ON THE SPOT: Government House Media Spokesperson Sandra Goomansingh, right, interviews WICO CEO Clifford Graham at Monday’s hurricane resiliency workshop on St. Thomas. CHARLOTTE AMALIE
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE –– The commissioner of the Labor testified before the Senate Committee dealing with her department and said that unemployment and disaster assistance checks
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LAYING PIPE: Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of south Atlantic division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, surveys Guajataca Dam, Puerto Rico, Oct. 23, 2017, which
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