Kiwanis Club Comes to St. Croix to Focus on Work with Children

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Kiwanis Club Comes to St. Croix to Focus on Work with Children

On Jan. 25, the Kiwanis organized as a club on St. Croix. The first meeting in November 2022 was to educate St. Croix about Kiwanis. Headed by Liz Wilson, President of the Kiwanis Club of St. Croix and Past Governor of Michigan District Kiwanis, the local club is diving right into activities.

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On Tuesday, the Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed the territory’s 119th death related to COVID-19.

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Early Voting Gets Underway for 2022 Primary Election

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Jobs for America’s Graduates-VI Receives ‘5 of 5’ State Awards During Seminar in Las Vegas

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Brighter Futures Program Gets Ready to Saddle Up

With the arrival of horse trainer Chantal Corminboeuf, the inmates at John A. Bell Correctional Facility (formerly Golden Grove) are closer to learning enough about horses to find good jobs upon their release - the main point of the Elite Program.

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CVI Pioneers Compiling Retrospective of Early Years

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