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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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Territory's COVID Death Toll Hits 73
The COVID-19 fatality toll in the USVI rose to 73 on Friday after the V.I. Department of Health reported the death of a 78-year-old woman on St. Croix. According to the statistics posted Friday by the department, there have been 44 COVID deaths on St. Thomas, 26 on St. Croix, and three on St. John.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Human Services Thanks The Market for Its Community Partnership
The Market has donated 235 cases of water to be used for the Emergency Service Function (ESF) 6 Mass Care efforts to be ready in the event of a disaster.
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Invest 93-L Expected to Bring Robust Showers as It Passes USVI on Wednesday
A robust tropical wave, which as of Monday evening was a couple of hundred miles or so east of the Lesser Antilles, is unlikely to develop into a major storm, but the system is still expected to bring robust showers and thunderstorm activities when it moves through the territory Wednesday.
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Interior Department Grants for WAPA, GVI Vehicle Transitions Mark Advent of GO FLEET
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said the funds mark the beginning of the “Government Operations Fleet Efficiency & Electrification Transformation,” or GO FLEET.
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Police Need Your Help To Find Woman Who Walked Away From Care Facility
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a woman who walked away from a government-run care home in Anna's Retreat late last month. Dionne Wrensford, 37, of St. Kitts, was reported missing from the Eldra Schulterbrandt Long Term Care Facility on Sunday, the Virgin Islands Police Department
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Passenger Car Slams Into Safari Van Near Lockhart Gardens, Injuring 9 People: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A passenger car crashed into a safari van near a shopping center in downtown St. Thomas this evening injuring at least nine people, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to Rumer Drive, in the vicinity of the Lockhart Gardens Shopping Center to
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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
Organization Reminds Cancer Survivors and Patients of Its Financial Assistance Program
The benefits will be awarded based on the availability of funds and may be used to fully or partially cover payments for cancer-related prescription medication, diagnostic testing or CT scans.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
NWS Now Monitoring 2 Strong Tropical Waves In The Atlantic
MIAMI — Activity in the Caribbean is on the rise again, with forecasters monitoring two areas for potential development as a third peters out. A tropical wave located east-southeast of the far eastern Caribbean is forecast to move in the general direction of the Bahamas this week. It is expected
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Homeless Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Watergut Shanty Shooting
CHRISTIANSTED — The VIPD Special Operations Bureau served an arrest warrant on a homeless man and charged him with attempted murder and illegal gun possession in connection to a shooting in Watergut nearly two months ago. Curtis Williams, 32 of no fixed address, was arrested at 3:19 p.m. Wednesday
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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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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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WCSC to Host Domestic Violence Awareness Month Virtual Forum on the Marginalized
The “DV in Special Populations Virtual Forum” will be held via Zoom, from 3-5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27.
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Invest 93-L Expected to Bring Robust Showers as It Passes USVI on Wednesday
A robust tropical wave, which as of Monday evening was a couple of hundred miles or so east of the Lesser Antilles, is unlikely to develop into a major storm, but the system is still expected to bring robust showers and thunderstorm activities when it moves through the territory Wednesday.
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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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Yvonne Samuel-Hood Dies at 74
We lost our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Yvonne Samuel-Hood on Saturday, Sept. 25, after 74 years of a life well lived.
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Lisa Menna Uses Magic to Promote Social Change
After spending decades traveling the world as a professional magician, Menna, who lives on St. John, is now raising funds to bring her message to Grenada and other Caribbean destinations.
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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
Not Too Late to Register for Saturday's AARP Hispanic Heritage Event
AARP Virgin Islands is hosting a free Hispanic Heritage Month event beginning live on the Web at 7 pm. Saturday and featuring virtual workshops and a concert by Puerto Rican band Plena Libre.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Elusive American Oystercatchers on the Rocks
The bright-billed oystercatchers living in the Caribbean (Haematopus palliatus) generally stay out of sight, mostly sticking to isolated beaches and rocky offshore islands. Over several years I have not seen more than two oystercatchers together in the Virgin Islands, and I am thinking it is the
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Street Level VI Awards Hughley Prince Scholarship to New Testament Academy
"The Street Level VI Hughley Prince Memorial Scholarship allows us to spearhead relaunching the Steel Pan Division of our youth music education program, get maintenance for the existing equipment, lessons for the students and secure instructors.”
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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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USVI Rolls Out Welcome Mat for Italian Travelers
U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner meets tour operators, media and global airline executives in Milan.
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Governor Proclaims VI-Puerto Rico Friendship Day
The governor noted that the territory has been particularly enriched by the settlement in the Virgin Islands of a large number of native people of Puerto Rico.
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Derek Gabriel Sworn-In as New DPW Commissioner
Commissioner Gabriel takes the helm of the V.I. Department of Public Works (DPW), which currently has a dozen major road projects underway.
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V.I. Department of Education Updates 2021 High School Graduations
All graduation ceremonies will be executed in a mobile format; this will consist of either a drive-through ceremony or a walk-through ceremony.
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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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Owners of Abandoned Vehicles at Fort Christian Parking Lot Advised to Contact DPW
Vehicles that are not removed by 4:30 p.m. on June 11 will be taken into custody by the Virgin Islands Police Department.
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Food Costs Rise in USVI as National Supply Chains are Disrupted
Prices at the register have been rising since the onset of the pandemic as local grocers contend with disruptions to national supply chains, reduced allocations, inflated shipping costs, and increased consumer demand.
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