The Office of Disaster Recovery announced today that the Judiciary of the Virgin Islands has received an obligation of $1,486,421 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program. These funds will cover renovations and the cost to replace the contents for multiple facets of the district’s operations, including both courthouses, vehicles, and the home of the Superior Court’s Rising Stars Steel Band Orchestra, O.D.R. said. According to the release, severe winds and rain allowed water to collect at the Mars Hill “Panyard”, leading to irreparable damages. Most of the critical equipment needed to carry-out the orchestra’s tutorial and enrichment functions were destroyed. The Superior Courthouse in Kingshill was the most impacted. The losses amassed to over $1M, encompassing interior and exterior repairs, according to O.D.R.…
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Staff Consortium May 28, 2020The Office of Disaster Recovery (O.D.R.) announced Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency…
Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has announced $30 million in FEMA funding to assist the the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority with management costs. "This grant will benefit the Virgin...
The Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR), in collaboration with the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) and WTJX-TV Channel 12 (WTJX), announced on Saturday the launch of new television prog...
Two years and five months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria shredded Virgin Islands schoolhouses, the territory's sweeping school construction initiative is slowly inching forward. The Office of Disast...
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) doled out to $31 million to FEMA roofing contractors, many of whom are finally being paid for their work in the immediate aftermath of Hurricanes I...
Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett recently introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would allow the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico access to federal money to rebuild additiona...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a roughly $4.7 billion disaster aid bill mostly aimed at helping disaster-laden Puerto Rico. Though the measure was unlikely to pass the chamber beca...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District and the U.S. Virgin Islands Office of Disaster Recovery held the first meeting of the year for their newly created Silver Jackets team at the ...
Before he testified during the Senate Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, Property and Procurement Commissioner Anthony Thomas had already been making the rounds on a number of media outlets promotin...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a grant totaling $10.6 million to the Virgin Islands Department of Education to fund Emergency Protective Measures in St. Croix, Congresswoman Stacey Pl...
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