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PUBLIC WORKS: Today Is The Deadline To Have Your Tree and Plant Debris Out By The Side of Road

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Department of Public Works said that the final pass for debris pickup will begin today. Contractors have worked over the last four months removing debris from…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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CMS Offers Special Insurance Enrollment Opportunities for Virgin islands, Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] BALTIMORE -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending special open enrollment periods for the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin Islands may qualify for tax…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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Walla Walla USACE Volunteers To Continue Working in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WALLA WALLA, Washington – Volunteers from the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continue to work to bring relief to the Virgin…

John McCarthy January 19, 2018

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JetBlue Announces More Daily Flights Between San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Croix Starting Feb. 15

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – JetBlue announced that it will resume its second daily flight between St. Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport (STT) and San Juan’s Luis…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Former St. Croix Resident Jessica Joseph Starts College and Career Access Program for Virgin Islanders

BALTIMORE -- Some 100 days after Hurricanes Maria and Irma devastated the territory, many students are still struggling to get back into regular school routines. Now some educators from Baltimore…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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1,000 Generators Owned and Maintained By Federal Government Are Key To Maintaining Quality of Living in Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Maintenance operations conducted as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporary emergency power mission in Puerto Rico are keeping nearly 1,000…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Plaskett Introduces ‘Marshall Plan’ for Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico After Devastating Hurricanes

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, ranking member on the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, has introduced “The Puerto…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Home of the Johnny Carson Show Sending Linemen To Assist Virgin Islands With Final Stages of Electrical Restoration

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] LOS ANGELES -- Burbank Water and Power will be sending several of its employees and some equipment to the territory to help St. Thomas, St.…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018