Bryan has asked Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for a disaster declaration covering all three islands as extreme D3 drought strains farms and water supplies. WAPA is restricting water-hauling hours as storage falls and demand…
…Wednesday, November 11, with a 9 a.m. parade along Veterans Drive on St. Thomas and a 3 p.m. procession in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Both parades will be followed by ceremonies.
Governor-elect Stacey Plaskett and Milton Potter have listed 14 transition policy committees to review government operations, invited résumés for senior appointments and opened a channel for public input ahead of their January 4 i…
…identifies Erwin Raphael as director, Dean Plaskett as chief of staff and two deputies. The team will review agencies, organize 14 policy committees and recruit candidates for public service across the islands.
Kurt Vialet led the St. Croix Senate field with 6,494 votes as Kenneth Gittens, Franklin Johnson and Clifford Joseph won reelection. Lisa Charles, Nemmy Williams-Jackson and Jose “Besse” Gonzalez took the last seats, defeating inc…
…Road Saturday. His death raises the USVI homicide toll to 45: 27 on St. Croix, 18 on St. Thomas and none on St. John, following three killings on St. Croix last week.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, warning of increased heat-illness risks and urging residents to stay hydrated, seek cooling and limit st…
The VIPD says Carim Fingal, 19, is charged with first-degree murder in the October 22 shooting that killed 17-year-old Ky’janny Niles and wounded an 18-year-old at Walter I.M. Hodge. Fingal was held on $1 million bail ahead of Mon…
…that its new reporting and oversight requirements would duplicate existing practices and impose costs. Senators cited audit backlogs and difficulties obtaining information.
DPNR says seven St. Croix beaches exceeded bacteria limits in October 12–16 testing, while 24 other tested beaches met water quality standards. Water Bay on St. Thomas and all St. John beaches were not sampled, leaving their curre…
Hadiya Sewer rejected a proposed restart of St. Croix’s refinery, citing pollution risks and financial losses, while Angel Bolques Jr. backed reopening with safeguards. The debate revived the island’s history of lost jobs, revenue…
…more time to supply ridership and fuel data. Commissioners also questioned the charge on luggage, while a new permanent fare structure remains pending.
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