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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, even after Congress ordered the project’s approval as part of the bipartisan bill to increase the debt ceiling. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in June. The high... Read More

  The fight over the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia is over — at least for now. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that construction can resume on the long-delayed natural gas pipeline project for West Virginia and neighboring Virginia, striking down a stay issued earlier this month by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addressed the ruling Thursday during her weekly press briefing. She said the U.S.... Read More

  The U.S. Supreme Court cleared a path for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline by issuing an order that lifted an appeals court stay. The Supreme Court was acting on an emergency intervention request by the pipeline developers, who said the project could not be completed by winter without the go-ahead. Developers have said Mountain Valley Pipeline is more than 90 percent complete, but construction experienced repeated delays through environmental challenges in court. The... Read More

  The Supreme Court on Thursday granted an emergency request from the company behind the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, overturning a lower court’s hold. In an unsigned order with no public dissents, the court granted the request to vacate a stay on a segment of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. “The application to vacate stays presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted,” the court wrote in its one-page order. The Fourth Circuit Court... Read More

  WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to lift the stays that have halted the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that she believes will be a huge boon to West Virginia. Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District — located in Richmond, Virginia — released rulings to stop the project, which is set to transport natural gas roughly 300 miles from West... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated stays placed on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, allowing the pipeline’s construction to resume as legal battles continue. Project developers Equitrans Midstream Corporation petitioned Chief Justice John Roberts to lift the orders handed down July 10 and 11 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. “The application to vacate stays presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is... Read More

  MORGANTOWN — Various elected officials and energy groups celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to vacate the stays on completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. “I’m elated about this,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito during a Thursday conversation with members of the West Virginia press. The one-paragraph unsigned order says, “The application to vacate stays presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is... Read More

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overruled an appeals court decision that temporarily halted construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The pipeline’s builders filed an emergency application with Chief Justice John Roberts earlier this month following two rulings from the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that brought the project to a standstill. Thursday’s ruling didn’t explain why Roberts overruled the Fourth Circuit, but the pipeline’s supporters noted... Read More

  WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline despite lawsuits against it. The controversial project, which would carry natural gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia, became even more controversial due to how the final deal for it was struck. “I’m elated about this,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said. “It’s exciting to see that that last 5% of the pipeline will be... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to lift the stays that have halted the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that she believes will be a huge boon to West Virginia. Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District — located in Richmond, Virginia — released rulings to stop the project, which is set to transport natural gas roughly 300 miles from West Virginia to... Read More

  WASHINGTON (WVVA) - As far as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is concerned, work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is full steam ahead with no more stoppages from court decisions. Capito said during a virtual press briefing today from her Washington office that she is “elated” with the decision and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who vacated a stay on a work stoppage, has the final word and court battles are over. “The Supreme Court... Read More

  CHARLESTON — A federal court order blocking completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia was lifted Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court. In an order released Thursday morning, Chief Justice John Roberts lifted a stay issued nearly two weeks ago by a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., that halted progress on the 304-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline that will transport natural gas from Wetzel County to central... Read More

  BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - State political leaders quickly reacted to the U.S, Supreme Court’s decision to vacate a lower court stay on construction of the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline. “All necessary permits have been issued and approved, we passed bipartisan legislation in Congress, the president signed that legislation into law, and now the Supreme Court has spoken: construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline can finally resume, which is a major win for American... Read More

  WASHINGTON (WDTV) - The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order that allows construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue. The order, which was issued Thursday morning, vacates stays issued by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia that ordered for construction to be halted last week after environmentalists said the plan will cause erosion that will ruin soil and water quality. Congress passed legislation last month ordering all necessary permits be issued... Read More

Christian Ward, a 13-year-old from Charles Town, met with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) about the importance of federal support for the research for the treatment and cure of Type I diabetes. Christian, who received a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes when he was 4 years old, advocated for federal law to cap the cost of insulin used by diabetics at $35 per bottle. Type I diabetes is a genetically-triggered disease that is not caused by eating habits,... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Clinic Inc. in Lewisburg is receiving $1 million in federal funding for a program that aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in rural communities. The money goes to the School of Osteopathic Medicine Clinic’s RCORP-MAT Access Program. The program is designed to establish new MAT — medication assisted treatment — access points, as well as... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding from the U.S. Departments of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Agriculture (USDA), and Labor (DOL), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support economic development, education, health, and safe drinking water... Read More

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) – The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide Westbrook Health Services with funding. Westbrook Health Services is a licensed comprehensive behavioral healthcare facility that specializes in addiction and substance use disorder, mental health, intellectual development and disabilities, and related health services. Westbrook Health will receive $1,275,000 from HHS to support substance abuse and mental health treatment services. The... Read More

Washington D.C. (WTRF) – For anyone that’s ever seen it first-hand, having a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease is horrific. West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, along with a group of bipartisan lawmakers, have just reintroduced a bill known as the CHANGE Act that aims to detect Alzheimer’s as early as possible. The bill would encourage a full cognitive review to be performed during “Welcome To Medicare” examinations when Americans turn... Read More

As millions of Americans still struggle with the high cost of food, gas and other basic necessities, Republicans are intensifying their attack on “Bidenomics.” During her weekly virtual briefing, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said the administration’s rush to eliminate natural gas, oil and coal is another example of how Bidenomics is causing real economic harm to Americans. “How are you going to replace coal and gas as a power source? You don’t like... Read More