CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services on today welcomed seven new ambulances into frontline service, a major expansion of the territory’s emergency medical response capacity and the most significant fleet addition…
SAN JUAN — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how the Department of the Interior is supporting locally led, landscape-scale conservation projects on the…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior said last week that almost $4 million had been allocated to projects and programs in several U.S. territories, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, that would “advance biosecurity efforts, restore…
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced recently nearly $7 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to advance climate resilience and restore lands and waters through impactful ecosystem restoration work in the…
CHRISTIANSTED — U.S. Department of the Interior assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor has completed her first official visit to the USVI where she met with Governor Albert Bryan and other island…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Fire Service said that it has been awarded $237,796 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program. The funding will…
WASHINGTON — Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech and Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Director Nik Pula will be in the U.S. Virgin Islands next week from November 12 – 14,…
WASHINGTON — Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech presented a check to Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. for $2,228,901 this week. The monies represent an adjustment to the actual certified rum…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has sought to open U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling despite environmental protests, will be leaving his post at the end of the year, President…
WASHINGTON — Douglas Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs, this week announced $1,202,370 in fiscal year 2018 grant funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands, which supports a wide…