ST. CROIX -- A noise reduction bill that its author, Senator Novelle Francis, told this publication on Friday is aimed at finding a balance in the community as it relates to loud music, was the recipient of a lot of backlash even …
ST. CROIX -- Residents of Colquhoun (Mount Pleasant) were twice shaken by loud explosions coming from the Virgin Islands National Guard base located across the neighborhood in Estate Bethlehem, disorienting animals, the elderly an…
ST. CROIX -- The 2016 property tax bills issued to all property owners on record as of January 1, will not offer the 5 percent discount as in previous years, Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter announced this week. According to the …
ST. THOMAS -- While some government department and agencies received budget recommendations lower that their 2016 allotment from the Mapp administration, Governor Kenneth Mapp is seeking a 2017 budget of $12.1 million, some $3 mil…
…Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has scheduled a computer system maintenance upgrade, which will require shutting down the authority’s system from 8 a.m. on Saturday through 8 p.m. on Sunday, a press release the semiautono…
ST. CROIX -- The Joint Board of Elections in a 8-2 vote on Wednesday decided to reject the U.S. Department of Justice's call for a settlement agreement regarding Americans with Disabilities compliance issues at polling locations. …
ST. THOMAS -- Gun violence isn't only affecting the victims and victims' families. The problem is also greatly impacting the territory's hospitals' financial stability, as made known by Schneider Regional Medical Center CEO Bernar…
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Health late Wednesday revealed that 15 new cases of the Zika virus has been recorded in the territory through D.O.H.'s weekly surveillance report. The increase sees most cases affecting St. Thomas, …
ST. CROIX -- Senator Novelle Francis says he's taking on the issue of noise pollution across the territory. Mr. Francis will convene a meeting of the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety and Justice on Friday, to discuss …
ST. CROIX -- At his advise-of-rights hearing today, Lakeshan Graham, 21, above, who crashed into a police cruiser following the double homicide incident at the Altona Lagoon on Sunday, told a Superior Court judge that he was not i…
ST. CROIX -- An SUV overturned on the Melvin Evans Highway heading east right after the Sunny Isle Baptiste Church. The incident occurred at or around 6:00 p.m. today. The vehicle, above, was badly damaged by the accident, with on…
ST. CROIX -- Not wanting to appear aloof from the gun violence that has steadily plagued the Virgin Islands this year, with the most recent flareup being on this island over the weekend, Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter, in his c…
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