Author: By SARA KIRKPATRICK Daily News Staff
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V.I. making final preparations to send out 8% repayment checks
A decade after pay was cut for thousands of Virgin Islands government employees, payments are expected to start going out to make them whole. ... -
Residents tapped to be scientists
U.S. Virgin Islands scientists are asking for the community’s help to better understand the impact sea level rise will have on the territory’s coastal ... -
V.I. to vaccinate young children against COVID-19
The V.I. Health Department is preparing to vaccinate young children as a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee unanimously recommended Pfizer-BioNTech ... -
Farmers take formal role in development of plan
The submission of a territorywide agricultural plan to the V.I. Legislature has been delayed until December, but University of the Virgin Islands President David ... -
V.I. celebrates Bat Appreciation Month
Residents can spot bats swooping through the sky at sunset, but they may not know the important role the nocturnal creatures play in the ... -
After a decade, bill to merge Fire and EMS still in the works
A Senate committee, for the second time under Gov. Albert Bryan Jr.’s administration, voted not to move a bill forward to merge the V.I. ... -
Senate committee discusses licensing enforcement and career incentives for V.I.’s enforcement officers
Senators heard testimony on two bills that aim to alter the V.I. Code to better serve the community and certain public sector employees. Read ... -
East End Lumber, Christian organizations donate to Haitian Relief Fund
East End Lumber, the Christian Fellowship Ministry Center, STT/STJ Fellowship of Ministers, Caribbean Convenant and the Haitian French Church Association have collaborated to raise ... -
Gold Star mother remembers her son’s sacrifice
There isn’t a day that goes by that Delita Francis does not privately remember her son, and on Sunday, the Gold Star mother publicly ... -
Pier project near Limetree delayed after workers fall ill
V.I. Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe reported that there have been delays on an authority construction project due to a stop work order ...