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Community Care of West Virginia (CCWV) broke ground on a new integrated health and education center in Buckhannon, expanding services throughout Upshur County and surrounding areas. CCWV serves as north central West Virginia’s federally qualified health center, providing healthcare services for more than 50,000 patients across eight counties, including Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, . Services include primary and pediatric care, addiction medicine, and school-based healthcare. Rosemary Thomas,... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of U.S. Senators and Representatives, in a new letter urging United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to explicitly include American hardwood lumber within the recently established U.S.-China Board of Trade. Representatives GT Thompson (R-Pa.-15) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.-03) led the letter in the U.S. House of Representatives. “We write to urge the Administration... Read More

The rehabilitation of the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge is moving forward after the West Virginia Division of Highways awarded a $74.5 million contract for the project. The DOH announced Tuesday that it awarded the contract to Triton Construction. The Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge, also known as the Fort Hill Bridge, carries Interstate 64 over the Kanawha River in Charleston and serves approximately 100,000 vehicles each day. The project follows the development of several potholes during... Read More

West Virginia is one step closer to finishing a decades-long highway project after the state awarded its first construction contract to extend Corridor H from Wardensville to the Virginia state line. The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) awarded an $85.4 million contract to Triton Construction Inc. to build a 3.74-mile section of the highway from Trout Run Cutoff Road to Waites Run Road. The work includes grading, drainage, constructing twin bridges at Trout Run, and paving for the... Read More

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding West Virginia’s law restricting transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams has reshaped the national debate over athletics, civil rights and state authority, drawing praise from Republican leaders while prompting sharp criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates and the attorneys who represented the student at the center of the case. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that federal civil rights law and the Constitution allow states to maintain... Read More

The rehabilitation of the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge is moving forward after the West Virginia Division of Highways awarded a $74.5 million contract for the project. The DOH announced Tuesday that it awarded the contract to Triton Construction. The Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge, also known as the Fort Hill Bridge, carries Interstate 64 over the Kanawha River in Charleston and serves approximately 100,000 vehicles each day. The project follows the development of several potholes during... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded the availability of up to $250,000 in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The funding will support mine safety, health education, and mine emergency preparedness efforts. The Brookwood-Sago Grant Program honors the West Virginia miners lost in the 2006 Sago Mine disaster.... Read More

On this episode of The Gold and Blue Nation Podcast, presented by Mountain State Oral and Facial Surgery, hosts Ryan Decker and Cody Nespor had the chance to sit down with US Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to talk about the Protect College Sports Act, which Capito helped get out of committee in the Senate and would make sweeping changes to the landscape of college athletics. Listen to the latest episode on podcast platforms like Apple and Spotify, or at the top of this page. Gold and Blue... Read More

The current state of college athletics has been described by some as the “Wild, Wild West,” but there is an effort within Congress to provide more structure than the NCAA has been able to apply in recent years with the Protect College Sports Act. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation that recently advanced the bill to the Senate floor, sat down for an exclusive interview with Gold and Blue Nation this week to... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito visited the Prime 6 manufacturing facility at the former Philips Lighting property in Fairmont on Tuesday, returning to the site less than two years after attending its 2024 groundbreaking. Prime 6, founded by Riki and Oron Franco, produces eco-friendly products from hardwood waste, including a clean-burning biomass fuel marketed as a replacement for traditional charcoal. The company gained national attention with a 2020 appearance on “Shark Tank.” Capito said the... Read More

What began as a startup focused on premium grilling charcoal has quickly evolved into a fast-growing industrial supplier, with Fairmont-based Prime 6 now operating roughly two years ahead of its original business plan. During a Tuesday tour of the company’s manufacturing facility, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack praised Prime 6’s expansion, calling it an example of innovation driving jobs while strengthening the state’s timber... Read More

A new manufacturing business is coming to Putnam County. Local and federal officials were on hand Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially welcome Centauri Ground Support. The joint venture between global engineering group Sandvik and Tennessee-based mining company Alpha Metallurgical Resources is entering the renovated 100,000-square-foot Waterways Industrial Park facility in Poca. Nonprofit economic development organization Advantage Valley has invested $6 million in renovation... Read More

Dignitaries and company executives cut the ribbon Friday on the newly renovated Waterways Industrial Park facility by Advantage Valley in Putnam County. The first business to locate in the industrial site is Centauri Ground Support. The company is a joint venture between international mining equipment company Sandvik and Alpha Metallurgical Resources, a mining company with operations in Virginia and West Virginia. The companies will invest $25 million to establish a mining equipment... Read More

A new manufacturing business is coming to Putnam County. Local and federal officials were on hand Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially welcome Centauri Ground Support. The joint venture between global engineering group Sandvik and Tennessee-based mining company Alpha Metallurgical Resources is entering the renovated 100,000-square-foot Waterways Industrial Park facility in Poca. Nonprofit economic development organization Advantage Valley has invested $6 million in renovation... Read More

After a century of service, the Huntington Fire Department’s Westmoreland Station on Camden Road has been relieved of duty and replaced with a brand-new facility on Piedmont Road. Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined Huntington firefighters and local officials in cutting the ribbon on the new Station 8. Those who serve the community say this moment was a long time coming. When a $4 million funding gap became apparent, the senator stepped in with federal funds to ensure the project would be... Read More

The old fire station in the Westmoreland area of Huntington in Wayne County was 100 years old. Now, the community will have a new and improved one. There was a packed house at the new Westmoreland fire station Friday morning. Community members and city and state officials showed up to the new location in the 3200 block of Piedmont Road to celebrate the completion of the building. Huntington Mayor Patrick Farrell said it was an all-hands-on-deck effort -- citing assistance from U.S. Sen. Shelley... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is spotlighting her newly enacted Rural Broadband Protection Act, saying the law will help ensure internet providers deliver on their promises to rural communities that rely on federal broadband funding. In an op-ed published by the Washington Times, Capito — a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — wrote that the law strengthens oversight of companies seeking support through the Federal Communications Commission’s high-cost... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito raised concerns Tuesday about the number of near-miss incidents occurring within the nation’s airspace system, suggesting the public may not be seeing the full scope of aviation safety risks. During a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Close Calls: Improving Safety Across the National Airspace System,” Capito questioned aviation industry leaders about whether current reporting systems accurately capture near-miss and runway... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee (RPC), released the below statement following the U.S. Senate’s passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: “The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a commonsense step toward addressing the housing affordability crisis impacting communities across West Virginia and our nation. By increasing housing supply, updating financing options, and cutting red tape, this legislation will create more... Read More