A water service interruption has been scheduled for the St. Thomas eastend area from 1 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Feb. 27, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) has announced.
The final two propane conversion tanks, a total of 10, to be used in the St. Thomas-St. John District are being transported to their positions at the storage terminal on St. Thomas today, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) has announced.
St. Thomas resident Troy Jamson Normil, 19, was sentenced to 124 months in federal prison by District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez Thursday for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe has announced.
Fabian Towers was injured by gunfire Thursday afternoon in St. Thomas after unknown suspects opened gunfire at the vehicle he was in, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced.
A St. Croix JetBlue flight en route to Puerto Rico on Thursday night returned to the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport and was grounded for hours after what may have been two birds colliding with the aircraft’s left engine, passengers told VI Consortium Thursday.
Most of St. Croix’s schools are old and for years the Government of the Virgin Islands, instead of fixing the aging buildings and ensuring maintenance was kept up, has allowed small, easily-sorted problems to become jobs requiring sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Two men carrying illegal firearms Wednesday during a funeral at the Kingshill Cemetery on St. Croix were arrested by police and charged, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson has announced.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) and Main Street Power Company Wednesday held dedication ceremonies for a solar power generation plant in Estate Donoe on St. Thomas. The new facility, which peaked at 4.2 megawatts during testing, according to WAPA officials, is expected to provide...
Freshman Sen. Kurt Vialet has been championing lower gas prices on St. Croix before he became a senator, using his Facebook page as a conduit to communicate the unfairness at the pump, as residents had continued to pay over $4 per gallon, even as gas prices were tumbling below $3 per gallon on the mainland.
At a meeting organized by St. Croix Superintendent of Schools Colleen Williams Wednesday and held at the St. Croix Educational Complex auditorium, leaders of the Department of Education (DOE) said the students of the Alexander Henderson Elementary School on St. Croix, who are displaced because of mold...
