Hannah Carty was selected as the executive director of the Virgin Islands Office of Cannabis Regulation (OCR) by the Virgin Islands Cannabis Advisory Board in a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Board member doctor Catherine Kean announced the decision after the board returned from an executive session where they contacted Ms. Carty about the decision. "She was able to give us a definitive yes,” stated Dr. Kean. Ms. Carty is currently deputy commissioner of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Kean said the vote was unanimous and that Ms. Carty’s salary will be $100,000 annually, with other benefits. Later in the meeting, Richard Evangelista, commissioner of the V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs and advisor to the board, explained that it would be the same benefits other government employees get such as health insurance and…
Saturday marked 173 years since the Emancipation Proclamation was declared in Frederiksted on July 3,…
ST. JOHN — The Division of Festivals on Saturday hosted the “Love City Food Fair” on St. John, the first…
The V.I. Department of Tourism announced Wednesday night that its Division of Festivals will feature…
4 Years After the Centennial, USVI Commemorates…
Staff Consortium March 31, 2021Today the territory marks the 104th Transfer Day, when Denmark sold the then-Danish West Indies to the…
A Colonial Past Makes Way for Better Historic…
Staff Consortium March 31, 2021On Monday, the copper sculpture of King Christian IX was removed from the Emancipation Garden in St.…
Plaskett, Others Introduce Legislation to Expand…
Staff Consortium March 12, 2021V.I. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett and House representatives Alma Adams and Jeff Fortenberry…
Latest USVI Food Producers to Receive Financial…
Staff Consortium January 17, 2021World Central Kitchen (WCK) announced Friday the latest recipients of its second round of grants in…
ST. CROIX — Time Square in Christiansted is once again well-illuminated with lights aglow just in time for the 2020 holiday season, thanks to a joint effort by the St. Croix Community Foundation and...
Last week, Governor Albert Bryan told the Consortium that there would be no carnival in St. Thomas next year, as the event traditionally happens in April, a time Mr. Bryan believes the territory will ...
The Board of Directors of the V.I. Agriculture and Food Fair announced Friday that due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on community health and wellbeing, the 2021 Agriculture and Food Fair (...
A bill that seeks to authorize the removal of the copper sculpture of King Christian IX from the Emancipation Garden in St. Thomas and replace it with the statue of "the Conch Shell Blower", was suppo...
University of the Virgin Islands senior, Raven Phillips, was crowned the 40th Miss UVI at the Miss UVI Ambassadorial Presentation and Coronation on Wednesday at John Brewers Bay, on St. Thomas, the in...
AARP V.I. in collaboration with the V.I. Council on the Arts will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a virtual concert set for Saturday, AARP VI has announced. The concert features Eddie Russell a...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The George Washington University says it is moving to suspend one of its professors after she acknowledged that she is actually white and Jewish, and that she has “built her life...
ST. CROIX — Suspended since February 14, the St. Croix abattoir reopens for business Monday, allowing livestock owners and private residents to slaughter their animals at the facility for either com...
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