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Governor’s Financial Team Presents First Biennial Budget to Legislators
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr.’s financial team met with the Finance Committee on Thursday for the first budget hearing regarding the government's Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Executive Budget, unveiling a biennial budget format that’s been used by many stateside jurisdictions but never before in the U.S. Virgin
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Human Services Says Skilled Nursing Facilities Will Replace Existing Homes for the Aged  
By the end of 2024, the V.I. Department of Human Services hopes to have completed the reconstruction of Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged and built an entire new facility replacing the Queen Louise Home for the Aged.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Correctional Facility Struggles with Mold, Roof Repairs, and FEMA
The staff and inmates within the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility must contend with mold until the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections can repair the facility’s roof.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Corrupt VIPD Officer Sentenced to 15 Years
The first of two V.I. police officers charged with smuggling cocaine on a private plane from St. Thomas to Miami was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Police officer Teshawn Adams pleaded guilty to his role in a Florida cocaine conspiracy case and was sentenced on Tuesday
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Police Still Searching for Suspect in Stabbing Attack on St. John Resident Tim Scott
V.I. Police are still searching for Rupert Gervin “Youth” Walters, the suspect in a stabbing in Cruz Bay that left a St. John man partially paralyzed on May 28.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Teaching Virgin Islanders to Dream at Workforce Development Summit
The Governor’s 2021 Workforce Development Summit aimed to meet people where they are and let Virgin Islanders know what resources, jobs and careers are available right here for job seekers and businesses.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Pledges $1 Million to Support Lifesaving Mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - Voice and Viewpoint
NNPA Newswire Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., an international collegiate and nonprofit community service organization, plans to raise $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. This commitment comes just as the organization approaches its 100th anniversary in 2022 with the focus on
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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
Update: Three More STX COVID-19 Death Brings USVI Toll to 79 – Nearly All Among Unvaccinated
The territory’s COVID-19 tragic death toll climbed to 76 on Wednesday with the death of a 59-year-old St. Croix woman, the Department of Health reports.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Second Vitraco Mall Murder Victim Identified
The V.I. Police Department has identified the second shooting victim of the Oct. 3 double homicide at Vitraco Mall as 38-year-old Keris Kareem Phipps, a resident of St. Kitts and Nevis. Phipps was identified by next of kin.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Senators Concerned By Unspent Federal Public School Funds
How V.I. schools are still dilapidated when the federal government has granted the Education Department more than half a billion dollars perplexed senators at an Education and Workforce Development Committee hearing Wednesday.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Corrupt VIPD Officer Sentenced to 15 Years
The first of two V.I. police officers charged with smuggling cocaine on a private plane from St. Thomas to Miami was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Police officer Teshawn Adams pleaded guilty to his role in a Florida cocaine conspiracy case and was sentenced on Tuesday
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Corrupt VIPD Officer Sentenced to 15 Years
The first of two V.I. police officers charged with smuggling cocaine on a private plane from St. Thomas to Miami was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Police officer Teshawn Adams pleaded guilty to his role in a Florida cocaine conspiracy case and was sentenced on Tuesday
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
MLB Outreach Program Sparks Passion for Baseball in the USVI
Reviving Baseball in Inner City, better known as RBI, is an outreach program created by Major League Baseball. This program pitches the love of baseball and softball to young people within a community.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
V.I.’s Tim Duncan Makes a Rare Speech a Year After Being Inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame
Basketball superstar Tim Duncan took the stage in mid May to offer his emotional Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech to a socially distanced live audience that included at least three Virgin Islanders
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Bills Could Expand Beauty Service Licenses, Make Peace Officers Eligible for CIP
Lawmakers sent two bills out of committee Tuesday, measures to expand and crystalize two separate career pursuits for U.S. Virgin Islands residents – that of peace officer and a those in the beauty service industry.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Teaching Virgin Islanders to Dream at Workforce Development Summit
The Governor’s 2021 Workforce Development Summit aimed to meet people where they are and let Virgin Islanders know what resources, jobs and careers are available right here for job seekers and businesses.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Trial Shows Bacteria Swat Down Dengue Virus in Mosquitos
Efforts to control the spread of dengue have long centered on its vector – mosquitos, but the latest approach goes well beyond ... and it appears to work.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Lawmakers Advance Bill Targeted At Eliminating ‘Ghosts Guns’
“Presently, you can go online and decide how to get a firearm under the radar into the territory. People have legally purchased firearm parts in the United States and then mail them home and reassemble them here in the territory,” bill proposer Sen. Dwayne DeGraff said. “It is not illegal.”
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Three-Alarm Fire Damages Frenchtown Home, No Residents Injured
A structure fire caused major damage to a home in the Frenchtown Community Friday afternoon, but no civilians were injured in the blaze, the V.I. Fire Service announced.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
81C Presents Pop-Up Clothing and Art Exhibition By Keisha Augustine
81C is hosting a single-day pop-up art exhibition featuring artist and clothing line founder Keisha Augustine on Sunday, October 10 from 3 to 10 p.m.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Senate Committee to Convene Disciplinary Hearing on Blyden
The Legislature’s Committee on Ethical Conduct is moving forward with a “formal disciplinary hearing” against Sen. Marvin A. Blyden, who now has 20 days to respond to a six-page statement of alleged violations that was released Monday.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Reuters Exclusive: Refinery Operator Limetree Bay Ventures LLC Being Dissolved
The ownership company Arclight formed to oversee the refinery, Limetree Bay Ventures LLC, is now being dissolved, according to pension fund executives and documents viewed by Reuters.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Recovery Choir Welcomes New Members for Zoom Rehearsals, Online Holiday Concert
The St. John Recovery Choir is welcoming new members, and the good news is you can live anywhere in the world and become a member because the fall season will be held virtually.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Second Vitraco Mall Murder Victim Identified
The V.I. Police Department has identified the second shooting victim of the Oct. 3 double homicide at Vitraco Mall as 38-year-old Keris Kareem Phipps, a resident of St. Kitts and Nevis. Phipps was identified by next of kin.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Boating in the USVI: Tensions Mount in Quiet East End of St. John
St. John has been known as a destination for those seeking peace and quiet, and Round Bay, on the island’s remote East End, has been particularly treasured by boaters seeking an unspoiled anchorage. But things change.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Judge Denies Bail Modification in Home Depot Murder Case
Justin Matthews – jailed on murder charges in the shooting death of Keoner Baron on Sept. 4 in the Home Depot parking lot on St. Thomas – has been denied a modification to his $1 million bail, with the judge noting that he was already free on bond in a stalking case when the slaying occurred.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Second USVI Cop Sentenced in Florida Cocaine Conspiracy
For the second time this month, a Virgin Islands Police officer is on his way to federal prison. Officer Shakim Mike, 29, was ordered to serve 150 months by a Florida judge on Wednesday, in connection with a drug smuggling scheme disrupted by authorities in January.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
Sigma Gamma Rho Pledges $1 M To Support St. Jude Hospital - The New Journal and Guide
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., an international collegiate and nonprofit community service organization, plans to raise $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. This commitment comes just as the organization approaches its 100th anniversary in 2022 with the focus on ce
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Didier Becomes First Woman to Swim Non-Stop Around St. John
An hour before the sun rose on Sept. 2, Sydne Didier slipped into the water from the National Park boat ramp in Cruz Bay. Twelve hours and 47 minutes later, she returned to that spot, having just swum 23 miles around St. John without stopping.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Limetree Hit with Fourth Class Action Lawsuit
A National Guardsman and mothers with newborn children are among 22 named plaintiffs in a new class action lawsuit against Limetree Bay, the fourth filed in recent weeks.
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