Category: Local news
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School District Cleaning Up Alfredo Andrews after Fire
St. Croix District officials have spent the weekend cleaning up a classroom at Alfredo Andrews Elementary that was affected Friday evening by…
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Team River Runner Practices Leadership Skills on St. John
Team River Runner Trip brought 20 wounded veterans of various wars to Cinnamon Bay Campground on St. John to learn leadership skills,…
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2015 V.I. Teacher of the Year: Jeune Provost
The territory’s 2015 teacher of the year is Jeune Provost from Julius Sprauve School, the Education Department announced Friday.
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Weather, Machine Trouble Further Slow Ballot Count
Both districts made little headway Friday in the closely monitored count of the remaining general election ballots, with wet and gloomy weather…
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Police Seek Missing, Runaway Teen
Detectives from the Juvenile Bureau on St. Thomas are looking for a missing, runaway 15-year-old female minor, identified as Ashia Thomas, the…
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Chikungunya Cases Still Rising on St. Croix
While the chikungunya outbreak has slowed on St. Thomas and St. John, the number of cases continues to rise on St. Croix,…
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Cancellations, Postponements Due to Weather
Here are announced cancellations, postponements, early dismissals and other actions of community interest taken due to territorywide flooding. This posting is being…
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Alert: Schools Closed Territorywide
V.I. Public Schools are closing across the territory due to torrential rains and flooding, and parents are asked to start picking up…
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Flooding Across the Virgin Islands
The entire territory Friday was inundated with heavy and continuous rainfall, after several days of on and off rain showers, leading to…
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Continuing Ballot Count Closes Gap in Gubernatorial Race
As long hours of post-election ballot counting churned out more numbers, independent gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Mapp inched back from the outright majority…
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Commissioner: V.I. Education Woes Tied to Poor Economy
Education is plagued with teacher shortages and, according to Commissioner Donna Frett-Gregory, the low salaries and the high cost of living in…
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Planned Mandahl Bay Development to Provide 700-Plus Jobs
Gov. John deJongh Jr. and principals of Mandahl Bay Holdings officially signed agreements that would facilitate the construction of the territory’s first…
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Christensen Edges Ahead of Mapp in St. Thomas Voting
Donna Christensen took a slim lead in St. Thomas voting over Kenneth Mapp Wednesday night in the race for V.I. governor, making…
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Too Many Uncounted Ballots to Call Gubernatorial Runoff
Nearly 24 hours after polls closed Tuesday, officials had not yet determined whether there will be a runoff election between Kenneth Mapp…
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Plaskett to Congress; Mapp, Christensen May Be Headed to Runoff
Democrat Stacey Plaskett won the race to be delegate to Congress. Independents Kenneth Mapp and Osbert Potter were ahead in the governor’s…
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Residents Exercise Right to Vote Despite Weather, Controversies
Despite torrential downpours, thunder, lightning and even a few earth tremors in the territory Tuesday, not to mention controversies regarding voting machines…
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Residents Exercise Right to Vote Despite Morning Delay, Weather, Controversies
Despite torrential downpours, thunder, lightning and even a few earth tremors in the territory Tuesday, not to mention controversies regarding voting machines…
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Residents Exercise Right to Vote Despite Weather, Controversies
Despite torrential downpours, thunder, lightning and even a few earth tremors in the territory Tuesday, not to mention controversies regarding voting machines…
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Queen Conch Fails to Make Endangered Species List
After evaluating WildEarth Guardians’ request to list the queen conch on the Endangered Species List, the Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic…
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V.I. Voters Frustrated with New Voting Machine Controversies
Virgin Island voters throughout the territory were angry and frustrated Monday, not just with last-minute ballot and voting machine problems, but also…
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Human Services Gets Extension to Develop Integrated Technology System
Millions of dollars will be saved and opportunities for fraud will be reduced when the Human Services Department gets its integrated program…
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Law Enforcement to Keep an Eye on Election
The V.I. Police Department will keep an eye on Tuesday’s general election, with "action plans” for each district and officers assigned to…
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Undercurrents: Loosen Your Grip on the Steering Wheel; Move into the Fast Lane
No wonder our roads are clogged. “Everybody’s” driving – and then some. With an adult population of less than 70,000, we have…
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St. Croix Set for Bridal Education Symposium
St. Croix is gearing up for the annual Bridal Education Symposium to be held Nov. 18 and 19 at the Renaissance Carambola…
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Board OKs Procedures for Tuesday’s Election
The procedures for Tuesday’s vote were approved Sunday at an emergency meeting of the St. Croix Elections board, which was observed by…
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Health Beat: Barre Fitness Comes to St. Croix
Veterinarian Stacia Jung, a health, fitness, and dance enthusiast, wanted to kick her exercise routine up a couple of notches. Researching routines…
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Health Beat: John McDonald Puts the ‘Personal’ in Trainer
He just turned 24, and John McDonald is telling people twice, three, and even four times his age what to do. It…
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Health Beat: Yoga Is Just One of Turner’s Passions
Catherine Turner is a woman with many passions, but yoga is high on the list. She holds classes in Astanga yoga at…
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Burned Body Found in Torched Vehicle
A badly burned human body was found at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ha’Penny Beach parking lot on St. Croix, the…
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Superior Court Judge Throws Out Mapp Lawsuit
Superior Court Judge Kathleen Mackay on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by 2014 gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Mapp and resident Janelle Sarauw, ensuring…