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West Virginia is sitting on more money per capita for broadband expansion than any other state, but those funds have not translated to a single person being connected. But federal and state officials told attendees of an annual conference that’s about to change. Tuesday marked the first day of the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit at the Embassy Suites in downtown Charleston. The annual event brings together industry leaders in the world of broadband and telecommunications, representatives of... Read More

Millions of dollars in federal funding are coming to Randolph, Barbour, Tucker and Upshur counties, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced this week. Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced grants from various federal agencies and organizations to deliver funds for projects she championed, including healthcare, education, research, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development projects. As a Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

West Virginia is sitting on more money per capita for broadband expansion than any other state, but those funds have not translated to a single person being connected. But federal and state officials told attendees of an annual conference that’s about to change. Tuesday marked the first day of the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit at the Embassy Suites in downtown Charleston. The annual event brings together industry leaders in the world of broadband and telecommunications, representatives of... Read More

West Virginia is sitting on more money per capita for broadband expansion than any other state, but those funds have not translated to a single person being connected. But federal and state officials told attendees of an annual conference that’s about to change. Tuesday marked the first day of the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit at the Embassy Suites in downtown Charleston. The annual event brings together industry leaders in the world of broadband and telecommunications, representatives of... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Tuesday said she hopes the Rural Broadband Protection Act soon will pass the House of Representatives. Capito, addressing attendees of the West Virginia Broadband Summit in Charleston, said the legislation will put additional safeguards in place for a Federal Communications Commission program aimed at funding increased internet connectivity in rural areas. “Now that it’s passed the Senate, it heads to the House of Representatives,” she said. “This is... Read More

What’s coming next in the Mountain State’s journey of progress and expansion of broadband internet following the recently awarded $1.2 billion for that growth– that’s the subject everyone is talking about. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was among the leaders within that arena speaking Tuesday at the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit in Charleston. Capito told MetroNews after speaking at the summit Tuesday that the progress toward the deployment and expansion of broadband internet in West... Read More

What’s coming next in the Mountain State’s journey of progress and expansion of broadband internet following the recently awarded $1.2 billion for that growth– that’s the subject everyone is talking about. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was among the leaders within that arena speaking Tuesday at the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit in Charleston. Capito told MetroNews after speaking at the summit Tuesday that the progress toward the deployment and expansion of broadband internet in West... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced grants from different federal organizations and agencies to deliver money for projects across West Virginia. Listed below are some places in the WVVA area that received funding. Bluestone Health Association, Inc.- $600,000 in HHS Health Resources and Services Administration Williamson Health and Wellness Center, Inc.- $600,000 in HHS HRSA grant City of Hinton- $3.25 million in infrastructure... Read More

When there’s a power outage in big buildings like hospitals, there’s always a generator that kicks in, but when it comes to rural areas like Philippi, where Broaddus Hospital is located, things get a bit more complicated. The hospital’s current generator covers only part of the 60-bed nursing home also located on-site, and only powers 35% of the hospital during outages, with machines like CT scanners left unavailable and the hospital forced to transfer patients to the nearest hospital almost 40... Read More

FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison were awarded $50 million though the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships, or GRIP program. The funding will help make the electricity grid more reliable for customers and enable the electrification of buildings and transportation. In part, the upgrades aim to reduce the duration of service disruptions due to severe weather. The program was created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of... Read More

Fifty million dollars in federal funding is headed to FirstEnergy to support grid and transmission upgrades across West Virginia, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced Friday. The funding will impact more than 50,000 customers and 450 "critical facilities" such as schools and hospitals, Capito said. The project also will involve the creation of a four-year apprenticeship program with a training center in Fairmont, Capito said. “West Virginians deserve reliable access to electricity that keeps... Read More

West Virginia has long struggled with population decline, but its easternmost region has proved an exception. Last year, five counties in the area saw population growth — among just eight counties in the state. Berkeley County experienced the biggest jump. Between July 2022 and July 2023, the county population grew by 2.37 percent, with more than 3,000 new residents moving in. Local officials are excited by these numbers. But they say preparing for newcomers means expanding existing... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito visited Eagle School Intermediate on Thursday to talk with students for her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program. This was the 34th event for the program, as Capito strives to inspire the next generation. Capito, R-W.Va., started the West Virginia Girls Rise Up program in 2015 after becoming the first female senator from West Virginia. She wanted to encourage young women to follow their dreams and show them that they can be the next leaders. Through this program,... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) was in Berkeley County Thursday, headlining two events. Senator Capito visited Eagle School Intermediate in Martinsburg, W.Va. where she hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event. Senator Capito launched the program in 2015 “to instill confidence in young West Virginia women and empower them to be strong and kind female leaders,” according to a press release from her office. The program focuses on three areas: education, fitness, and... Read More

Officials broke ground Thursday on a new water treatment plant in Bunker Hill, a much-needed replacement for the 66-year-old plant that services much of southern Berkeley County. Located on Runnymeade Road, the old water plant will continue to run while the new one is being constructed. According to county officials, its aged equipment has run its course, and if something was to go wrong, they don’t know if they could find replacements. Jim Ouellet, executive director with Berkeley County Public... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), visited Clendenin Elementary School where she toured the new school and later hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event with special guest, Dr. Liberty Vittert Capito, a statistician, political commentator, TV show host, and Professor of Data Science. “After years of working to secure resources and wait for construction to be completed, I am so glad that Clendenin students, faculty, and staff have a wonderful facility to call their own. We will never... Read More

The newly renovated Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling University invited the public to view a new “out of this world” experience.  Thanks to a grant from Senator Shelley Moore Capito and NASA, they were able to redo the entire center with a new Blue Origin designed Mission Control, the creation of a Transport Room, and the development of a Space Craft Simulator.   The Challenger Learning Center welcomes around 200 classrooms in a year, but they’ve opened today for everyone to take a... Read More

Hundreds of history-minded individuals converged on the small town of Point Pleasant at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park Thursday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. Many were dressed in period garb, representing British soldiers, American militia members and frontiersmen, all who played a part in the battle that some say was the first of the American Revolution. The Battle of Point Pleasant took place on Oct. 10, 1774, when Virginia settlers faced off against those of... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito believes there are many fundamental reasons why Mingo County will benefit from Williamson Memorial once again becoming a fully operational hospital. Capito conveyed this prior to taking a guided tour of the hospital on Monday, Oct. 7. One reason, she believes, is that it will offer far more accessibility to patients, which in turn will help ease the financial burden on already strained Medicare and Medicaid systems. Another reason, she said, is that it will... Read More

Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 19 of her colleagues—led by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)—in introducing a bipartisan bill that will allow America to deport sexual offenders currently in the country and block those seeking to enter. This comes after a shocking report revealed that 16,320 illegal immigrants with sexual assault convictions are in the country.  This bill, titled the Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized... Read More