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Small A/C and Refrigeration Businesses Can Learn About Environmental Compliance in DPNR Workshop

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Small businesses on St. Thomas will have an opportunity to learn more about best management practices and environmental compliance in an upcoming workshop. A workshop will be…

John McCarthy April 9, 2018

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Ritz Carlton Condominiums in St. Thomas Explains Why It Won’t Open on May 25 As Scheduled

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- We are happy to share some news regarding the Club, it's restoration, and the projected opening time frame. While progress has been…

John McCarthy March 20, 2018

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People on All Three U.S. Virgin Islands Urged To Recycle Plant and Wood Debris Into Mulch

CRUZ BAY – Island Green Living Association, working in concert with the Department of Planning & Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, oversaw the assignment of hurricane mulch on…

John McCarthy February 28, 2018

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DPNR Announces Dates For Public Hearings On Coastal Zone Management For All Three Islands

CHRISTIANSTED -- Commissioner Dawn L. Henry, Esq. of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) advises the public that the Division of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) will be hosting…

John McCarthy February 24, 2018

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DPNR Says It Is Enforcing More Stringent Water Quality Standards This Week … Expect More Beach Failures

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) advises all USVI public beach users of the policy adoption by DPNR of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established Beach…

John McCarthy February 23, 2018

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Coast Guard and DPNR Wrap Up Boat Salvage Operations in St. Croix on Monday

V.I. Free Press photo by GARY DAVIDSON https://www.facebook.com/DreamlifePhotographySTX/ CHRISTIANSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), the U.S. Coast Guard and salvage contractors completed vessel salvage operations on…

John McCarthy January 16, 2018

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DPNR Says It Will Inspect ‘Abandoned and Uninhabitable Structures’ To Determine Which Need To Be Razed … Will They Visit Time’s Square, St. Croix?

CHRISTIANSTED -- Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) Commissioner Dawn Henry today advised the community that pursuant to Title 29 V.I.C § 297 (2017), DPNR is responsible for determining…

John McCarthy January 12, 2018

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DPNR To Resume Monitoring of Public Drinking Water Suppliers in the Territory

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) said that it will begin monitoring public water systems for compliance starting January 1, 2018. In the aftermath of Hurricanes…

John McCarthy December 29, 2017

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Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) Invites Residents of St. Thomas To Clean-Up Downtown With ‘Rock City Clean Streets’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Dawn Henry invites the residents of the St. Thomas community to volunteer their services for a clean-up drive of downtown…

John McCarthy December 12, 2017

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LET THEM LIVE ON THE BEACH! Mapp Hails Opening of Magens Bay on St. Thomas As A ‘Great, Great Sign of Progress’

CHRISTIANSTED -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp described the official opening and dedication of Magens Bay on St. Thomas this Thursday, December 7 with Royal Caribbean International as a “great, great sign…

John McCarthy December 6, 2017