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Community Foundation of V.I. Starts Estelle Parrott Scholarship Fund This Year

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) is pleased to announce the availability of a new CFVI scholarship — the Estelle Parrott Scholarship — which will…

John McCarthy March 19, 2019

$Good Hope Country Day Wins MATHCOUNTS Competition on St. Croix$

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Good Hope Country Day Wins MATHCOUNTS Competition on St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education, St. Croix District held its annual District MATHCOUNTS competition at the UVI Great Hall in St. Croix. Four Good Hope Country Day…

John McCarthy February 22, 2019

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BIR and UVI Offers Tax Preparation Help To People Who Need To Do Returns

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) are teaming up to help people prepare their federal income tax returns. BIR Director…

John McCarthy February 8, 2019

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Agrifest 2019 Set for Mid-Month: “VI Agriculture: Still Growing in 2019”

FREDERIKSTED -- The public is invited to attend the 48th Annual Agriculture and Food Fair of the Virgin Islands from February 16 to 18 at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agricultural Complex in…

John McCarthy February 1, 2019

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UVI To Launch Youth Ocean Explorers Summer Program On St. Croix In July

FREDERIKSTED -- Students from St. Croix will have an opportunity to participate in the popular Youth Ocean Explorers (YOE) program this summer ... for the first time. Based at the…

John McCarthy February 1, 2019

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Disabled Community To Get Emergency Radios From UVI’s VIUCEDD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Members of the disability community in the Virgin Islands will soon be equipped with emergency radios that could mean the difference between life and death in the…

John McCarthy January 26, 2019

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UVI Approves Free Tuition For Students Getting Higher Education In Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees approved policies that will help implement Act No. 8155, the Virgin Islands Higher Education Scholarship Program, in a special session on Wednesday.…

John McCarthy January 24, 2019

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Man With A History Of Acting Out Arrested on St. Thomas’ UVI Campus

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The picture of the man who allegedly hit a University of the Virgin Islands security guard with a rock has been released by police. Glasford Smith, 55,…

John McCarthy January 10, 2019

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UVI Campus Security Guard Discharges Service Weapon After Being Hit With A Rock

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A campus security guard at the University of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas reportedly shot and injured a man Wednesday evening after being allegedly attacked with…

John McCarthy January 10, 2019

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First President of CVI Lawrence Wanlass Dies At 93 In California

FREDERIKSTED -- The first president of the University of the Virgin Islands, Lawrence Wanlass, died in Gold River, California on Tuesday. He was 93. Wanlass is survived by his wife,…

John McCarthy December 21, 2018