ST. CROIX -- Hours of operation will change at all four Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in the U.S. Virgin Islands beginning Friday. The new hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until further notice, the Federal Emergency Managem…
ST. CROIX -- Three of roughly 140 medical evacuees who were sent to various facilities in the state of Georgia following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, have died, according medical assistant working directly with the evacuees providin…
…anxiety when hurricane season is approaching, and then the devastation when one hits. Marilyn was devastating, particularly on St. Thomas. Before Marilyn, Hugo demolished St. Croix. If memory serves, there were 20,000 utility pole…
…Sharon McCollum announced at Governor Kenneth Mapp's Wednesday post-Hurricanes Irma and Maria press briefing. Below, find some other important D.O.E. information announced at the briefing: Mr. Mapp announced that at least three sc…
ST. THOMAS - Cruise lines are anxious to resume visits to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp told members of the business community at a meeting on St. Thomas on Tuesday. During his Tuesday press briefing at Government…
ST. CROIX -- The AT&T generator that was stolen last weekend mysteriously appeared at the very site where it was taken, according to Governor Kenneth Mapp, speaking during his Tuesday evening briefing at Government House. The Cons…
…Mapp said during a brief press conference at Government House St. Croix today, that Hurricane Maria, as of 2:00 p.m. today, was projected to make landfall in the territory in the wee hours of Wednesday morning as a category 4 stor…
…said on Friday that it's developing an academic plan to allow its students to continue their education in spite of the damage caused by the storm. Above, a damaged building at the institution's St. Thomas campus. “The University i…
…issued by the nonprofit on Wednesday, on Monday, the Trump Administration unexpectedly filed a last-minute letter with the court arguing for the first time that if an equal protection violation is found, the remedy should be to st…
…Trump expressed his full support for the territory in providing disaster relief, following the calamitous state Hurricane Irma left St. Thomas and St. John in. Mr. Trump wants "to see firsthand the damages of the territory, and to…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp confirmed at a late Thursday press conference that so far, four people have been confirmed dead in St. Thomas in the wake of Hurricane Irma, adding that there was a high likelihood that more bod…
Hurricane Irma gained strength overnight, and is now a 150 mile-per-hour storm heading towards the Leeward Islands, among them the U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center (N.H.C.)…
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