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PUBLIC WORKS: Today Is The Deadline To Have Your Tree and Plant Debris Out By The Side of Road

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Department of Public Works said that the final pass for debris pickup will begin today. Contractors have worked over the last four months removing debris from…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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Police Say They Are Investigating Who Slashed Pit Bull With Machete In Estate Strawberry

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Police want to know who hacked a pit bull with a machete so severely that it sent the dog to a veterinarian, badly…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Won’t Play For A Second Super Bowl Ring This Year, As Philadelphia Soars Above Minnesota 38-7

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MINNEAPOLIS –- St. Croix native Linval Joseph won't get the chance to play for a second Super Bowl ring. That's because the Philadephia Eagles mercilessly…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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New England Ekes Out Another Championship Victory, This Time With Tom Brady’s Injured Hand, 24-20 Over Jacksonville

(Foxboro, MA, 01/21/18) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady checks out his injured hand before the AFC Championship game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, January 21,…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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BITING WORMS: British Couple Sits on the Beach In Martinique and Gets Hookworm In Their Behinds

FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple visited Martinique during a cruise…

VI Free Press January 21, 2018

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Trinidad and Tobago Elects First Female Head of State in Retired Judge Paula-Mae Weekes

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PORT OF SPAIN -- Retired judge Paula-Mae Weekes was elected president of Trinidad and Tobago Friday by Trinidad’s Electoral College, which is comprised of members of…

John McCarthy January 21, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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CMS Offers Special Insurance Enrollment Opportunities for Virgin islands, Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] BALTIMORE -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending special open enrollment periods for the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin Islands may qualify for tax…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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POLICE: Joggers Find Unidentified Man Floating in Charlotte Amalie Harbor Early Thursday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The body of an unidentified man was found floating in the St. Thomas harbor early Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said.…

John McCarthy January 19, 2018