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DPW Notice: VITRAN Fixed Route Services on Monday
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Governor Bryan Submits First Ever 2-Year Executive Budget, Revenues Projected to Increase for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023
Budget includes wage increases both years for government employees; $110 million for continued tax refunds; $38 million to repay 8% salary cut; funding for 1,200 government jobs U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has submitted to the 34th Legislat... More »
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Man Accused of Brutally Beating Stepson Causing Brain Damage Now Faces Life in Prison For Allegedly Raping Girl Child
ST. CROIX — Kenyata Horsford, arrested in March for the alleged brutal beating of a boy who had to be airlifted for medical care, has been charged with rape and sexual assault for allegedly raping a girl child. He is now facing up to life in prison. Horsford, ... More »
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Queen Conch Season in USVI Closed From Jun 1 Through Oct. 31, D.P.N.R. Announces
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources has announced that the annual queen conch seasonal closure commences on Tuesday, June 1 for both the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John Districts, as established by regulation effective July 1, 2008. Harvesting o... More »
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V.I. Board of Education Reopens $1,000 Covid Supplemental Scholarship Program for 2020 and 2021 High School Graduates
The V.I. Board of Education on Friday announced that online application is open for the $1,000 Coronavirus Supplemental Scholarship program to all high schools, home education or home schools, adult education, and general education development (GED) graduates ... More »
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$110 Million in Tax Refunds, 1,200 New Jobs and $38 Million to Repay Salary Cut Included in Bryan’s First Ever Two-Year $2.9 Billion Budget Proposal
Government House on Monday announced that Governor Albert Bryan has submitted to the 34th Legislature the first ever two-year executive budget and said revenue projections will continue to increase during those two years, in what Gov’t House described as a “ve... More »
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USVI Covid Cases Jump to 120, With St. Thomas Accounting for 102, as Latest Covid Surge Grips Charlotte Amalie
The surge in Covid-19 cases in St. Thomas reported last Monday by the USVI’s top infectious disease official, Dr. Esther Ellis, has grown by about forty new infections in the past few days, and the surge may now be affecting the British Virgin Islands as inter... More »
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Biden Includes Medicaid Parity for U.S. Virgin Islands and Other Territories in Budget Bill, Resulting in Millions of Dollars in Savings for Local Government if Approved
Virgin Islands leaders — from senators to governors and delegates to Congress — have long complained about the territory’s unequal treatment as it relates to Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that finances the delivery of medical services for low-incom... More »
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Grocery Store Vanilla Ice Creams, Blind Taste Tested And Ranked
Uproxx Who makes the best vanilla ice cream in the country? We're using a blind taste test to find out! More »
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Cloud Backup
All enterprises were already using cloud computing in one way or the other when the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly accelerated the migration of More »
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Lela Rochon Saved Her '90s Movie Premiere Dress, and Her Daughter Just Wore It to Prom
Waiting to Exhale actress Lela Rochon, who starred in the 1995 Whitney Houston film as Robin Stokes, saved her red satin premiere dress and fringed shawl - and thank goodness she did! Twenty-six years later, her daughter Asia Rochon Fuqua is repurposing the nu... More »
Emma Stone's Daughter Shares a Special Baby Name Tradition With Her Mom
More than two months after the birth of Emma Stone and Dave McCary's daughter on March 13, the little one's full name has been revealed, according to a birth certificate obtained by TMZ: Louisa Jean McCary. And as it turns out, Emma continued a sweet naming tr... More »
