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The V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency said Monday that it will begin registering Senior Citizens and physically challenged residents for home delivery of filled sandbags on Tuesday September 13th, through Friday September 16th from 8:00 am to 5:00 p... More »
ST. CROIX — United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Monday that Jahseen Simmonds, age 30, of St. Croix was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release and $1,000 fine by District Judge Wilma Lewis on the charge of ... More »
ST. CROIX — Police have arrested and charged a man for failing to report a firearm that he brought into the U.S. Virgin Islands. Trevor Kyle Modeste-Etienne, a resident of Florida, was arrested on September 9 after the Transportation Security Administration (T... More »
The category of students able to benefit from scholarships offered by the government of the Virgin Islands attending the University of the Virgin Islands has been extended to part-time learners. On Monday, senators on the Committee on Education and Workforce D... More »
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday that through its Public Assistance Program it is partnering with the V.I. Office of Disaster Recovery to support the repair and restoration of houses of worship, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and schools m... More »
The current deputy inspector general has now been tapped to occupy the role as head of the Office of the Inspector General in a substantive way, Governor Albert Bryan announced during Monday’s Government House Briefing. There’s a new legacy of leadership that ... More »
While the 2022/2023 school year continues to be plagued by a shortage of professional educators, a rise in in-school Covid-19 cases, and truancy — the action of staying away from school without good reason — have compounded the challenges of the V.I. Departmen... More »
