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BETHLEHEM — The “Build Back Better” federal social spending bill needs to be better and less costly before U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will back it.Capito, R-West Virginia, expressed her thoughts on the $1.75 trillion piece of legislation while in Bethlehem Wednesday for a “Girls Rise Up” event at Bethlehem Elementary School.“Honestly, I think that bill is just a reckless taxing and spending bill,” she said. “It is way... Read More

FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. (AP) — A decadeslong effort to reroute and widen U.S. Route 35 to four lanes in West Virginia became a reality Thursday with completion of the final upgraded link.Gov. Jim Justice and other leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony before hundreds of people for a 15-mile segment of the highway near the Putnam County community of Fraziers Bottom. It’s the last part of U.S. 35 from Interstate 64 to the West Virginia-Ohio state line to be widened.The road is heavily... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – Governor Jim Justice and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin celebrated the grand opening of the completion of U.S. Route 35 on Thursday.The U.S. Route 35 project took 53 years to complete in its entirety.The completion project of U.S. Route 35 was kicked off by Gov. Justice in 2019 as part of the Roads to Prosperity program.The project is the 1,000 project completed through the Roads to Prosperity program.This project allows travelers to drive on a... Read More

FRAZIERS BOTTOM, W.Va. (AP) — A decadeslong effort to reroute and widen U.S. Route 35 to four lanes in West Virginia became a reality Thursday with completion of the final upgraded link.Gov. Jim Justice and other leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony before hundreds of people for a 15-mile segment of the highway near the Putnam County community of Fraziers Bottom. It’s the last part of U.S. 35 from Interstate 64 to the West Virginia-Ohio state line to be widened.The road is heavily... Read More

MASON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and other Mountain State officials cut the ribbon on a major infrastructure project that many say has been a long time coming.With a lot of pomp and circumstance, the road termed ‘the gateway to the south’ is newly opened.“Nine governors, and 53 years. There’s hardly an engineer that’s been in the industry any length of time that hasn’t worked on this project in one form or another,”... Read More

CHARLESTON — “What you see here today is a tremendous achievement,” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday, while standing on U.S. 35 in Putnam County.That area was part of the final 14.6-mile leg of the roadway, a project five decades in the making, according to a release from the Governor’s Office.With the final piece now completed, Gov. Justice, other state officials, members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation and others attended a grand opening... Read More

BUFFALO, W.Va. — On a smooth open road driving through the West Virginia mountains, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, saw a major road project she’s been working to fund for much of her political career come to fruition.   “I never thought I’d see this day,” Capito (R-W.Va.) told MetroNews during a ride-along Thursday down 11 of the 14.6 miles of expanded U.S. Route 35 from Putnam to Mason County. The senator drove down the new four lane highway following... Read More

FRAZIER’S BOTTOM, W.Va. — Almost everybody in the crowd that had gathered on the final four-lane stretch of U.S. Route 35 Thursday had a story about whether they thought the road would ever be completed.Those questions were answered when the ribbon was cut on the 14.6 mile stretch that will link Frazier’s Bottom in Putnam County to Beech Hill in Mason County, making the 37-mile highway all four-lane.“The first comment we had to each here was, ‘Did we ever think... Read More

WHEELIING W.Va. (WTRF) Inflation is on the rise and that’s just one of many reasons one U.S Senator from West Virginia is saying no to the build back better bill.The Build Back Better Bill could be voted on next week in the House.  Then it’ll make it’s way to the Senate where we know Senator Capito doesn’t like what she sees.It addresses universal preschool, an extended child tax credit, affordable housing, and climate change initiatives.... Read More

WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in Wheeling Wednesday to host a Girls Rise Up event at Bethlehem Elementary School.Senator Capito launched the West Virginia Girls Rise Up program back in 2015 to encourage confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to be strong and kind female leaders.This program focuses on self-confidence, education and fitness.“You can see in some of the girls, most of them probably, have thought about this. They thought about... Read More

OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito was in Ohio County on Wednesday morning, taking part in numerous events in Bethlehem and Wheeling.Capito's first stop was at Bethlehem Elementary, where she took part in the school's Veteran's Day service.She then held a "Girls Rise Up" event with 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.The purpose of the initiative is to show girls how to empower themselves through things like physical fitness, self-confidence, and education.“Sometimes they... Read More

WHEELING, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made stops in the Northern Panhandle Wednesday where she hosted a Girls Rise Up event at Bethlehem Elementary School and toured the Oglebay Good Zoo.Capito launched the West Virginia Girls Rise Up program in 2015 to instill confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to be strong and kind female leaders, according to a release from the senator's office.The program focuses on three areas: education, fitness... Read More

OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the infrastructure bill was a bipartisan effort that will greatly impact the state of West Virginia.Capito was a key member in talks about this bill since early this summer.She played a role in starting the bill but said that wasn't her biggest contribution.“My committee, we wrote the highway transportation portion of this and also the water and wastewater,” she said. “It came out of our committees bipartisan.... Read More

BETHLEHEM — The “Build Back Better” federal social spending bill needs to be better and less costly before U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will back it.Capito, R-West Virginia, expressed her thoughts on the $1.75 trillion piece of legislation while in Bethlehem Wednesday for a “Girls Rise Up” event at Bethlehem Elementary School.“Honestly, I think that bill is just a reckless taxing and spending bill,” she said. “It is way... Read More

CHARLESTON — While the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better social spending bill has changed nearly daily for the last several weeks, a provision that could put electric vehicle manufacturers in West Virginia at a disadvantage has remained unchanged.President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better framework, a combination of social spending projects that were part of his American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, would allow electric vehicle manufacturers to offer a $7,500 tax credit for... Read More

MILLWOOD — On Monday, Constellium held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the restart of its upgraded 144-inch cold rolling mill at its facility in Jackson County.The facility was awarded funding of nearly $9.5 million in 2019 by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program to increase throughput, quality,and performance of cold rolled aluminum.The restart marks completion of the first phase of the project involving a complete teardown of the... Read More

MILLWOOD W.Va. (WV News) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) made stops in Jackson and Wood counties today focused on economic development. First, Senator Capito participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Constellium 144” Cold Mill in Millwood, W.Va.“The Constellium plant here in Jackson County is more than just a prominent employer, it’s a point of pride,” Senator Capito said. “I was happy to advocate for the critical funding the facility... Read More

Every now and then, common sense and at least a modicum of bipartisanship breaks out in Washington.  That has happened with the Congressional approval of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.The House passed the measure Friday night 228 to 206. The Senate passed the bill back in August 69-30. Specifically, the bill calls for $550 billion in new federal spending, while renewing existing transportation funding.In the Senate, every Democrat and nineteen Republicans,... Read More

WASHINGTON — A recently passed Senate bill could lead to the use of security cameras inside VA health care facilities, according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.The Senate-approved bill, which passed the House earlier this year, is sponsored by fellow West Virginia Republicans Representatives David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Carol Miler and is companion legislation to the Senate version.Speaking with reporters Thursday, Capito said the bill was drafted in response to the actions of... Read More

CHARLESTON — While the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better social spending bill has changed nearly daily for the last several weeks, a provision that could put electric vehicle manufacturers in West Virginia at a disadvantage has remained unchanged.President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better framework, a combination of social spending projects that were part of his American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, would allow electric vehicle manufacturers to offer a $7,500 tax credit for... Read More