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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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Recovery Worker ‘Swims’ At Only Beach In Territory Closed For Pollution … And Drowns

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police said a recovery worker ignored local government warnings and swam at the only beach closed to the public for environmental reasons…

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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St. Thomas Motorists Urged To Avoid Sewage Outflow Near Turpentine Run and Abattoir

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) contractors are trying to address an overflowing manhole in the Estate Nadir community that occurred on Saturday, May 19, 2018.…

John McCarthy May 21, 2018

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VIPD: St. Thomas’ Arthur Greaves Accused Of Snatching Gold Chain From Man At Gunpoint

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man who allegedly robbed a male victim at gunpoint on Commandant Gade Thursday morning was arrested by police shortly afterwards. Arthur Greaves, 19, was…

John McCarthy May 18, 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