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DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Office Sponsor Rx Takeback Day on October 27

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, A.J. Collazo and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said that an upcoming prescription take-back event is scheduled for…

John McCarthy October 10, 2018

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VIPD and DPNR Close Vehicular Traffic To Krum Bay Due To ‘Gas Vapor’ Detection

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Effective immediately, due to a high gas vapor reading detected in the area of Krum Bay area of St. Thomas Wednesday, October 3, 2018, the Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy October 4, 2018

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VIWMA: LBJ Pumping Station Is Off-Line Due To Mechanical-Electrical Failure

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 9:53 a.m., the LBJ Pump Station went off-line due to mechanical and electrical…

John McCarthy September 26, 2018

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Anguilla Landfill on Fire Again on St. Croix Today, Waste Management Authority Says

FREDERIKSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that an active fire was reported at the Anguilla Landfill at 3:30 a.m. today. The Virgin Islands Fire Service and…

John McCarthy September 26, 2018

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Terminix Manager Jose Rivera Pleads Guilty to Illegally Using Methyl Bromide

CRUZ BAY -- The former branch manager of Terminix International USVI, LLC pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of illegally applying fumigants containing methyl bromide in multiple residential locations in…

John McCarthy September 18, 2018

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U.S. Health & Human Services Gives Two Facilities $1.26 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded grants totaling $1.26 million to support the Frederiksted Health Care Center on St. Croix and the East…

John McCarthy September 8, 2018

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Executive Committee of Juan Luis Hospital Hires New Acting CEO, COO and CFO

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The Executive Committee of the Territorial Board has decided to not renew the contracts of the CEO and CFO of the Juan F.…

John McCarthy September 7, 2018

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EPA To Hold Public Meeting on Cleanup at Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site on St. Thomas

Location of the groundwater treatment plant at the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education Curriculum Center in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (Photo courtesy of EPA) ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995"…

John McCarthy August 9, 2018

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VIWMA Urges Public To Avoid Old Hospital Ground Near Legion Hall After Sewer Line Break

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) Preserving Paradise team advises the community of a collapsed eight-inch sewer line, which has led to…

John McCarthy June 30, 2018

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Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] DALLAS -- Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after…

John McCarthy June 21, 2018