CHRISTIANSTED — DPNR got a $2.1 million America the Beautiful Challenge 2023 grant, DPNR Commissioner Jean-Pierre Oriol said today. The funding is to create St. Croix’s
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Four Government Agencies Worked To Contain Damage From Pueblo Oil Spill
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Emergency personnel from four government agencies worked to contain damage from an oil spill from a St. Thomas supermarket this afternoon, authorities
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Cops Find Loaded 9mm In Sedan After Motorist Failed To Brake For Stop Sign
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police discovered a fully-loaded 9mm Ghost Gun in a sedan after a motorist failed to brake for a stop sign near Mountain
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US Virgin Islands Creates Park System, Adds 30 Properties
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The USVI on Tuesday created a new territorial parks system that protects more than 30 areas from commercial development and reserves them
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Pile of Petroleum Coke Burning Doesn’t Fret New Owners of Refinery
CHRISTIANSTED — A pile of petroleum coke at the idled St. Croix refinery was found smoldering early Thursday morning, and the facility’s new owners did not
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Security Guard Smoking Marijuana While Driving Without License Plate Arrested On Illegal Gun Charge
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Driving without a license plate while smoking marijuana left one St. Thomas motorist vulnerable to “Operation Gridlock” this weekend. Alexander Milton Petersen,
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UVI Hosts Marine Debris Curriculum Workshops for 37 USVI Educators
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) hosted two educator workshops to demonstrate hands-on, interactive lessons from the newly released USVI Marine Debris
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St. Thomas-St. John Historic Preservation Committee Meeting
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The St. Thomas- St. John Historic Preservation Committee (HPC) said that its scheduled monthly meeting will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, July 12,
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Stanley Jacobs Becomes USVI’s First Winner of NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Commissioner Jean Pierre Oriol said that Virgin Islands cultural ambassador Stanley Jacobs, PhD has been awarded the 2022 National Endowment of the
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Bayside Walking Tour To Feature DPNR Park Ranger John Farchette
GREEN CAY — Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources said that the Division of Coastal Zone Management will host
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