FREDERIKSTED — A man who entered a relative’s home without permission and allegedly tried to kill him with a machete has been charged with attempted
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Feds nab St. Croix man at airport trying to leave behind $23,321 in credit card fraud
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man who allegedly charged up someone else’s credit card to the tune of $23,321.00 — and then tried to escape
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Virgin Islands delegation jazzed by ‘historic event’ at Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO — Governor Albert Bryan participated in the Democratic National Convention (DNC), representing the U.S. Virgin Islands in what he described as a “thrilling and
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Biden OKs disaster declaration for the USVI in the wake of Tropical Storm Ernesto
CHRISTIANSTED — The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that federal disaster assistance is available to the U.S. Virgin Islands to supplement response efforts
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Career violent criminal dies in hail of bullets
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a 38-year-old St. Croix man was shot multiple times and died near King Street on Monday night. Jahni Hamilton
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Landscaping companies turned away from storm debris bin sites on St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority is turning away landscaping companies trying to dump plant debris from Tropical Storm Ernesto at designated
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Viya gives post Tropical Storm Ernesto update
CHRISTIANSTED — Viya said today that its services are operational in the wake of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Although Viya’s network is operational, some customers may
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Ernesto becomes a hurricane after brushing past the USVI and Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tuesday as
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PEOPLE ASK: If the storm ‘missed’ us, why did we lose power for 2 days?
USVI largely avoids damaging effects of Tropical Storm Ernesto – but can’t escape “hurricane” of WAPA’s inefficiencies afterwards. CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some 50 hours after
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Tropical Storm Ernesto drenches northeast Caribbean and takes aim at Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean today as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies.
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