Coordinated response efforts at the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas include a series of aerial water drops, which began Wednesday afternoon and will continue over the next two days in hopes of fully extinguishing the blaze that started last week but has continued to smolder and reignite.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. weighed in as teacher walkouts closed schools on St. Croix for a second day Thursday, saying in a statement that climate change is to blame for some of the issues that educators are protesting, while acknowledging it's "frustrating to work in less-than-ideal conditions."
Brother and sister Nkobi and Shekema George requested a zoning change at a Department of Planning and Natural Resources virtual hearing Wednesday to build a guesthouse on their mother’s property in Estate Glynn on St. Croix.
The former operator of a bookkeeping and tax preparation service on St. Thomas pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of federal wire fraud. Among the admissions made by defendant Alexandra Smyth at that hearing were offenses against a well-known nonprofit organization.
The St. Thomas-St. John Interscholastic Athletic Association fall leagues are off to a slow start, mainly due to the Bovoni landfill fire and WAPA outages.
All PreK-6 and PreK-8 schools on St. Croix closed at 9 a.m. Wednesday due to a job action by the American Federation of Teachers, the Education Department announced. John H. Woodson Junior High School will also be closed.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands in response to the ongoing fire at the Bovoni landfill on St. Thomas, Government House announced Tuesday evening.
Education Commissioner Dionne Wells-Hedrington held a press conference Tuesday to announce emergency measures for six public schools. Five schools on St. Croix will see abbreviated school days due to soaring temperatures, while virtual learning returns to a St. Thomas middle school that’s been closed since Thursday due to smoke from the Bovoni landfill fire.
Virgin Islanders hoping to enter the soon-to-be legal cannabis industry could get deeply discounted cannabis college courses courtesy of Government House.
Recently, I wrote an article on the hog plum tree and its cultural, natural, medicinal, and traditional uses in the Virgin Islands. However, the public at times might get confused while identifying plants. Some might look alike but their physical structure may be different in terms of the fruits, trunk, leaves, etc. The September plum, which produces fruits in September, looks like the hog plum fruits, but calling the same fruit September plum is incorrect as they are two different fruits and trees.
A St. Thomas woman has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number and for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school zone, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.
Senators diverged from Rules and Judiciary Committee’s agenda Wednesday to voice support for St. Croix teachers who held a walkout to protest their working conditions.
Research shows that a stable home is critical to the well-being of people with HIV, and it results in better health outcomes, including viral suppression.
Senators diverged from Rules and Judiciary Committee’s agenda Wednesday to voice support for St. Croix teachers who held a walkout to protest their working conditions.
A St. Thomas woman has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number and for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school zone, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.
Recently, I wrote an article on the hog plum tree and its cultural, natural, medicinal, and traditional uses in the Virgin Islands. However, the public at times might get confused while identifying plants. Some might look alike but their physical structure may be different in terms of the fruits, trunk, leaves, etc. The September plum, which produces fruits in September, looks like the hog plum fruits, but calling the same fruit September plum is incorrect as they are two different fruits and trees.
Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation member Bridget Klein represented the USVI in the first 2023 NACAC Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Saskatchewan, Canada, on Sept. 16.
Founded by Virgin Islander Cora Richardson, AROC has made several philanthropic gifts in support of the university’s commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.