Category: Local news
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Senate Panel OKs Public Safety Bills
Among legislation approved in committee Monday was a bill that would alllow police learning of a missing minor to get to work…
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Undercurrents: These Bats are Not Halloween Props
If ever a creature was misunderstood, it is the poor, little, universally maligned bat, but UVI professor Renata Platenberg isn’t interested in…
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St. Croix Federation of Teachers Holds Annual TEACH Conference
St. Croix public school students had Monday off, but more than 700 teachers and paraprofessionals reported for the 35th TEACH Conference hosted…
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Atlantic Basin Refining Buys Hovensa
The V.I. government announced it has negotiated a new operating agreement with Atlantic Basin Refining Inc., a company formed specifically to buy…
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Fawkes Suspends Early Voting on St. Croix
Elections Supervisor Caroline Fawkes Sunday night suspended early voting on St. Croix, which began Tuesday, following the V.I. Supreme Court order Friday…
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@School: Tradition and Change Work Together in All Saints Family
When she took over the helm of St. Thomas’ All Saints Cathedral School a year ago, veteran educator Carla Sarauw knew the…
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@ School: Shakira Smith Tops St. John Reading Challenge
When they counted up the numbers for the annual Governor’s Reading Challenge on St. John, Shakira Smith topped the list with 35…
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@ School: 4-H Provides a Path for Idrees Donaie
Idrees Donaie beat his shyness when he joined 4-H. Now a freshman at the University of the Virgin Islands, he’s promoting and…
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VING Honors Airmen for Performance
The V.I. National Guard awarded metals and other commendations of service Saturday to its distinguished members, including the Legion of Merit to…
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St. Croix Elections Board Members Miss Emergency Meeting
An emergency meeting of the St. Croix Board of Elections called to discuss the logistics of removing Sen. Alicia “Chucky” Hansen’s name…
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UVI Board Increases Tuition, Celebrates Freshman Enrollment
The UVI Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition by 5 percent at its quarterly meeting Saturday. The board also set the…
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Project Homeless Connect Provides Access to Critical Services
It was around 9 a.m. when the first wave of people hit the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center…
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V.I. Supreme Court Orders Chucky Off The Ballot
The V.I. Supreme Court once again knocked Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen off the ballot for the St. Croix Senate race, in an…
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UVI Achieves Highest Alumni Contribution Rate among HBCUs
The University of the Virgin Islands has achieved an alumni giving rate of 52.49 percent for fiscal year 2014 — which is…
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Tapia Co-Conspirator Sentenced To 20 Years For Cocaine Charges
U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Thomas sentenced Walter Hill Jr., 46, of St. John, to a mandatory minimum of 20 years in…
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Man Sentenced to Five And A Half Years For Cocaine Distribution
U.S. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Hector Mejia-Patino, 26, of St. Thomas, to 67 months of incarceration, five years of…
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Senatorial Candidates Grilled on Disability Issues
A special segment of the community grilled senatorial candidates Friday at the Voices That Count conference hosted by the V.I. University Center…
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STJ Marina Hearing Canceled After Senators Don't Show
Sen. Craig Barshinger announced around 4 p.m. that Friday’s meeting of the Legislature’s Energy and Environmental Protection Committee was in recess for…
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Gifft Hill Students Clean Up St. John Beaches
Lots of bottle caps, a fork, a shoe and much more went into black plastic garbage bags as 35 blue plastic-gloved middle…
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DLCA Asks Hovensa Why Fuel Prices are Not Decreasing in the V.I.
Commissioner Wayne Biggs of the V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs has requested all information regarding Hovensa’s "pricing mechanism for the…
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Fashion Icon Oscar de la Renta Was a Son of the Caribbean
In more than five decades as an international fashion icon, Oscar de la Renta was a trendsetter, a famed creator of beautiful…
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Seventh-day Adventists Help Out JFL Neonatal Unit
The Seventh-day Adventist Community Service Federation, a community outreach and service organization of the church, gave Gov. Juan F. Luis Memorial Hospital…
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GERS Approves Lawsuit Settlement
Trustees of the V.I. Government Employee Retirement System on Thursday authorized a settlement agreement in a private lawsuit. The action was taken…
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St. John Marches Against Domestic Violence, Remembers Victims
Thursday, the Stop the Silence ceremony and march in Cruz Bay Park remembered 71 people known to have died as a result…
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Documentary Examines Holes in V.I. Mental Health System
Many heart-wrenching aspects of mental health care in the Virgin Islands are examined in a new film by award-winning St. Croix documentary…
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WAPA Board OKs Funds for Propane Conversion
The board of the V.I. Water and Power Authority approved a $4.2 million contract for design and upgrade of the fire protection…
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Gubernatorial Tickets Face Off at UVI Forum
Candidates for governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands offered differing views on health care costs, securing the pension system for government workers,…
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St. Croix Elections Board Pushing to Post Results Election Night
The St. Croix Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday to direct Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes to report on efforts to post…
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Court Affirms Basil Ottley Jr.'s Candidacy
The U.S. District Court on Wednesday reaffirmed Basil Ottley Jr. right to be on the ballot as running-mate to Delegate Donna Christensen…
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Chikungunya Cases Turn Corner on St. Thomas, St. John
It appears the chikungunya outbreak is declining on St. Thomas and St. John, but Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis said she’s…