Money isn’t the only thing in short supply at the Water and Power Authority, WAPA officials said at a meeting of its governing board Thursday. While the embattled utility’s financial concerns have been well publicized, WAPA also faces dramatic challenges in obtaining key hardware vital to power generation and grid stability.
Exciting news for 11th Grader Danny Phillip Jr. who won second place in the Vermont Pitch Challenge from the University of Vermont. Phillip, who attends the Seventh Day Adventist School on St. Croix, has aspirations of becoming a successful businessperson in technology and computer science.
With St. Thomas Carnival festivities already underway Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has locked in the administrative leave schedule for government workers and announced that more than $5 million in income tax refunds have been issued to Virgin Island residents.
Jury selection in the murder trial for the man accused of fatally shooting a man at the end of last year’s Carnival Parade is being delayed. The judge presiding over the case rescheduled the process for a later date to accommodate a hearing over evidence to be admitted at trial.
A federal jury convicted two former Virgin Islands Correctional Officers of depriving an inmate of his rights under color of law and obstruction of an FBI investigation, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.
Darnell Birmingham, a senior at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School has been recently selected as one of the recipients of the 2024 Kenneth M. Smith Scholarship, the V.I. Education Department announced.
An illegal firearm was discovered by a K9 officer and a weapons and ammunition detection dog inside a vehicle in Sion Farm, St. Croix Wednesday, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Although Michelle was not present, her father, Keith Smith, mother, Mireille Sankatsing-Smith, and grandmother, Leonora Smith, accepted the Perma Plaque on her behalf.
A federal grand jury returned indictments charging Jamil Bell, 43, Peter Francis, 33, Niah Henry, 44, Anwar Lockhart, 41, and Kenson Plasimo, 43, with drug trafficking, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.
Lorenzo Ortis Charles, 36, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty to smuggling aliens into the United States, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.
The St. Croix Road Racing Committee, a division of the Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation, has been diligently working to breathe new life into road racing following the significant impact of the global pandemic in 2020.
Collaborating with Veterans Affairs on a range of financial topics will be First Bank VI, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Strategy Group.
The government agencies that testified at Wednesday’s Senate hearing about their financial crises, said their revenues, including government allotments, were not sufficient to pay their bills - even their electric bills.
Virgin Islands native Rashawn Ross is still pinching himself. The trumpeter for the Dave Matthews Band, recently announced with the group as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 inductees, said when the email confirming the honor finally came through, it was a surreal moment.
V.I. Supreme Court Chief Justice Rhys Hodge on Wednesday denied a motion by the V.I. Legislature that sought nearly $100,000 in costs and attorney fees it says it spent defending against a lawsuit brought by former Senator-at-Large Steven Payne Sr. The request was filed two weeks too late, and without the proper notice, he said.
“Let the Children Play!” is the mantra that will echo the legacy of the late Linda Garvin at the Dedication Ceremony at the Midre Cummings Playground Park at the north end of Frederiksted on Saturday, at 10 a.m.
On Sunday, the Caribbean Genealogy Library hosted another virtual event, this time focusing on the efforts and accomplishments of two prominent Virgin Islands men in the 1920s, Casper Holstein and David Hamilton Jackson, who led charges for citizenship, voting rights, and political reform for Virgin Islanders.
The prevalence of Saharan dust in the air has been causing some hazy conditions across the territory. Dust particulates in the atmosphere are expected to remain through the end of the workweek.
There have been recent developments at the Richmond power plant concerning the Aggreko units and the conclusion of rotational outages on St. Croix, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority announced to the community Wednesday.