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Motorists Urged To Avoid Bovoni Road Due To Smoldering Fire at St. Thomas Landfill

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority said that the Bovoni Landfill had a fire that was under control on Wednesday. The Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy June 14, 2018

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VIPD: 71-Year-Old Man Apparently Drowns In Hotel On The Cay Pool Saturday Afternoon

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- A St. Croix resident apparently drowned in a hotel pool on Protestant Cay late Saturday afternoon. Carlos Wesley, 71, was pulled from the…

John McCarthy June 3, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

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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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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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Wisconsin Nurses Visit Territory to Help Victims of Storms

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Two retired nurses from Wisconsin were part of a group of nurses who went down to the Virgin Islands to assist in testing the vision and hearing…

John McCarthy May 17, 2018

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READY TO BLOW! Kilauea About To Explode … Last Time It Did in 1990 It Destroyed Kalapana

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PAHOA, Hawaii -- Residents near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano faced warnings today that more lava-spewing fissures could open near their homes and that the volcano’s summit…

John McCarthy May 14, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

CARPHA: Dengue Cases Increasing In Latin America … Caribbean Region Could Be Next

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PORT OF SPAIN -- While Chikungunya and Zika, which swept the region in 2014 and 2016, are not expected back anytime soon, the Caribbean Public…

John McCarthy May 12, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

DPNR Says Stench From Stinking Sargassum Forces Office Closure In St. Thomas Today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) said today that it is working to minimize the effects of the decomposing sargassum seaweed that has been impacting…

John McCarthy May 10, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

Health Department Says Charles Harwood Is Closed Today … Will Re-Open Tomorrow

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The V.I. Department of Health said that the Charles Harwood Complex in Estate Richmond is closed today Charles Harwood will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday,…

John McCarthy May 8, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) Serving At-Risk Youth To Shut Its Doors This Summer

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) - a behavioral health facility in Anna's Hope serving the Virgin Islands since 1995 - will close its…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018