…15-business day amnesty for taxpayers and businesses recovering from Hurricanes Irma and Maria and Tropical Storm Ernesto, and a rezoning measure affecting a portion of the Remainder of Estate Beeston Hill. The governor’s actions …
…minimum to $55M and increasing the $50K claims cap to $75K, citing hurricane-era insolvency losses and rising construction costs, despite OMB warnings that setting aside an extra $5M would limit government liquidity
…to the cost of living in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the pace of hurricane recovery, and access to essential services at home. According to Government House, the governor delivered his remarks Wednesday during the 2026 Interagency Gr…
Revised lease agreements for hurricane-damaged Submarine Base parcels won approval for two developers, featuring higher rents and 30% sublease revenue sharing, while lawmakers again held a third deal over lingering concerns about …
…paying subcontractors, and completing repairs on homes damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. “We don't know what's the holdup, it's a bunch of bureaucratic mess with ODR and HFA,” said an employee of one company contracted…
…Detroit culinary training, national recognition, setbacks from Hurricane Irma, and a return home shaped her path to opening Bleu Chocolàt on St. Croix, where she now produces chocolate using local cacao.
…the Submarine Base Warehouse LLC property contains a “derelict” and “hurricane-damaged building” slated for demolition. Lawmakers noted, however, that despite hurricane damage to Accent’s leased property, that agreement carried th…
…it.” He cautioned that housing pressures will intensify as the hurricane-recovery buildout accelerates. “It's going to become harder and harder for people to buy homes or secure workforce housing to rent, to lease in the Virgin Is…
…percent of what we consume—food, school supplies, medical equipment, hurricane rebuilding materials—arrives from the mainland. Imposing duties on these everyday essentials amounts to a tax on families, seniors, students and small …
…Current Storm Status As of the 5 p.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) located Tropical Storm Jerry near latitude 17.3° N, longitude 60.6° W, about 175 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. The storm’s…
…of a weather system moving across the Atlantic, as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has given the disturbance — designated Invest 95L — an 80 percent chance of development within 48 hours and a 90 percent chance within seven da…
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