The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees on Saturday approved an authorization to request an appropriation of $44,325,553 for fiscal year 2022-2023, up from $41.7 million a year earlier. The university said the reque…
…on proposed zoning map amendments to the Virgin Islands Official District maps. The hearings will be virtual via video conferencing. The first will be at 10:00 a.m. in St. Thomas on March 9. The application is ZAT-22-4 and it's Th…
The V.I. Dept. of Justice announced Wednesday a $3 million settlement with the Terminix pest control company. The settlement stems from a 2017 lawsuit that the V.I. Attorney General’s Office filed against Terminix after a family o…
ST. THOMAS — Two 17-year-olds face the possibility of life in prison without parole following a deadly daylight robbery that occurred in December 2021. Akenda Weeks and Jahmar Lewis face a total of 28 charges each, including 1st-d…
ST. THOMAS- A man has been charged after he allegedly attempted to flee the scene of a vehicular accident. Trey Reynolds was arrested on Thursday night and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with an il…
ST. THOMAS — A 30-year-old man has been arrested on firearm charges after he reportedly attempted to conceal a weapon in the back of a police vehicle. According to court documents, Umba Delsol was arrested on Wednesday and charged…
The military operation the United States for weeks warned would be launched by Russia is now underway, as Russia early Thursday initiated a full-scale offensive on its smaller neighbor Ukraine, striking the country from the air, l…
Last updated on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol on Thursday said that currently boaters and other users of Round Bay in St. John can anchor or use the bay wit…
ST. JOHN — Officials who attended a Friday ceremony for the launch of Ocean-Bound Plastics Recycling Program on St. John hailed the effort as an important step forward in reducing the territory's carbon footprint. Senator Donna Fr…
ST. CROIX — The V.I.P.D. has charged a man named Tyler Delroy Smith with first-degree murder in connection with the 2021 homicide of Nancy Nieves Naar, who was found brutally murdered on the side of a road in Estate St. John in Ch…
…Thursday that Governor Albert Bryan has nominated former Magistrate Judge Carolyn Hermon-Percell for a seat on the V.I. Casino Control Commission to serve a five-year term as a representative from the St. Thomas-St. John District.…
“Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics (are) poisoning sea life and affecting humans. Each year, an estimated eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck dumped into the sea e…
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