In his biweekly column, Langley Shazor speaks to issues important to men within the territory. This week’s topic discusses finding the best version of yourself.
For a U.S. citizen who hails from, say Ohio, there’s more than one way to lose the right to vote in a presidential election. You could become a convicted felon. Or you could just move to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Virgin Islands National Park announced Thursday that it is actively working to transition Caneel Bay Resort on St. John to National Park Service management, following an April 22 U.S. District Court ruling affirming the United States’ ownership of the land and ordering EHI Acquisitions, LLC to convey and transfer title of the improvements immediately.
Motorists, pedestrians and students from the Julius E. Sprauve School had a chance to view a banner hung in Cruz Bay on Friday by members of the Virgin Islands Police Department.
The marine science team for the Butler Bay Coral Restoration Project will host an up-close marine science experience at a free open house event at the project’s pop-up coral laboratory at the Feather Leaf Inn on Mother’s Day, this Sunday from 1-3 p.m.
Since its inception, Island Green Living has crushed and baled more than 3.4 million aluminum cans and 78.5K lbs. of captured ocean-bound plastic. Last week, It loaded up a 40-foot container donated by Tropical Shipping with the latest batch.
Newly minted graduates of the University of the Virgin Islands were urged to show up in the world as who they are -- and not as they think the world wants them to be -- by the 2024 commencement keynote speaker. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms congratulated those who came to accept their college diplomas and those who came to cheer them on.
At roughly 2:30 Thursday morning, a fuel coupling in one of the Water and Power Authority’s 20-year-old units broke, triggering an emergency shutdown that knocked out electrical currents across St. Thomas and St. John. It took power plant personnel about three hours to track down the broken part, WAPA officials said, but much longer to get electricity flowing steadily again.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. on Thursday vetoed a trio of bills passed by the Senate last month that were meant to put the V.I. Water and Power Authority on firmer financial footing for the rest of the fiscal year and, among other things, restructure language about how and when a state of emergency can be declared.
Augusto Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a resident of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and Dominican Republic national, was sentenced by District Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 57 months incarceration and two years of supervised release following his conviction on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Friday.
his grant will strengthen ongoing efforts to enhance technical training and development programs, building on the Authority’s history of empowering employees and ensuring the safe and reliable operation of the electric grid.
The USVI Wellness Fair 2024 is being hosted by the V.I. Department of Health in partnership with the Office of the Governor and with the support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training (DoD-IRT) Program.
Augusto Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a resident of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and Dominican Republic national, was sentenced by District Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 57 months incarceration and two years of supervised release following his conviction on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Friday.
In his biweekly column, Langley Shazor speaks to issues important to men within the territory. This week’s topic discusses finding the best version of yourself.
Project Director for the Virgin Islands Breast Cancer Project, Diane Hampton, will be working on her cancer advocacy with back-to-back events all weekend at the Feather Leaf Inn on the north side of Frederiksted.
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announces that the Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program, which evaluates weekly water quality at popular swimming beaches throughout the territory by sampling for enterococci bacteria and turbidity, which is a measure of water clarity, advises the public of the following:
Beloved father and brother Joseph Alexander Halliday Sr., also known to many as Rogo Joe, “Joe Percy”” or “Cumpy” to many of his childhood friends, died on April 11 at the age of 70.