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Cheapest regular gas in cities across Boone County in week ending June 15

By Charleston Leader | Jun 22, 2024

The only price of regular gas in cities throughout Boone County was found at a single gas station in the week ending June 15, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Senator Capito issues statement on eighth anniversary of 2016 West Virginia floods

By Charleston Leader | Jun 21, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued a statement today in remembrance of the severe flooding and 23 lives lost in West Virginia on June 23, 2016.

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Capito announces $36 million for WV transportation projects

By Charleston Leader | Jun 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three grants totaling $36,745,450 through the Department of Transportation’s RAISE grant program for three transportation projects across West Virginia.

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Senators demand DHS response after release of suspected terrorists into US

By Charleston Leader | Jun 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has joined her Republican Senate colleagues in demanding answers from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after eight individuals with suspected ties to ISIS were apprehended at the southern border and subsequently released into the United States.

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Kanawha County's universities spent $3,542,593 on football teams in 2023

By Charleston Leader | Jun 20, 2024

Kanawha County's two colleges spent $3,542,593 on their football teams in 2023, an increase over the previous year.

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Capito questions military leaders on WVNG's Ridge Runner exercise

By Charleston Leader | Jun 20, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned Reserve Component leaders during a hearing to review the president’s Fiscal Year 2025 funding request for the National Guard and Reserve Component of each military branch.

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Capito celebrates West Virginia Day with video message

By Charleston Leader | Jun 20, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued a video statement today in celebration of West Virginia Day, which falls on Thursday, June 20.

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Senator Capito announces funding for WV National Guard Small Business Center

By Charleston Leader | Jun 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced an award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for the West Virginia National Guard Small Business Center.

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1 gas station in cities throughout Boone County had the cheapest premium gas in week ending June 15

By Charleston Leader | Jun 19, 2024

The only price of premium gas in cities throughout Boone County was found at a single gas station in the week ending June 15, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Senate passes bipartisan bill supporting new nuclear technologies

By Charleston Leader | Jun 18, 2024

Bipartisan legislation to support the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies has overwhelmingly passed the Senate.

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Senators introduce TAKE IT DOWN Act against deepfake revenge porn

By Charleston Leader | Jun 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, has joined a group of senators led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act. The bill aims to protect victims of non-consensual intimate image abuse, commonly referred to as "revenge pornography." It seeks to criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII or "deepfake pornography," and...

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Senate passes bipartisan bill advancing US nuclear energy initiatives

By Charleston Leader | Jun 18, 2024

Today, the Senate voted to pass bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, EPW Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) that will provide a major boost to the future of nuclear energy in America.

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Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within Boone County in week ending June 15?

By Charleston Leader | Jun 17, 2024

The only price of diesel in cities throughout Boone County was found at a single gas station in the week ending June 15, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Senators introduce resolution against Biden's rule on unaccompanied migrant children

By Charleston Leader | Jun 17, 2024

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) and a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, recently joined a group of senators led by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval. The resolution aims to overturn the Biden administration’s rule concerning unaccompanied migrant children.

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Senator Capito visits WV fire academy's junior firefighter camp

By Charleston Leader | Jun 17, 2024

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, toured the West Virginia State Fire Academy and addressed campers at the National Junior Firefighter Camp. The West Virginia State Fire Academy is operated by West Virginia University (WVU) Fire Service Extension and hosts the annual National Junior Firefighter Camp. Started in 2006, the camp encourages a new generation of volunteer firefighters and is the only one of its kind nationally.

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Where were the cheapest places to fill up on midgrade gas in cities in Boone County in week ending June 15?

By Charleston Leader | Jun 16, 2024

The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Boone County was found at a single gas station in the week ending June 15, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Charleston Leader area weekly mass times

By Charleston Leader | Jun 15, 2024

The following parishes in the Charleston Leader coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Where were the cheapest places to fill up on regular gas in cities in Kanawha County in week ending June 8?

By Charleston Leader | Jun 14, 2024

The only price of regular gas in cities throughout Kanawha County was found at a single gas station in the week ending June 8, according to GasBuddy.com.

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Capito tours nearly completed health right expansion project

By Charleston Leader | Jun 14, 2024

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), toured the expansion project at West Virginia Health Right’s main facility in Charleston, West Virginia. The expansion is scheduled for completion later this month and was partly funded through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) award secured by Senator Capito in September 2022.

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Senator Capito questions FAA Administrator on Boeing issues and Yeager Airport delays

By Charleston Leader | Jun 14, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, questioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Matthew Whitaker during an oversight hearing on aviation manufacturing. This hearing follows Boeing's submission of a plan to the FAA to improve its factory operations after multiple whistleblower reports and an incident in January involving an Alaska Airlines flight where a door plug fell off.