Category: Local news
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Thursday Shooting Was a Near Miss
No one was injured Thursday in a brazen afternoon shooting at the intersection by the entrance into Cost-U-Less on Weymouth Rhymer highway,…
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St. Thomas's Hannah Davis is SI Cover Model
The St. Thomas native was chosen to be the model on the cover of the SI swimsuit issue, following in the footsteps of…
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Rotarians Hold 10th Health Fair
People who attended Saturday’s health fair at St. Croix Rescue learned about living with autism, natural body and home products, vaccinations and…
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Public Health and Statistics Highlighted at Fourth Cardiac Symposium
On the second day of the Virgin Islands Cardiac Symposium, there were presentations about cardiovascular disease in the territory along with other…
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Park Gets Donation of Haulover Land
For decades, residents and visitors sunned, snorkeled and swam at both north and south sides of Haulover because most thought it was…
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Casino Control Commission Issues Order to Maintain Live Races, Keep Racino Open
The Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission on Friday issued an order to Treasure Bay VI, Corp., the Flamboyant Horsemen Association Inc., and…
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Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School PTA Fills Teachers’ Wish Lists
The Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School Parent Teacher Association covered the wish lists of 29 teachers, filling paper bags with essentials like…
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Hawksbill Turtles Get Comfy in 30-year-old Artificial Reef
The Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas is drawing more than tourists. It seems that a bevy of endangered hawksbill sea…
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Monsanto, Two Others, Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms
Edwin Monsanto, who was arrested in the investigation that also resulted in the arrest of Roberto Tapia, was one of three men…
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Pedestrian Struck by Car, Dies of Injuries
A pedestrian walking on North Side Road near the Agape Medical Center was hit by a vehicle and killed Thursday night, the…
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Interior Official Meets with V.I. Government Officials
Esther Kia’aina, assistant secretary for Insular Areas in the U.S. Department of the Interior, shared with The Source some thoughts and impressions…
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Volunteers Sought for '1 Billion Rising'
On Valentines Day, Feb 14, St. Thomas will take part in a worldwide plea to stop violence against women and girls, and…
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WAPA's Audit Shows 'Good 2014,' Officials Say
Audit reports for fiscal year 2014 show that the V.I. Water and Power Authority is in a “better financial position” than previous…
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Mapp Requests $1 Million for First Phase of Hovensa Legal Battle
Gov. Kenneth Mapp sent the V.I. Legislature legislation to appropriate $1 million as a down-payment on suing Hovensa for roughly $43 million…
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2014 Property Tax Bills Coming This Month
Real property tax bills for 2014, originally scheduled to go out before the end of the year, will go out by the…
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Suspect Arrested In Mandahl Arson/Homicide
Officers of the V.I. Police Department on Wednesday arrested 56-year-old John James Natta and charged him with murder in the homicide/arson case…
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Crime Stoppers: Make a Difference
Crime Stoppers thanks you for making a difference in the Virgin Islands. If you know something, say something.
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JFL Receives Private Donations
The Gov. Juan Luis Hospital board and senior management called a press conference Wednesday to announce several donations, to give updates on…
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UVI Hackathon to Showcase Innovations in Technology
More than two dozen UVI students will demonstrate innovative technological solutions to everyday problems during the first UVI Hackfest this weekend on…
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Obama Budget Projects $211 Million in Rum Revenue for Virgin Islands
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal, released Monday, would allocate $211 million in rum cover over payments for the U.S.…
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Claim Deadline Fast Approaching for Former Triangle Workers
The V.I. Labor Department is warning former Triangle Construction employees that Feb. 12 is the deadline to file for severance through last…
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Mapp Hosts Department of Interior Insular Affairs Officials
Gov. Kenneth Mapp welcomed to Government House representatives from the U.S. Department of Interior for Insular Affairs on Monday at the onset…
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Undercurrents: Chamber Links with Government to Strengthen Economy
The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber has been a constant on the V.I. scene for decades, sometimes exerting muscle and sometimes providing the…
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Man Killed in Sunday Shooting
V.I. Police Department officers responding to reports of shots fired in several locations on St. Thomas found the body of a man…
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Off-Island Profile: ‘What the Heart Can Endure’
Lack of services for the mentally ill in the territory and the "small community taboo" resulted in Yassin Hall writing a memoir,…
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Mainland Snow Again Causes Flight Cancellations
In a repeat of last week’s snow-related flight cancellations, more snow in the northeast United States again caused airlines on Monday to…
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Court-Ordered DOJ Patient Has Cost Schneider $200K – and Counting
In September, the DOJ brought Schneider Regional Medical Center a patient with a violent history, who had been remanded by court order…
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Faith Matters: My Brother’s Workshop Spreading to St. Croix
At-risk youth on St. Croix who could end up incarcerated, will soon have the chance of turning their lives around by enrolling…
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Police ID Saturday Homicide Victim
According to St. Thomas/St. John District Police Chief Darrin Foy, 39-year-old Anthony Charles was shot to death Saturday night at Coki Point…
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Homeless Count Gives Faces to Territory's Less Fortunate
‘Where are you sleeping tonight?’ Most of us have the comfortable, ready answer. But there’s a population in the territory and elsewhere…