Amid pressing issues of street maintenance and public accessibility, the V.I. Department of Public Works presented its 2024 budgetary needs to the Senate Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance this Monday. Central to the…
…loss of 65 education professionals in the USVI public school system, a longstanding challenge that has been strained further by St. Croix's rising student population. Amid the challenges, the department has yet to receive a crucia…
…Human Services has announced a new funding opportunity aimed at bolstering family violence prevention services and domestic violence shelter and support services in the territory for fiscal year 2023. The call for proposals is ope…
…includes a digitization effort for departmental processes, updating standard operating procedures, and improving pedagogy and learning. The commissioner mentioned the adoption of online registration as one successful step towards …
…in the line of duty. For the family, friends, and the brothers and sisters-in-arms of Det. Phipps, those words rang true. “Today is mourning…because this is one of us that has gone much too soon,” he said. That was the poignant th…
…V.I. Professional Charter Association (VIPCA) on Friday witnessed 22 students aged between 13 and 18 set sail towards their dreams as they graduated from the VIPCA Junior Sailing Program. The graduation ceremony, held at the St. T…
“We pay for y’all to use your heads. Stop sitting on it,” said Senator Kenneth Gittens to Department of Human Services Commissioner Kimberly Causey-Gomez during Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Budget, Appropriations a…
…V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs has released its most recent territory-wide fuel price survey findings. The survey, which was conducted across the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, aims to keep the …
…Committee were much happier with the responses provided by the St. Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation when Interim Executive Director Dr. Tess Richards and Chief Financial Officer Steven Meyers appeared on Monday to update…
…Calvert White presented and defended his department’s budget request of just over $10 million for fiscal year 2024. Just over half of those funds – 52 percent – will be expended on wages for the department’s 130 positions, with a …
ST. THOMAS — A man identified as Jordan Clendinen, 27, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly discharging a firearm at an individual's residence in St. John. The arrest followed an incident that took place last year on November 2…
Representatives from the V.I. Water and Power Authority struggled to convince skeptical lawmakers that the chronically cash-strapped utility has a sensible financial management strategy for the challenging economic times WAPA find…
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