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West Virginia officials announced that Form Energy, the cutting-edge battery company bringing new life to Weirton’s industrial base, has been selected for an award negotiation of up to $150 million. The money aimed at supporting Form Energy is part of a broader set of federal dollar distributions aimed at bolstering the electric vehicle and grid battery supply chain. The funding is part of the more than $6 billion included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2021. The... Read More

A bipartisan, bicameral resolution introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and her congressional colleagues would recognize October as National Dyslexia Awareness Month. “Dyslexia impacts individuals in West Virginia and all across our country, which is why it is so important that we recognize the substantial challenges it poses to students and adults,” said Sen. Capito, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced grants from various federal agencies and other organizations to deliver funds for projects she championed, including healthcare, education, research, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, economic development, and drug use prevention projects. Capito, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) for a... Read More

A $150 million federal grant is set to supercharge operations at Weirton’s Form Energy Factory 1. The U.S. Department of Energy funds will enable Form to hire 600 workers to staff its commercial-scale battery manufacturing line at its recently completed facility built on the site of a former steel mill. “This is an accelerant,” said Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo. “This is not the first money in, the first risk-capital into the company; it really is helping to drive it even... Read More

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the space race. The White Sulphur Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate was among those known as human computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and then the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their work helped put a man on the moon. Though Johnson... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, joined House and Senate leadership at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol that honored West Virginian Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christina Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and all of the women who contributed to the success of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. During the ceremony, Capito delivered remarks and presented a Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson’s... Read More

One of West Virginia’s newest economic development projects — Form Energy’s battery manufacturing facility in Weirton — is receiving a huge boost from the Department of Energy. The company will receive $150 million from the DOE’s program designed to strengthen the production and recycling of domestic batteries to improve the supply chain of this critical component. Form plans to use the funding to more rapidly scale up its commercial-scale manufacturing lines to produce up to 20 GWh/yr iron-air... Read More

Form Energy could get up to $150 million from the Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling programs to support Form Factory 1 in Weirton. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin I-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., along with a number of West Virginia officials announced that Form Energy has been selected for an award negotiation of up to $150 million, part of the more than $6 billion included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support a strong... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), released a joint statement with 28 of her Republican colleagues—led by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)—regarding a disgraceful and flagrant resolution targeting Israel and its rightful control over its historic homeland by the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations (UN) ahead of the UN General Assembly. The resolution could be voted on as early as this week. “This proposal introduced by the Palestinian delegation, ahead of the United... Read More

On Wednesday afternoon the family of the late Katherine Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of their mother. This medal is given to people who have impacted American history and culture and is likely to be given recognition in their field for years to come. When West Virginia decided to quietly integrate its graduate schools in 1939, West Virginia State’s president, Dr. John W. Davis, selected her and two men to be the first black students offered spots at the state’s... Read More

Florence Crittenton, Inc., will expand its services with two new high acuity homes, thanks in large part to Congressionally Directed Spending via U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Capito’s office confirmed that Florence Crittenton will receive $3,042,000 in federal funding to expand its Center for Young Women and Children. The organization initially announced the funding at its gala in April. The two new specialized, therapeutic, high-acuity, homes will be designed to meet the full array of unique... Read More

A local research foundation with Bluefield State University received more than $7.4 million when it was among the recipients Wednesday of federal grants awarded to entities working to provide improved health care services and medical education opportunities across West Virginia. 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, announced 11 funding awards from the U.S.... Read More

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the space race. The White Sulphur Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate was among those known as human computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and then the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their work helped put a man on the moon. Though Johnson... Read More

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the space race. The White Sulphur Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate was among those known as human computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and then the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their work helped put a man on the moon. Though Johnson... Read More

Bluefield State University is getting a shot in the arm at its Medical Education Center in the former Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced today that the university and the associated Applied Research Foundation will receive about $7.4 million to help to enhance health care in Southern West Viriginia, reduce health disparities and develop healthcare infrastructure in the area. The funding was first announced earlier this year but now the money has been... Read More

Bluefield State University received more than $7 million when it was among the recipients Wednesday of 11 federal grants to entities working to provide improved health care services and medical education opportunities across West Virginia. 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 (Labor-HHS), announced the 11 funding awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human... Read More

On Wednesday, the late Katherine Johnson was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Johnson, the White Sulpher Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate, was a pioneer for NASA, as she was a beloved research mathematician for the staff for 33 years. Johnson, who calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission in 1961, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for her efforts as a part of the group of African... Read More

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony Wednesday in Washington. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Darden watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home. Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, and graduated from what was then called West Virginia State College. She died at 101 in February... Read More

Katherine Johnson, born in White Sulphur Springs in 1918, became one of NASA’s Hidden Figures – the Black women who performed the mathematical calculations that launched America into space. Johnson and her NASA colleagues were the subject of a book and a film. President Barack Obama awarded her a Medal of Freedom in 2015. Johnson died in 2020 at age 101. Now Congress has honored the space pioneers by awarding them its Gold Medal. Johnson’s daughters, Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore accepted... Read More

When members of Congress returned to work after their summer break, West Virginians got a reminder there is someone working on their behalf, even when there isn’t much spotlight left to grab. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R. W.Va., has been working on finding support for those trying to overcome some of our state’s biggest challenges. To that end, her office announced Congressionally Directed Spending funds on the way for five regional projects. Marshall University’s Center of Excellence for... Read More