FREDERIKSTED — A 32-year-old St. Croix man died after being shot by an assassin at close range near the West End housing project where he lived, authorities said. Jurmanie Ajanie Kaieem Forde, 19, of St. Croix Mutual Homes is being detained by police as a possible suspect in the fatal shooting,

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. and Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) Director Daryl Griffith on Thursday pushed back against one of the subcontractors hired for the Emergency Home Repair Virgin Islands (EHRVI) program who improperly served construction liens on ten homeowners who had their hurricane-damaged homes repaired

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Committee on Housing, Transportation, Infrastructure and Telecommunications, chaired by Senator Marvin A. Blyden, received updates Tuesday from government and non-profit agencies on housing issues in the territory. Blyden in his introductory statement outlined the extreme responsibility that he holds as the Committee’s chairman.   “This committee has

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Housing Authority said this morning that cisterns at its 33 public housing units in the territory have not been “functional” since 2003. Robert Graham, the executive director of VIHA testifying before the Committee on Housing, Transportation, Infrastructure and Telecommunications, said that the U.S. Department

CHRISTIANSTED — A woman was seriously injured and a man sustained minor injuries after a drive-by shooting at D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace in St. Croix on Sunday night. Police said someone in a white Chevy Malibu sedan sprayed bullets at a person running near Building 2 of the “Red Brick”

[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On May 7, 2017, at approximately 9:55 p.m., officers responded to a call in reference to a gunshot victim being brought in by a private vehicle at the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center Emergency Room and requested the Investigation Bureau. Police met with a

HAZARDOUS DUTY: Police leave Tutu Hi-Rise Housing Project in St. Thomas. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Thursday, February 16, 2017, at approximately 10:47 p.m. a citizen called the 911 Emergency Call Center and reported that a man had been shot outside of her apartment located in Building 11 of the

John F. Kennedy Terrace in Golden Rock. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — On February 5, 2017 at approximately 4:15 a.m., officers were dispatched by 911 Emergency Call Center to a discharging of shots in Golden Rock ,in the vicinity of John F. Kennedy Housing. Upon arrival the officers discovered shell casings

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The New Jersey-based company that partnered with the Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) to create affordable housing for seniors said Thursday that it is proud of its work here. The public-private partnership betweeen VIHA and The Michaels Development Co. of Marlton, N.J. created 80 units of state-of-the-art

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The grand opening ceremony for the territory’s newest housing community, Sugar Estate Seniors Affordable Housing, was held on St. Thomas told and attended by numerous government officials. The development, located just north of the Schneider Regional Medical Center on St. Thomas, includes eighty apartments, a community room,