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Accelerate VI Gets $50,000 SBA Grant To Establish Tech Entrepreneurship In USVI

FREDERIKSTED — Accelerate VI, the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park’s tech accelerator program, has been selected as a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2021…

John McCarthy October 11, 2021

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NWS Expects Tropical Wave To Bring ‘Heavy Rainfall’ To USVI On Wednesday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Forecasters are monitoring "a vigorous tropical wave" located about 500 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands, the National Weather Service said today. The tropical wave is producing…

John McCarthy October 10, 2021

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Homeless Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Watergut Shanty Shooting

CHRISTIANSTED — The VIPD Special Operations Bureau served an arrest warrant on a homeless man and charged him with attempted murder and illegal gun possession in connection to a shooting…

John McCarthy October 9, 2021

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Traffic Stop On Christiansted Bypass Leads To Arrest Of Whim Man, Seizure Of Gun

FREDERIKSTED — A vehicle pulled over for a routine traffic stop early Thursday evening in St. Croix led to the arrest of one man and the seizure of an illegal…

John McCarthy October 9, 2021

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DPNR And Friends Of East End Marine Park To Host Astronomy By The Sea Saturday

TEAGUE BAY — Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that the Division of Coastal Zone Management in collaboration with Friends of the St. Croix…

John McCarthy October 6, 2021

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Social Security Announces Redesigned Statement, Available With My Account

WASHINGTON — Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today introduced a new look and feel to the Social Security Statement, available online through the my Social Security portal at…

Victor Rodriguez October 5, 2021

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Small Business Administration District Director Makes Annual Visit To Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands District Director Josué Rivera made his first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands last week, meeting government…

John McCarthy October 5, 2021

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Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received a $125,520 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in…

John McCarthy October 4, 2021

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Head Start Sites On St. Croix Will Re-Open Tomorrow, DHS Says

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS, said that in-person classroom activities on St. Croix will resume tomorrow. The Head Start Program had experienced COVID positives, as…

John McCarthy October 3, 2021

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Driver Who Hit Sidewalk And Was Ejected From Vehicle Dies In Calquohoun: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — A 31-year-old St. Croix man died just before midnight Friday in a car crash near mid-island. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to a one-car accident on…

John McCarthy October 3, 2021