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Neighboring Wirt County Awarded Grant for ”Clean School Buses”

Charleston, WV — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin /Shelley Moore Capito (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced1,975,000 in funding for Wyoming, Boone, and Wirt county schools through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s (IIJA) Clean School Bus Program. Read More…

Government News

Manchin, Capito Announce $44 Million to Fight Drug Epidemic in West Virginia 

Charleston, WV– U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $44,337,509 through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program. This funding will provide resources that increase access to treatment and support the continuum of prevention and Read More…

Business News

“You can bet that I will mention Calhoun County….I can’t help myself!”

That is not only a direct quote of Crystal Mersh, Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Medicines Company, that is her mantra. She is proud of her Calhoun heritage and has been an avid supporter and voice for the County and she uses that voice in the presence of some of the Read More…

Business News

Capito and Manchin Announce Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Clean Up Orphaned Wells Across West Virginia

Orphaned well clean-up will create good-paying jobs, ensure healthy communities and revitalize rural economies across the state  Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive $25 million to plug, remediate and reclaim 160 orphaned wells throughout the state. These Read More…

Government News

MANCHIN, CAPITO, MCKINLEY, MILLER URGE FERC TO APPROVE MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE’S EXTENSION REQUEST

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Carol Miller (R-WV) called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s pending request for a four-year extension. “At a Read More…

Government News Politics

Senator Manchin Continues to be the Lone Sheep in the land of Democrats

It seems that our State Senator Joe Manchin is keenly aware that he is a lone sheep in the land of democrats. He acknowledged that moderate Democrats like himself are not the standard issues for the country telling CNN that ”The bases are looking for something that’s more sensational, I guess, and more divisive.” Democrats Read More…

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MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE RESOURCES TO TRANSITION NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $561,131 for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ (DHHR) Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH). This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Read More…

Government Opinion

It’s Time to Call Senator Manchin’s Office Again

Shari Johnson/Publisher/Opinion I do not always agree with any politician. Most, if not all have some type of agenda. But today, heavy on my heart, is the decision our Federal leaders are making with regard to the Supreme Court Justice Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. As a West Virginian I believe we have often looked Read More…

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New York City Man Convicted Of Threatening To Kill U.S. Senator Joe Manchin And Fox News Hosts Laura Ingraham And Greg Gutfeld

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ‘ RICKEY JOHNSON was convicted yesterday of threatening a federal official and making interstate threats, following a one-week jury trial before the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan. JOHNSON threatened to kill United States Senator Joe Manchin and Fox News television hosts Read More…