ST. CROIX -- H.H. Tire & Battery, a well-known and reputable business located at 61-B Castle Coakley, has been consumed by fire, leaving multiple persons out of work this morning, and a venerable operation incapacitated for the fo…
Andre Toussaint of St. Croix, Elvis Sprauve of St. John and Nico VanHolten of St. Thomas are the first round of winners in the Department of Tourism's inaugural "Taxi-Text-To-Win" incentive promotion, designed to enhance the USVI …
ST. THOMAS -- Two former government employees at the Department of Health Community Health Clinic have been advised of their rights on multiple embezzlement-related charges. Lou Hermon, 47, of Castleburg, St. Croix, and Kesha Will…
…of a deceptive trade practice is called a “bait and switch.” First, customers are "baited" by merchants’ advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the advertised goods …
…anticipates that negative environmental impacts will be caused by storm-water runoff. DPNR is therefore advising the public to use caution when using the coastal waters throughout the Territory until further notification. The gove…
…33 new cases of the Zika virus this week, a marked decrease from last week's 100 surge, although the Department of Health's director of public relations, Nicole Tyson, said the latter number was a result of cases that were backlog…
ST. CROIX -- One week following the arrest of a Bureau of Corrections officer for attempting to smuggle marijuana and other prison contraband into the Golden Grove Correctional Facility, another officer was caught, arrested and ja…
ST. CROIX -- The Government Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees decided not to cut retirees' benefits by 30 percent on January 1, 2017, news that will be well received by retirees who feared that their annuities would h…
ST. THOMAS -- After learning that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (F.H.W.A.) had suspended the contract awarded to Tip Top Construction for the Main Street Revitalization Project in Charlotte…
ST. THOMAS -- On November 17, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment against Aracelis N. Ayala aka Gordita aka Fluff, 34, Turrel Thomas, 21, and Raheem Miller aka Caesar, 24, charging them with two Hobbs Act rob…
ST. CROIX -- Julisha Lansiquot, whose story was detailed in an article on The Consortium in October, telling of her journey from teenage pregnancy, to senior crime scene investigator and now author, will be launching her book reve…
ST. CROIX -- The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Friday lifted the emergency status that it placed on the Zika virus on February 1, a sign that the mosquito-borne disease's effect on the world had diminished. But the organiz…
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