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WANTED BY VIPD! Dasha Graham For Arson-Domestic Violence On St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man who allegedly used fire to get back at his ex-girlfriend is wanted by police tonight. Dasha Graham, 24, is wanted for questioning in a…

Bro Bot March 22, 2020

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UVI Board of Trustees Approves $40.2 Million Budget For 2021

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In the regular session of its quarterly meeting today, on the St. Thomas Campus, the University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees unanimously approved a Fiscal Year 2021…

VI Free Press March 7, 2020

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Deep Dive: How A Reuters Photographer Captured Endangered USVI Corals

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Veteran Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson started building his underwater photography skills in a New York City pool months before he was ready to dive into the ocean…

VI Free Press December 27, 2019

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UVI Board of Trustees Approves Fiscal Year 2020 Budget, Fundraising Goals

FREDERIKSTED — The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees approved a Fiscal Year 2020 Budget of $47.1 million in a regular session of its quarterly meeting on Saturday.…

VI Free Press November 3, 2019

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UVI Students Awarded Record Number of National Title III Scholarships

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Four University of the Virgin Islands students were awarded National Association of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Title III Administrators, Inc. scholarships in September. “This is the…

VI Free Press October 9, 2019

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University of the Virgin Islands Featured in National Geographic Magazine

FREDERIKSTED — The University of the Virgin Islands’ (UVI) Agriculture Experiment Station (AES) has been featured in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic, one of the leading magazines on science,…

VI Free Press August 12, 2019

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Leptospirosis Sets In On Humans In USVI After Major Hurricanes Irma and Maria

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After the first human case of leptospirosis was reported in the territory following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Virgin Islands arbovirus surveillance system (VIASS) was created…

VI Free Press July 31, 2019

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UVI Board Of Trustees Approves MA in Social Work and MOUs with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In the regular session of its quarterly meeting on Saturday in the Administration and Conference Center Building on the St. Thomas Campus, the Board of Trustees unanimously…

VI Free Press June 23, 2019

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EPA To Do Municipal Solid Waste Study Of U.S. Virgin Islands Landfills

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — As part of their continuing efforts to help the territories recover from the long-term impacts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Emergency Management…

VI Free Press May 17, 2019

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UVI Launches Inaugural Film Festival Starting Today on St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — The University of the Virgin Islands Department of Communication, Art, Theater and Music will host its inaugural weekend-long Caribbean Film and Artistic Cinematic Festival on the Albert A.…

VI Free Press April 6, 2019