SAN JUAN — The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will long be remembered as one of the busiest and most destructive hurricane seasons on record. Five
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Visiting Lineman on St. Croix Electrocuted When Uncaring Homeowner Leaves Generator On During Electrical Repairs To Neighborhood
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — A visiting lineman from the U.S. mainland was electrocuted when electricity from an active generator back-fed into the electrical grid, according
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MAPP TO CONGRESS: $7.5 Billion Should Keep Me In Beer and Wine Money Until The End of My First Term In December 2018
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The cost to rebuild the Virgin Islands’ infrastructure after last month’s devastating Category 5 hurricanes is estimated at $7.5 billion dollars, Gov. Kenneth
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wants To Know What Water-Borne Diseases Virgin Islanders Have Been Exposed To After The Storms
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-Mass.) [ad name=”HTML-68″] BOSTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Ship Cancels St. Croix Visit At The Last Minute … Mapp Says Due To A Lack of On-Ground Excursions’
CHRISTIANSTED — The United States Virgin Islands is preparing to access a loan of more than $400 million from the Community Disaster Loan of the
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Tourists Return To Magen’s Bay in St. Thomas … Where Cruise Ships Still Dare To Go
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas has accepted its first passenger cruise ships since Hurricane Irma, a welcome milestone for the territory recovering from two major
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Explosion Rocks Limetree Bay Terminals About A Month After Hurricane Maria … Blast Was Not Reported To OSHA As Required By Law
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — A faulty air compressor led to a generator explosion in the powerhouse at the Limetree Bay Terminals oil storage facility on
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Sinopec Plans Expansion of Limetree Bay Terminals In St. Croix As Part of President Trump’s Major Trade Deal With China
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — In his bi-nightly radio address (the last for two weeks) last night, Gov. Kenneth Mapp seemed to take great pleasure in
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TORRENTIAL RAIN WARNING: ‘Non-Tropical Storm’ Could Hamper Electrical Restoration Efforts in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Going Into Next Week
NOVEMBER RAIN: Although it is the rainy season in the Virgin Islands, the territory seems to have had more rain than normal after Hurricanes Irma
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‘Commender’-in-Chief Mapp Gladhands Veterans Early and Often … A Day Before Veteran’s Day Saturday
SEISMIC RISK: Bodyguards give Gov. Kenneth Mapp a wide berth as he lumbers down the street in St. Thomas. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — Gov. Kenneth
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