Category: Local news
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Donation Helps My Brother’s Workshop Complete Bakery
The smell of fresh bread will once again fill the historic bakery square complex bordering Back Street and Nye Gade this spring…
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Rastafari Ag and Cultural Vegan Food Fair Opens
The soft green hills leading up to the Bordeaux Farmers Market were covered with cars as hundreds of people came out for…
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Dogs Strut Their Stuff in Annual Parade
More than 50 dogs and their owners crowded onto the Christiansted Boardwalk to vie for the prizes, trophies and recognition in Saturday…
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Mapp Names New Acting Attorney General, Other Top Officials
Gov. Kenneth Mapp appointed St. Thomas attorney Terri Griffiths to serve as acting V.I. attorney general Friday, replacing Acting Attorney General Soraya…
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St. Croix Board of Elections Can’t Find a Quorum
A St. Croix Board of Elections meeting that was rescheduled last week because too few members attended was rescheduled again Friday for…
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Financial Report at Elections Board Meeting Raises Questions
A financial report prompted an at times contentious discussion regarding the adequacy of the body’s financial oversight at the St. Thomas-St. John…
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Mapp: Time for Government and Hovensa to ‘Part Ways’
Comparing the government’s ongoing battle with Hovensa to a messy “divorce,” Gov. Kenneth Mapp laid out his plan Thursday to take on…
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Jewels of the Virgin Isles: Nicole L. George
Nicole L. George is a Virgin Islands jewel who hails from St. Thomas by way of the Bronx, N.Y., with roots in…
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Attorney General Diase-Coffelt Resigns
Attorney General designee Soraya Diase-Coffelt resigned Thursday after two weeks on the job and before her confirmation hearing, Government House confirmed Thursday…
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Mapp Announces Additional Cabinet Nominees and Agency Heads
Gov. Kenneth Mapp announced Wednesday the key members of his financial team, saying they would help the new administration avert a “total…
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Hovensa Closure Helps Environment
While the shutdown of Hovensa’s refining facilities in early 2012 was bad for the economy, it was good news for the environment,…
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WAPA Chief: Improved Bond Rating Shows WAPA on Track
WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge Jr. said that Standard & Poor’s recent upgrade on V.I. Water and Power electric system bonds is…
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Crime Stoppers Thanks Community, Law Enforcement
We enter the New Year with many transitions taking place within government, and Crime Stoppers USVI would like to thank law enforcement…
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WAPA Board Forms Hedge Committee
In a special meeting Tuesday, WAPA’s governing board formed a committee to buy cheaper gas and propane over the next year or…
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Edgecombe Appeals to Rotarians to Help Complete ‘Timeless’
UVI professor and executive producer of “Timeless,” David Edgecombes asks St. Thomas Rotary Sunrise to help writer/director Edward LaBorde Jr. finish the…
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Potter Picks New V.I. Banking Director
Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter has tapped Gwendolyn Hall Brady to serve as the new director of Banking and Insurance. Banking and Insurance…
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V.I. Answer Desk: Whither Seaweed-Free St. Croix Snorkeling?
A Source reader is planning to visit St. Croix but writes that she is worried about the seaweed problems on some beaches…
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WAPA Bond Outlook Improves
The major bond and credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has improved its outlook for WAPA’s electric system revenue bonds, revising it…
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EPA Wants Nominations for Environmental Champion Awards
The Environmental Protection Agency will accept nominations until Feb. 7 for its annual Environmental Champion Awards for those contributing to improving the…
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Neville James Gavels to Order the 31st Legislature
Senate President Neville James gaveled the 31st Legislature to order for the first time Monday, and the Senate held a brief organizational…
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31st Legislature Sworn In at Brief Public Ceremony Before First Session
Emancipation Park was abuzz with dignitaries, members of the media and well-wishers Monday morning as members of the 31st Legislature of the…
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Dolphins Plunge into Ocean off Frederiksted
Dolphins swimmer Matthew Mays, 16, came in first place Sunday in the 11th annual Dolphins Sea Swim, one of the St. Croix…
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Grief Counseling for Kean and Sprauve Students
Grief counseling will be available throughout the week by appointment at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School and Julius E. Sprauve School to…
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On Island Profile: Cenita Heywood
Air Force veteran Cenita Heywood has a passion for helping local students become pilots and fly off into the ‘wild blue yonder.’…
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Profile: Freddie Rabuse, Much More Than Musical Interlude
Basketball star, tennis whiz, day trader, businessman – oh yes, and the island’s own piano man, Freddie Rabuse has been a leading…
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Profile: Jeune Provost Delighted with Teacher of the Year Honor
With both the territorial and St. Thomas/St. John District Teacher of the Year awards on her resume, St. John resident Jeune Provost…
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St. John Boy Dies in Saturday Vehicle Accident
An early morning single-vehicle accident Saturday left 16-year-old Elvis Smith Jr. dead, another passenger in critical condition, another with a head injury,…
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Kettle Corn Employee Facing Up to 10 Years
V.I. Magistrate Court Judge Carolyn Hermon-Percell found probable cause to hold over 25 year-old Tameka Ward on charges of forgery and obtaining…
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Plaskett Named to Congressional Agriculture Committee
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named Delegate Stacey Plaskett to the 46-member House Committee on Agriculture Friday, according to the…
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Power Structure, Committee Assignments of Incoming Legislature Announced
Incoming Senate President Neville James released the new majority’s proposed committee assignments Friday, laying out who will hold positions of power in…