” said New River Gorge... Read More

FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — Follansbee Fire Chief Larry Rea is excited to finally see the firehouse expansion project coming to fruition. Money to help the city in that effort is coming from the recently passed federal omnibus spending package."It's hard to put it into words; it means a lot,” Rea said.The city plans to move forward with the planned expansion and upgrades after West Virginia U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was able to secure $2.7 million in funding."We've really kind of outgrown it and... Read More

THURMOND, WV (WVNS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito applauded the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’s announcement that they have added 45 acres of land to the area designated as the preserve. The tract located on Beury Mountain, just east of the Thurmond area, will provide easier access and add to the national preserve area of the New River Gorge where hunting is already allowed. This acquisition was made possible by Senator Capito’s successful efforts to redesignate New River... Read More

For over two decades, the High Technology Foundation has worked to strengthen the Mountain State’s economy. We have worked hard to promote diversification and bring focus to our state’s potential to become a part of the nation’s knowledge economy. At no time in the past 25 years have we been closer to realizing that goal. It is therefore imperative that we remain determined to put in place the necessary foundational pieces. For the first time ever, millions of dollars in... Read More

The city of Princeton has been working for several years on plans for a new multi-use community center. Now, thanks to a recent federal funding award of $2.2 million, construction on the project is expected to begin this summer.The community center will take up about 25,000 square feet of space inside of the former Dean Company complex beside city hall. Current plans call for the creation of three basketball courts, a classroom, a martial arts room and space for various community uses inside of... Read More

CHARLESTON – Two bills that were quickly passed by the West Virginia Senate last week and approved by members of the House Judiciary Committee Monday could open up property owned by the Division of Natural Resources for underground storage of emissions from a possible hydrogen hub project.  The House Judiciary Committee recommended Senate bills 161 and 162 for passage Monday afternoon after the state Senate passed both bills unanimously Thursday, suspending constitutional rules that require... Read More

GLEN JEAN, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) applauded the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’s announcement that they have added 45 acres of land to the area designated as the preserve.The tract located on Beury Mountain, just east of the Thurmond area, will provide easier access and add to the national preserve area of the New River Gorge where hunting is already allowed. This acquisition was made possible by Senator Capito’s successful efforts to... Read More

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (WV News) — Additional acreage has been added to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, the U.S. National Park Service announced Tuesday. The 45 additional acres located on Beury Mountain just east of the Thurmond area in Fayette County will be designated as a preserve and provide easier access to lands already part of the national preserve, the release states.  “This property is a great addition to the national preserve portion of the park where hunting is allowed,” said... Read More

LOGAN, W.Va. — Mountain Health Network, Marshall Health, and Logan Regional Medical Center, a ScionHealth Community Hospital, recently announced a new collaboration aimed at bringing more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia.Through a new memorandum of understanding, the organizations will work to establish a process for identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance health care services for the residents of Logan and surrounding areas.“Mountain Health and Logan... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA (WTRF) — A major step was taken last year to make mental services quickly available in a crisis.The phone number to call changed to just three digits, 9-8-8.Since then calls have been steady at the lifeline in West Virginia.But texts and chats are on the rise.The 988 lifeline will soon get a funding boost to reach more people.Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced more than $450,000 that’s going to the program. It will be used to create partnerships with 911... Read More

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (WV News) — Upshur County will benefit from two Congressionally Directed Spending grants secured by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.One of the grants targets water and sewer infrastructure, while the other is aimed at improving health care, according to Capito’s office.Upshur is part of an 18-county group that benefits from Environmental Infrastructure Section 571 funding, which provides a program of federal assistance through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows... Read More

PARKERSBURG — The federal omnibus spending bill passed at the end of 2022 contains millions of dollars in earmarks for projects in the Mid-Ohio Valley.Among those is an effort to redevelop industrial sites in Parkersburg, particularly in the areas of Depot and Jeanette streets, East Street and Camden Avenue, according to a list of earmarks provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.A release from her office said she secured spending for the projects, some of which were also... Read More

Years ago federal earmarks were used as building blocks for key infrastructure projects across our region. For example, the first sections of the King Coal Highway in Mercer County, including the K.A. Ammar Interchange and the Christine West Bridge, were largely made possible through the use of federal earmarks.However, the practice of using earmarks eventually fell out of favor with lawmakers and the public, and the process was suspended by Congress in 2011. Part of the problem at the time was... Read More

The Childhood Cancer Survivrship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act of 2022, legislation authored by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Jan. 5.The bill reauthorizes the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever passed by Congress, for another five years.The STAR Act, which was first passed in 2018 and signed into law later that year on June 5, 2018, helps advance pediatric... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., delivered remarks at Logan Regional Medical Center commending the new collaboration between several health organizations to bring more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia.Leaders announced a new Memorandum of Understanding signed by Logan Regional Medical Center, Mountain Health Network, Marshall Health, and Scion Health that will allow the organizations to enhance health care services for the residents of Logan and surrounding... Read More