Local government

“We see positive impacts when we work with our conservation partners to deliver conservation education and assistance to our clients,” said Luis Cruz-Arroyo, NRCS Caribbean Area director.

While there is no current threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands, VITEMA officials remain in continual contact with the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico and the United States Geological Survey.

The board will consider applications and compliance matters submitted to the VIEDC and the EDB.

DPNR's satellite locations such as Fort Christian, Fort Frederik, the St. Croix East End Marine Park, the Division of Environmental Enforcement in Anna's Hope, and the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled will remain open.

The Port Authority is memorializing the anniversary of the birth of the second elected governor of the territory, the late Cyril Emanuel King, and has placed a wreath in his honor at the airport named in his honor.

The multi-day event will educate volunteers about preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and will train them in basic disaster response.

The new tsunami sirens are being installed atop specially designed steel reinforced poles.

In the last couple of weeks, there is clearly a price war at the pump. DLCA conducted a territory-wide fuel price survey on Tuesday, April 6.

Only youth ages 4-18 and those with special needs up to age 21 are eligible to receive meals through the Summer Feeding Program.

A bipartisan team of governors from five states and PR have signed on to a letter that Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. sent to CDC head Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, the chairwoman of Biden’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.