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Today Is May 25 National Missing Children’s Day After First Being Declared in 1983

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – In 1983, President Ronald Regan proclaimed May 25th National Missing Children’s Day. The day was observed after a string of child abductions…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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Two Tortola Men Arrested At St. Thomas Airport With 24 Pounds of Cocaine

ARRESTED AT CYRIL E. KING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: ASHLEY WARNER OF TORTOLA, BVI [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two Tortola men were taken into federal custody at the…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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Record Cool Atlantic Ocean Could Force Hurricane Forecasters To Scale Back Predictions

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- With the official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic now just eight days away we take a closer look at the projected…

John McCarthy May 24, 2018

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Police Arrest 2 St. Croix Men In Connection With Fatal Shooting At Cane Bay in 2013

FREDERIKSTED -- Police arrested two St. Croix men as part of a cold case murder investigation dating back to 2013. Shoy Nixon, 30, and Lester Roberts, 29, were arrested between…

VI Free Press May 24, 2018

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TRUMP SAYS: Virgin Islands Gov’t Won’t Have To Pay For Debris Removal, Emergency Home Repairs

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Additional federal disaster relief and recovery assistance has been authorized for the United States Virgin Islands at the request of the territory’s…

John McCarthy May 23, 2018

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REPORT: Pirate Attacks In Caribbean and Latin America Up 163 Percent in 2017

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] GEORGETOWN -- Pirate attacks around Caribbean and South American waters are growing, and violence is increasingly used during robberies committed on vessels at anchor, a…

John McCarthy May 23, 2018

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DPNR Wants To Help You Recover Family Heirlooms After Hurricanes With Workshops

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Commissioner Dawn L. Henry, Esq. of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that the Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in conjunction with the Smithsonian…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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St. John Man Tells EMTs He Doesn’t Remember Who Stabbed Him on Monday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CRUZ BAY -- Police said a man who doesn't know how his skull cracked open during an incident of violence in St. John will have…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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Recovery Worker ‘Swims’ At Only Beach In Territory Closed For Pollution … And Drowns

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police said a recovery worker ignored local government warnings and swam at the only beach closed to the public for environmental reasons…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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Republicans Join With Democrats to Defeat Anti-Food Stamps and Cockfighting Bill

WASHINGTON – The House rejected its own Republican version of the farm bill (H.R. 2—Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018) May 18 by a vote of 198 to 213. For House…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018