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
Read moreHow Big Can A Tsunami Get in Caribbean? Big Enough With A 9.0 Earthquake Behind It
SAN JUAN — The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has researchers reevaluating whether a magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake and resulting tsunami might also be a likely
Read moreMapp Breaks Ground At ‘Historic’ Veterans Drive Improvement Project in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Accompanied by public and private partners, Governor Kenneth Mapp broke ground Tuesday on the much awaited Veterans Drive improvement project on St.
Read moreHURRICANE 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
Read moreGovernor Mapp Says Virgin Islands Police Will See New Raises in June Paychecks
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Starting salaries for Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers will officially increase on May 21, 2018. Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he
Read more‘Firebreak’ Halts Coral Disease in Short-Term Study at Buck Island in St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — The progression of Caribbean yellow-band disease — a widespread killer of reef-building corals — can be significantly impeded by chiseling a “firebreak” around
Read moreMAPP: U.S. Education Department Awards Territory $13.1 Million To Put Schools Back
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) has received $13.1 million in new federal assistance from the United States Department of Education
Read moreGovernor Mapp Praises Doctors Who Plan to Open Surgical Center on St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED ― Governor Kenneth Mapp offered his congratulations Wednesday to the physicians behind Liberty Medical Development, which recently announced that it has successfully secured financing
Read moreMapp Says It Is Just A Matter of Time Before St. John Can Generate Its Own Power
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY – The island of St. John will soon be able to generate its own electricity, Governor Kenneth Mapp assured
Read moreNine Gubernatorial Teams Opposing Re-Election of Kenneth Mapp and Osbert Potter
GOVERNOR/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Kenneth Mapp and Osbert Potter (incumbents) Independent Warren Mosler and Ray Fonseca Independent Soraya Diase Coffelt and Dwight Nicholson Independent Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg
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