ST. CROIX – A 24-year-old St. Thomas man faces an additional sixteen years in prison and $352,000 in fines for allegedly threatening to kill a murder witness over social media last year, according to U.S. Attorney Ronald Sharpe. A…
ST. CROIX -- As the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) continues with its quest to make St. Croix a more attractive destination for airlines, the agency commenced work on Tuesday on phase 2 of what it's calling the HERA Apron Re…
ST. THOMAS – The Senate Rules and Judiciary Committee met for the second day in a row Tuesday, this time to consider the Cabinet nomination of Dawn Henry for the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. But the biggest news o…
ST. CROIX -- For several weeks, the charred remains of a bulldozer, Jeep Liberty and crane have been sitting in a Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) parking lot where employees of WAPA contractor Vitol, and the employ…
ST. THOMAS – A local Senator said he thanks former Gov. John de Jongh for making the “first installment payment” on the $490,000 he borrowed from the government to make security upgrades to his private residence in Charlotte Amali…
ST. THOMAS – The results of the Government Employees Service Commission (GESC) Group Health Insurance Board Elections are in – and three of the four positions will be filled by incumbents, according to Personnel Division director …
ST. THOMAS -- In a public statement issued to the press on Saturday, former Governor John P. de Jongh revealed that he has reimbursed the Government of the Virgin Islands' Department of Property and Procurement the sum of $202,832…
…The department reports that the following beaches meet water-quality standards and are safe for swimming or fishing: St. Croix Stony Ground Protestant Cay Chenay Bay Buccaneer Cane Bay Cramers Park Rainbow Shoy’s New Fort (Ft. Lou…
ST. CROIX – The second annual KidWind Challenge – a competition to get students excited about renewable energy – kicks off Saturday, according to the Virgin Islands Energy Office. Children compete in teams against their peers to d…
CHRISTIANSTED – A new National Park Service report shows that 148,753 visitors to the National Park attractions on St. Croix last year spent $8,459,200 in communities near the park. The three National Parks on St. Croix are the Ch…
ST. THOMAS – Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty hosted nearly 50 journalists and travel partners at a luncheon presentation in Toronto last week. Nicholson-Doty called the visit “productive” and said it was arranged to he…
ST. THOMAS – The Senate Committee on Rules and the Judiciary considered two bills put forward by Sen. Sammuel Sanes in the later afternoon session – the first the so-called “Good Samaritan Law” and the second a measure to allow co…
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