…Center at 11:00 a.m. today, Government House announced that the first day of school has been postponed until further notice. The public was also advised to standby for updates, and school personnel have been asked to report to wor…
…Irma for the second day in a row has maintained its category 3 status with hurricane-force winds of 115 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center's Monday 5:00 a.m. advisory. The storm, which is expected to gain s…
Hurricane Irma, which on Sunday held steady at 115 miles per hour winds and is projected to grow in strength, is beginning to approach a number of islands and is expected to impact -- though how much remains uncertain -- the north…
…of the preparations of its power plants and electrical and water distribution systems should Irma threaten the Virgin Islands, W.A.P.A. announced Saturday night. “Over the last several days, we have been tracking the developing st…
Hurricane Irma continues to fluctuate in strength and has restrengthened into a category 3 hurricane after losing some steam on Saturday. The storm is expected to gain strength through Monday, as it heads towards the Lesser Antill…
…today, Irma had downgraded to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of near 110 miles per hour. But the slight downgrade should not be cause for relief, meteorologists say, because the storm is expected to fluctuate …
Governor Kenneth Mapp issued a statement on Friday relative to the potential impact to the territory by Hurricane Irma, a storm with the force to exact immense damage to those in its path. Mr. Mapp said while he did not believe th…
ST. CROIX -- Two men in their twenties were arrested on Thursday night after allegedly attempting to extort a 13-year-old minor of her jewelry, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Friday. According to Mr. Dra…
ST. CROIX -- V.I.P.D. officers territory-wide recently received a letter from Territorial Chief of Police Winsbut McFarland, informing them that all off-duty jobs have been suspended until further notice, and that anyone who viola…
ST. CROIX -- Airbnb agreements and tax deals are accelerating in vacation rental markets in the Caribbean, with over 10 collaboration agreements with governments in the region and lodging tax collection deals in the US Virgin Isla…
ST. CROIX -- The Juan F. Luis Hospital has been under immense pressure as of late, after a brief period of relief. It had just received good news in July from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, when it was found to be…
The Department of Health in its latest Zika report said all three islands registered no new cases of Zika this week, with St. Croix holding steady at 252 confirmed cases, St. John with 89 confirmed cases, and St. Thomas with 683 c…
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