CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas boat captain and four illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic were in federal court on Thursday to hear the
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Coast Guard Tall Ship ‘Eagle’ To Visit St. Thomas on Patrol For Community Outreach
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Coast Guard Tall Ship Eagle will kick off its 2018 summer patrol of cadet training and community outreach by making its first
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U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Person of The Year Was Deployed To St. Croix After Hurricane Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN DIEGO — Two California-based Coast Guard petty officers were honored as the 2017 active-duty and reserve enlisted person of
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U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Two Boaters From Water 32 Miles South of St. Croix
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters from the sea about 32 miles south of St. Croix on
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SHIP SHAPE? Filthy Cruise Ships Failing Record Number of Cleaning Inspections … And It’s Making People Sick
MIAMI — Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big. In 2017, cruise lines failed their sanitation inspections at the highest rate ever since
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HAVING A ‘SWELL’ TIME IN PARADISE: Thirty Foot High Waves Hit Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Waves nearly 30 feet high from a U.S. winter storm slammed into Puerto Rico today, forcing authorities to
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FBI Charges British Engineer With Murder After Wife Disappears At Sea Between Cuba and Florida
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A British engineer has been charged by the FBI with murdering his wife after she disappeared at sea as
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U.S. Coast Guard Cleanup of Abandoned Boats In Water Moves To St. John
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — U.S. Coast Guard Petty officer Jake DiPaola arrived on St. John about a week after Hurricane Maria.
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Ferrol Trucking Vessel Runs Aground In East Gregory Channel St. Thomas Today … Coast Guard Is On Scene
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A cargo vessel owned by Ferrol Trucking has run aground in the St. Thomas harbor, the Virgin
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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
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