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MONTH EARLY? Hurricane Season Just Can’t Wait With Tropical System Set To Form This Weekend

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- We're still almost a month away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, so why are we already looking at tropical…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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Despite Speedy Recovery, Caribbean Is Poised to Lose Billions of Tourism Dollars

BUENOS AIRES -- The numbers are sobering. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria battered the Caribbean last fall, the region lost nearly one million visitors and an estimated $900 million in tourism-related…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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FEDERAL AFFIDAVITS: Two People Helped Nathaniel Thomas Escape From Golden Grove in March

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Convicted felon Nathaniel Thomas escaped from Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix in March with the help of two people, according…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Nelson Petty Jr. Sworn In As Public Works Commissioner

PROUD MOMENT: (From left) Gov. Kenneth Mapp, Julio Rhymer Sr., Nelson Petty Jr. and Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter. CHRISTIANSTED – Nelson Petty Jr. has been officially sworn in as Commissioner…

John McCarthy May 2, 2018

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Parole Board Decides It Will Visit Territorial Inmates in U.S. Mainland Prisons … Complete List

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Parole Board said that it will hear testimony from inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions from here to the U.S. mainland beginning May 21.…

John McCarthy May 1, 2018

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SBA Opens New Disaster Loans Outreach Center at F’sted Fire Station Tomorrow

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today the opening of an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) at the Emile Henderson Sr.…

John McCarthy April 30, 2018

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Partnership Between USVI Ports and Florida Caribbean Cruise Association ‘Never Better’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Michele Paige, President of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), says the partnership with the ports of the U.S. Virgin Islands is “at an all-time high." Her comments…

John McCarthy April 30, 2018

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POLICE: Human Remains Found This Morning At Green Cay Marina Are Jason Parr’s of North Carolina

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: JASON PARR OF NORTH CAROLINA [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The dead body found this morning at Green Cay Marina has been confirmed by…

John McCarthy April 29, 2018

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MEDICAL EXAMINER’S CAR: Seen Leaving Green Cay Marina Service Road: Jason Parr Missing

MISSING MAN: JASON PARR FROM NORTH CAROLINA [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Police on St. Croix are looking for missing person 46-year-old Jason Parr of North Carolina, authorities…

John McCarthy April 29, 2018

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St. Croix Woman Tells Police She Was Slapped By Kenny Williams Sr. in Campo Rico

ARRESTED ON ST. CROIX: KENNY P. WILLIAMS SR. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- A Campo Rico woman called the 911 Emergency Call Center about 4:57 p.m. Thursday to…

John McCarthy April 27, 2018