ST. JOHN -- Following an announcement by the USVI Hotel and Tourism Association favoring Bill H.R. 4731, sponsored by Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, which aims to extend the Retained Use of Estate (RUE) for Caneel Bay Resor…
ST. CROIX -- The Senate President of the 31st Legislature, Sen. Neville James, along with Sen. Myron Jackson on Tuesday announced that they are in the final stages of creating a council of senators, government officials and repres…
…denying Bill 36-0307 after residents opposed rezoning 0.83 acres in Estate Adrian for a commercial trucking operation, citing noise, fumes, traffic, safety and neighborhood impacts; lawmakers may seek covenants or a narrower compr…
…error, forcing the Randolph Harley plant down and leaving power unstable, but WAPA was hopeful full restoration to the St. Thomas/St. John District would occur sometime Monday evening.
Karl Knight said WAPA is ready to move quickly on standby generation for St. John with help from ODR, but board members objected to lightly used units and directed him to first make one more effort to secure all-new generators by …
A deadly weekend in the USVI leaves four shot on St. John—two fatally—while a 14-year-old is wounded near JFK in St. Croix. Elsewhere, a 29-year-old man was killed in Grove Place, bringing the territory’s 2025 homicide count to 22…
Milton Potter tops the Senate race in the St. Thomas-St. John District, with newcomer Avery Joseph joining the Legislature as the district’s only new senator
…thoughts and concerns on the proposed land exchange deal for the construction of a new Pre K-12 school on St. John. Residents are encouraged to submit their comments to Mr. Francis's office before the Committee of the Whole meetin…
ST. JOHN — Mas players gathered on St. John for the island's 2022 Carnival Parade on Independence Day, and July 4th was a fitting holiday to host the annual parade — which in part signifies freedom — after two long years of Covid-…
St. Croix was unscathed. Residents of the Big Island, as it is called, had braced for impact as projections were certain the U.S. Virgin Islands would be whiplashed by Hurricane Irma. But well into the afternoon, things were eeril…
…contract with Wartsila, LLC that begins the process of outfitting St. John with two standby four-megawatt generating units. The agreement secures WAPA a position in the Wartsila production line, and provides for engineering servic…
ST. JOHN -- Beginning Thursday the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority will begin a "No Customer Left Behind" campaign, which will be aimed at reconnecting all customers who can be restored to the electric grid, and who may h…
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