ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has long argued that the reason he's off island so often, is because he's constantly in search of partners with the wherewithal to spur growth through new development in the territory. Mapp's rec…
Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina today announced $500,000 in grant assistance under the Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program to the U.S. Virgin Islands Centennial Commission as it p…
In a joint study, University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) and University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers have discovered that a threatened coral species living in deeper waters off the …
ST. THOMAS -- Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter, who left the territory on July 6 to attend insurance meetings in Montana, returned on July 15. But Potter will leave the islands again on Wednesday -- this time to attend the Pan Am…
ST. THOMAS -- The Governor Kenneth Mapp administration has announced Rick Mullgrav as its new Bureau of Corrections Director at a press conference here earlier today. Mr. Mullgrav's announcement comes at a critical time for the te…
ST. THOMAS -- Special Olympics Virgin Islands via press release on Friday asked the Virgin Islands public to tune in to ESPN -- the official broadcaster of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games -- to watch Virgin Islanders take pa…
…an expired fire safety certificate of its intention to offer an amnesty period to facilitate coming into compliance, according to a press release Government House issued on Friday. According to the release, while VIFS is not insen…
ST. THOMAS -- Acting Commissioner of the Department of Property and Procurement Randolph Bennett, in a letter addressed to Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary, Sen. Kenneth Gittens, attempted to clarify the discrepanc…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources on Friday issued its weekly beach advisory release, making known that all but one of the territory's beaches was found to be unsafe for fishing and swimming this weeken…
ST. THOMAS -- The Committee on Rules and Judiciary approved 10 of the 11 Governor Kenneth Mapp nominees who came before them today, with 6 of the 7 committee members consistently voting in the affirmative, bar Janette Millin Young…
ST. THOMAS -- Department of Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens revealed before the Committee on Rules and Judiciary at the Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall this afternoon that the financial condition of the government is "extre…
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