DONE DEAL: AFT President Rosa Soto-Thomas stands next to Gov. Kenneth Mapp (middle) and Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter on Friday. CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved a two-year contract that will give teachers long-awaited…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Mon Bijou early this morning. Efrain Rivera, 74, was identified by police as the man who died from an apparent suicide…
CHRISTIANSTED — Police said an eight months pregnant former FEMA employee has been charged with child abuse after overdosing on heroin. Briana Norris, 26, of St. Croix was arrested about 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man died in a hail of bullets near a baseball field in Grove Place last night. Daniel D. “Dan Dan” or “Dangles” Peters, 33 of Grove Place was found by police…
BRIDGETOWN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed its Zika virus country classification scheme from countries in the region. The scheme had categorized most of the Caribbean territories as having active Zika virus transmission.…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man has been accused in the rape of a female minor earlier in the week. Joseph Simmonds, 25, of New Works, was arrested about 3:49 p.m. on Wednesday after admitting…
ARRESTED WHILE IN A CHARLOTTE AMALIE JAIL: AUBREY A. “BIGGS” FRETT ON ST. THOMAS CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man charged in a September murder in Hospital Ground has been charged in another shooting in…
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that it is no longer accepting green waste at the St. Croix Transfer Station and Anguilla Landfill. The public and all haulers are asked to…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Janette Millin Young said that she was an eyewitness and “willing listener” to the “strong protests” that WAPA employees voiced at the Earle B. Ottley Complex on Wednesday. The most important…
SAN JUAN – FEMA has awarded nearly $46 million in additional grants to cover Hurricane María-related expenses. These awards bring the total amount of funds obligated under the agency’s Public Assistance program to $3.9 billion.…