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VIPD Gets $17.4 Million For Overtime And Emergency Work Done In The Wake Of 2017 Hurricanes

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the award of $17,451,154 from the FEMA Public Assistance Program to reimburse the Virgin Islands Police Department for emergency work performed…

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Health Department Won’t Answer Important Questions From Public On COVID-19

CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has had the number of COVID-19 cases on St. John pending for six days now. People on social media were publicly…

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Kirwan Terrace Residents Get Free Boxes Of Food From The Virgin Islands Police Department

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Christmas season is the time for giving. And Police Commissioner Trevor A. Velinor and the Virgin Islands Police Department continued that tradition this weekend by providing…

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V.I. Parole Board Grants Release To 11 Inmates, Some Convicted Of Murder

KINGSHILL — Eleven out of 15 inmates considered for release last week have been granted parole, including prisoners convicted of murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes, the Virgin Islands Bureau of…

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2 Men Shot On Gamble Gade In St. Thomas Early Sunday Morning: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two St. Thomas men said they were minding their own business walking downtown in the wee hours Sunday — when all of a sudden they heard "popping"…

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UK Issues Travel Warning About U.S. Virgin Islands Due To 108% Increase In COVID-19 Cases Here

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands saw a 108 percent increase in COVID-19 cases in late November. So many coronavirus cases, in fact, that the British government has warned…

VI Free Press December 20, 2020

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VIHA Explains Benefits Of ‘Helping Hands’ Rent Repayment Campaign On Radio

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — With the expiration of a federal eviction moratorium approaching on December 31, and a one-month extension expected from Congress, the Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) is taking to the…

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SRMC Makes History As Its Medical Staff Gets The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Nine long months after the start of the pandemic, healthcare workers at the Schneider Regional Medical Center were among the first in the territory to receive the…

VI Free Press December 18, 2020

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Woman Who Stops Car To Talk To Man With Road Rage In St. Thomas Gets Punched In The Face … Shots Fired!

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An incident of road rage turned violent on St. Thomas Wednesday night when a woman stopped to talk to the man who was angrily beeping his horn…

VI Free Press December 17, 2020

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Hospital Ground Man Who Hid Loaded Glock In Baby’s Diaper Bag Charged In Jewelry Store Robbery

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Hospital Ground man who hid a loaded Glock 17 in a baby's diaper bag has been charged with federal illegal gun crimes in connection to an…

VI Free Press December 17, 2020