Category: Local news
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WAPA Board OKs Contract for Fleet Fuel
In a Christmas Eve emergency meeting, V.I. Water and Power Authority board members approved a contract with Puma to supply fuel for…
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Crime Stoppers: Happy Holidays
As we are in the midst of the festive holidays, Crime Stoppers and the V.I. Police Department urge you to drive safely…
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Ross Resigns from ‘Dysfunctional’ Elections Board
Rupert Ross announced Tuesday that he won’t serve on the St. Croix Board of Elections after Jan. 4, in part due to…
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Legislature Expands Tax Breaks for Video and Arts
Among other legislation approved in session Friday, the Senate passed a bill rewriting existing tax breaks for movie and video productions to…
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Updated: V.I. Legislature Rejects Tibbar Energy Lease
The V.I. Government rejected a lease rent hundreds of acres to grow King Grass for use in electricity production since the Legislature…
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PFA Board OKs $100,000 More for Renovations
Public Finance Authority board members on Tuesday authorized an additional $100,000 to cover the final costs of a $1.5 million Department of…
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College Access Challenge Grant Funds Not Renewed
V.I. Board of Education officials announced Tuesday afternoon that they will not be able to disburse the College Access Challenge Grant to…
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Obama Signs Rum Tax Extension
Ensuring the territory will get the millions it has already budgeted, President Barack Obama signed tax extender legislation setting the cover over…
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Would-Be Thieves Hold Family Hostage
An Estate Strawberry family was uninjured after a harrowing night in which four gunmen held them hostage in their own home in…
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Detainee an Apparent Suicide Victim
Heather Dawn Turfley, 38, in custody awaiting trial, was found dead in her cell Sunday at the Criminal Justice Complex on St.…
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Senate Slips In Pension Reform
Government employees taking early retirement who want larger pensions than the number of years worked will have to pay GERS enough to…
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Judge Drops Charge Against Elections Supervisor; to Rule on Recount Before Christmas
Judge Harold Willocks issued an arrest warrant Dec. 15 for Carolyn Fawkes, supervisor of the St. Croix Elections System, when she didn’t…
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DeJongh Decries Senate's Rejection of Refinery Sale
In a radio interview Sunday, Gov. John deJongh Jr. said that rejecting a plan to sell the refinery digs a hole in…
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La Grande Princesse Shooting Leaves Man Dead
A man was shot to death early Saturday in Estate La Grande Princesse. The victim was identified as 21-year-old Sadiki David. It…
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Undercurrents: Researchers Starting to Examine Climate Change in Territory
Early global warming studies have tended to concentrate on the U.S. and Europe, but researchers are beginning to turn their attention to…
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Inaugural Festivities Scheduled Throughout the Territory
Governor-elect Kenneth Mapp will take the oath of office Jan. 5, 2015, and a whole slate of inaugural activities are planned on…
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Tourism Takes to National Airwaves with Ads
The V.I. Tourism Department will kick off the new year with a strategic advertising campaign in January aimed at ensuring that the…
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Faith Matters: Churchgoers Share Christmas Spirit
There’s something about the holidays; they tap into any vein of generosity, from the tightest to the overflowing. Nowhere is that phenomenon…
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Dog Walk Raises Cash for Humane Society
Forty happy dogs and 44 equally happy people took a walk down the waterfront Saturday morning, from Yacht Haven Grande to the…
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Holiday Lights Revive Crucian Tradition
The Old Fashioned Holiday Lighting in Frederiksted Saturday night was the revival of a Crucian tradition organizers hope will be an annual…
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Delta Returns to St. Croix
It’s been more than two years since a Delta flight landed on St. Croix. When the airline returned Saturday afternoon, Gov. John…
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Cuba Normalization Could be 'Win-Win' for Territory
Plans to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba is a "win-win" opportunity for tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands and across…
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Senate Overrides Veto To Allow Casinos In Frederiksted, Christiansted
The V.I. Legislature overturned several of Gov. John deJongh Jr.’s vetos, including one that will establish a new type of casino license…
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Coral Bay Celebrates the Season with Santa
Although several community groups stood up to sing, Santa Claus was the main event at Friday’s annual Coral Bay Christmas Tree Lighting…
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Man Shot to Death in Tutu High-Rise
Major Crime detectives on St. Thomas are investigating the fatal shooting of a man who on Friday morning was found unresponsive near…
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Tourism office opens downtown with a nod to history
A building in the heart of the Charlotte Amalie waterfront was given its historical due Friday afternoon as the stone structure, dating…
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Senate Rejects ABR Refinery Plan
The V.I. Legislature rejected a proposed agreement to sell and reopen the Hovensa refinery Friday.
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Attorney General Rebuts Legislative Counsel's Claims about Hovensa Deal
Attorney General Vincent Frazer on Thursday rebutted claims made by the Legislature’s deputy chief legal counsel about the proposed deal for the…
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Senate Expanding Arts Tax Breaks
Existing V.I. tax breaks for movie and video productions in the territory will be rewritten to meet film industry expectations if a…
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Gifts from Santa, Musical Performances Highlight Tuitt Holiday Program
Jane E. Tuitt Elementary School’s annual Christmas program saw gifts from Santa distributed by Rotary Club of St. Thomas and Peter Gruber…