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MAGISTRATE: Former St. John Resident Will Serve No Prison Time For USPS Postal Fraud

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A former St. John resident was not given any prison time by a federal magistrate for making hundreds of false damage claims…

John McCarthy August 23, 2018

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U.S. Department of Interior Gives Territory $1.5 Million To Fight Invasive Species

WASHINGTON -- Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs this week announced $1,488,890 in fiscal year 2018 grants to combat invasive species and…

John McCarthy August 22, 2018

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Agriculture and WICO Share Their Projected Budgets With Finance Committee

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Members of the Committee on Finance chaired by Sen. Kurt Vialet, held a meeting at the Capitol Building on Tuesday, to receive testimony from the Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy August 22, 2018

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U.S. Department of Interior Provides $1.3 Million To Virgin Islands To Protect Coral Reefs

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, this week approved $1,345,256 in fiscal year 2018 grant funding…

John McCarthy August 19, 2018

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U.S. Department of Interior Gives $750,000 For Territorial School Maintenance Needs

WASHINGTON -- Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech this week has announced $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP)…

John McCarthy August 18, 2018

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OPINION: Delegate Stacey Plaskett Responds to National Review Article About USVI

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), ranking member on the Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, released the following statement regarding a recent article…

John McCarthy August 9, 2018

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Federal Officials Meet With Local Officials To Congratulate Them On Hurricane Recovery

GLADHANDING SESSION: Members of FEMA and Homeland Security met with Virgin Islands government officials on Friday. CHRISTIANSTED — Acting Governor and Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens met Friday with the United…

John McCarthy August 5, 2018

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Dominican Republic Native Admits He Tried To Bring 121 Pounds Of Cocaine Into USVI

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic admitted that he tried to smuggle at least 121 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle on…

John McCarthy August 2, 2018

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SNAP and TANF Cardholders Left Holding Bags of Groceries … DHS Says It’s A ‘Glitch’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Imagine doing all of your grocery shopping, then waiting in line to pay for them -- only to find at the end…

John McCarthy August 2, 2018

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BEWARE FALSE TSUNAMI WARNINGS! Potter Is In Control of Territory Until Friday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Government House said that Governor Kenneth Mapp will be traveling out of the territory today. Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter will serve as Acting…

John McCarthy August 1, 2018