The situation at the Dept. of Labor, specifically at the St. Croix office, is dire. According to an employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Consortium, fearing reprisal, the department is critically understaffed an…
The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most challenging missions in FEMA’s 40-year history. In less than three weeks hurricanes Irma and Maria would leave trails of devastation across the entire territory and we would be in the …
Facing criticism from parents and pressing questions from lawmakers, the V.I. Dept. of Education on Wednesday sought to defend its performance relative to the rollout of virtual learning for public school students in the territory…
…announced during his Monday Covid-19 press briefing that his administration is considering the implementation of universal mask wearing, a move aimed at strengthening the territory's Covid-19 protocols, with Mr. Bryan stating he d…
…37 new cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. Virgin Islands last week up until Friday's data, a drastic drop in reported cases. However, the latest numbers provided by D.O.H. do not show the virus's true impact on the territory, as…
…for a short time. Haps and his wife had a passion for all animals, most notably horses and dogs. They went on to start a horse farm in Annapolis, Maryland, called “Revelations Riding.” They had 33 horses and ponies at one point as…
ST. CROIX — Limetree Bay, which owns the oil storage terminal and refinery on the south shore of St. Croix, on Tuesday responded to queries placed to it by the Consortium, stating in a release that it stands firmly behind its Covi…
…and Kenneth Gittens that seeks to limit the development of gas stations in a territory replete with them crossed the first hurdle when it won the approval of lawmakers Friday during a Committee on Government Operations, Consumer A…
…the 19th coronavirus death in the U.S. Virgin Islands, coming just days after the 18th fatality, which occurred on Monday. The deceased was 82 years old, and he was a resident of St. Thomas, according the department. D.O.H. report…
…of Covid-19 in the territory between Monday and Wednesday, while listing 1,119 people as recovered. D.O.H. did not provide data on Tuesday due to what it said was downtime for database maintenance. And the department's latest tota…
…during a Committee on Finance budget hearing Wednesday. Among the frustrations is the authority's EnVision Tomorrow program, which was announced a year ago but to date has seen only seven homes under construction even as applicati…
St. Croix was unscathed. Residents of the Big Island, as it is called, had braced for impact as projections were certain the U.S. Virgin Islands would be whiplashed by Hurricane Irma. But well into the afternoon, things were eeril…
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