Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) – Page 6

St. Croix’s Dale Ritter Gets One Year In Prison For Illegal Gun, Stealing Electricity Convictions

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given one year in prison by a federal judge on Thursday for illegal gun and stealing electricity convictions. Dale Ritter, 53, of Mars…

John McCarthy September 14, 2018

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St. Croix Transfer Station and Anguilla Landfill Temporarily Closed By Lightning Strike, Rain

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said this afternoon that the St. Croix Transfer Station and the Anguilla landfill are temporarily closed…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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VIPD Gives Physical Description of Three Cane Bay Home Invaders Posing As Utility Workers

CANE BAY -- The Virgin Islands Police Department is warning residents to check the identification of utility employees after a brazen armed home invasion on St. Croix. Three gunmen gained…

John McCarthy July 27, 2018

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WAPA: Building Better in Virgin Islands Through Technology and Know-How

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED – When the electric power system in the U.S. Virgin Islands is rebuilt, it will be stronger than it has ever been. The Virgin Islands Water…

John McCarthy July 24, 2018

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U.S. Interior Department Gives $1.2 Million in Grants For WAPA, viNGN, DPNR

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…

John McCarthy July 20, 2018

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WAPA Takes Out Power To 1,620 Customers in Frederiksted Due To ‘Broken Pole’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said at least 1,620 people on St. Croix are without power tonight. Approximately 1,620 customers on…

John McCarthy July 1, 2018

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WAPA Says It Will Cut Off Water Service To Questa Verde Condominiums on Monday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said today it will cut water service to customers in Questa Verde condominiums on Monday, July…

John McCarthy June 30, 2018

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WAPA Says Bolongo Bay on St. Thomas Will Strategically Lose Power Starting Tomorrow

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said it will cut power to portions of Bolongo Bay on St. Thomas "to upgrade…

John McCarthy June 21, 2018

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Government House Says OMB Director Julio Rhymer Is Acting Governor Until Friday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Governor Kenneth Mapp said that he will be traveling out of the territory on Tuesday afternoon for meetings with Arclight Capital Partners,…

John McCarthy June 12, 2018

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WAPA Issues Statement On Authority’s State of Preparedness For Hurricane Season

ELECTRICITY REPORT: Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority CEO Lawrence Kupfer [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- With the start of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season (yesterday), I…

John McCarthy June 2, 2018