…extended the deadline for debris pickup on public rights-of-way in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. The new deadline for collection is March 7, 2018. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with the Virgin Islands Departmen…
…all four islands into darkness for months -- is all but fully restored, with only .3 percent of customers without power as of Wednesday last week. That's according to FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer William Vogel, speaking durin…
ST. CROIX -- On April 5, the Department of Health (D.O.H.) will commence a program aimed at preventing the spread of diabetes type 2 on St. Croix, D.O.H. announced this week. Guided by a trained lifestyle coach, groups of particip…
…and Natural Resources said on Friday that out of the 28 beaches it tested this week, only three proved to be unsafe for swimming and fishing: Bolongo Bay and Lindbergh Bay on St. Thomas, and Frank Bay on St. John. The safe beaches…
ST. CROIX -- Going on five months following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which, among other roles, is responsible for driver's licenses and the road and written tests needed before one can be issued, sa…
ST. THOMAS -- Sixth-grader Gequan Aubain was named Spelling Bee champion of the Yvonne Millner-Bowsky Elementary School on Wednesday, the Department of Education announced Friday. After ten rounds and eight students competing for …
ST. CROIX -- Dept. of Health Commissioner Michelle Davis said on Wednesday that while the Mapp administration was in the process of procuring temporary hospital units that will provide critical medical needs to the territory, the …
ST. CROIX -- The Board of Directors of the RTPark Corporation has announced that Dr. Gillian Marcelle, the current executive director, whose three-year term ended on Dec. 31, 2017, will not accept the offer to renew her contract f…
…approved more than $138 million in additional grants to pay for restoration of electric power and removal of debris in the U.S. Virgin Islands after hurricanes Irma and Maria. FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) grant program obligated …
Four months after the disasters, survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria continue to have unmet disaster-related needs. To help address those needs, members of local, faith- and community-based organizations and nongovernmental par…
ST. THOMAS -- Lawmakers who make up the Committee on Rules and Judiciary, chaired by Senator Novelle Francis, on Friday voted favorably for three nominees chosen by Governor Mapp. Elizabeth Armstrong from St. Croix (seen in the pi…
ST. THOMAS -- Nels Hawkinson, founder of Paradise Jam, was honored with the Keys to the Virgin Islands award during a ceremony at the Earl B. Ottley Legislature here on Friday, after a resolution introduced by Senator Janette Mill…
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