WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Ratcliffe for CIA Director WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm John Ratcliffe to serve as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director. Ratcliffe was confirmed by a vote of 74 to 25. "John Ratcliffe is a strong choice by P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Votes Yes on Zeldin to be EPA Administrator, Nomination Passes EPW Committee To watch Chairman Capito's opening statement, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted to advance the nomination of Lee Zeldin to be the administrator of the U  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted to advance the nomination of Lee Zeldin to be the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Zeldin's nomination was favorably reported by the EPW Committee with a bip  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the follow statement on President Trump's executive orders unleashing American energy. "On Day One, President Trump took immediate and meaningful action to reassert American energy dominance. After four yea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 290) entitled "Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Mingo County, West Virginia": * * * Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.5-mile rail line extending from milepost AL 0.0 +/- at or near Sprigg, W. Va., to milepos  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Martinsburg, WV - On June 5, 2024, a warrant was issued out of Berkeley County for Manuel Ernest Watson Gordon,33, of Hagerstown, Maryland. The warrant charged Watson Gordon with failure to appear on charges of distribution of Fentanyl and Cocaine. The charges were a result of an undercover purchase of narcotics in September of 2023 conducted by the Eastern Panhandl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 24 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: State Treasurer Larry Pack visited Huntington on Thursday, January 23 to present an unclaimed property check worth $33,624.31 to the Cabell County Board of Education. "I am proud to reunite the Cabell County Board of Education with these lost funds," Treasurer Pack said. "Our public schools are in dire need of additional funding to meet all their challenges, so tha  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Arthur Ray Elkins, 60, of Chesapeake, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 6, 2023, Elkins sold approximately 56   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services issued the following news: The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) announced continued progress in reducing overdose deaths across the state, underscoring the impact of the agency's ongoing prevention and treatment efforts. "We are seeing real progress in reducing overdose deaths, a direct result of our ongoing, data-driven efforts," said Dr. Stephen Loyd, Di  more