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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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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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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

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Former Beauty Queen Gets Two Years For Trying To Smuggle Nearly 18 Pounds of Cocaine Into USVI

SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON: KINIA BLYDEN CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The 2011 St. John Festival queen has been ordered to serve at least two years in prison for her…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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VISBDC Awards Entrepreneur of the Year, Resilient Small Business, Lender of the Year

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center (VISBDC) honored Gold Coast Yachts president Richard Difede with the…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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Coast Guard Searches For Missing Filipino Crew Member Who Fell Off Cruise Near St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue crews are still looking for a crew member of the cruise ship MSC Seaside who went overboard about eight nautical miles southeast of…

John McCarthy May 17, 2018

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MOTHER’S DAY SURPRISE! WAPA Keeps Power Off All Night On St. Thomas … St. Croix Two Hours

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Island Water and Power Authority (WAPA) tried its best to keep a running count of where the power was on…

John McCarthy May 14, 2018

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Michigan Attorney General’s Property Holdings At Ditleff Point Become Campaign Issue

INHERITED PROPERTY: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his sisters have been selling off parcels of land on a peninsula called Ditleff Point on St. John. CRUZ BAY -- Michigan…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Voices Can Be Heard At St. John Town Hall Meeting Next Week

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he invites and encourages St. John residents to share their ideas, concerns and hear from local officials in…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018