CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted for a brutal domestic violence assault is now behind bars in St. Thomas. Akeem Antonio Forbes, 35,
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Hurricane Milton could cost insurers $60B, raise reinsurance rates, RBC says
TAMPA — Hurricane Milton could result in a $60 billion loss for the global insurance industry, creating a surge in 2025 reinsurance prices which could
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Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in Florida tonight
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning along Florida’s west coast, near or just south of Tampa.
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Milton forces Bucs and Lightning to leave Florida early and other teams to alter games
TAMPA — The NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week. The
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Florida makes last-minute preps before Hurricane Milton’s landfall
TAMPA — The sheriff of the county that includes Tampa, part of the most populous region in Milton’s bull’s-eye, said that those in mandatory evacuation
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Norre Gade sewer line repairs begin today in St. Thomas, VIWMA says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) advises the public on a collapsed 140-foot wastewater sewer line near the Norre Gade/Moravian School
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Human Services says SNAP benefits increased on October 1
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Human Services (VIDHS) is excited to announce anincrease in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, effective October 1, 2024.This
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Starfish Market in St. John closed until further notice, Health tells WIC recipients
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Health’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, the WIC Program, is informing all WIC
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Survivors of massacre in small Haitian town where 70 died point finger at government
PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — Angry whispers have broken the heavy silence that fell over Pont-Sondé just days after a vicious gang attack left more than 70 dead,
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Maps show track of Hurricane Milton as forecasters predict landfall in Florida
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton continued tracking eastward as a powerful Category 4 storm early this morning, with forecasts showing it on a path to hit Florida’s Gulf
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