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5 days ago · CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Family members, colleagues, supporters and friends attended the swearing in ceremony on St. Thomas Thursday of Director of the Office of Management and Budget Julio A. Rhymer,…
St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due …
Oct 2, 2024 · FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) said that school operations have been suspended at the St. Croix Educational Complex today, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, due to a coordinated teacher sick-out.. Earlier this morning, VIDE officials were alerted to a significant shortage of teachers at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School, as many educators either called ...
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6 days ago · SAN JUAN — A long-period northerly swell will bring hazardous marine and coastal conditions today and throughout the weekend across the Atlantic waters and local Caribbean passages from the northwest to the…
Bidens arrive at beach villa on St. Croix after prior free stays drew ...
Dec 27, 2024 · CHRISTIANSTED — President Biden and his family arrived Thursday in St. Croix for what may be the final unpaid vacation of his presidency at the home of wealthy businesspeople — after consistent freebies as commander-in-chief drew ethics questions and an outcry over his failure to report the gifts.. Biden, 82, first lady Jill Biden and fist daughter Ashley Biden landed aboard Air Force One ...
St. Thomas News – Virgin Islands Free Press
5 days ago · CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) announced the 2025 District Teacher of the Year winners, recognizing two extraordinary educators who go above and beyond in their dedication to…
Police investigating man who died in a pool of blood at St.
Nov 4, 2024 · CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a man was found dying in a pool of blood at a St. Thomas guest house on Sunday.. The case began when concerned citizens called 911 dispatchers to report “what appeared to be blood on the ground to the exterior of one of the rooms at the former Embers Guest House,” the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Health Department shuts down Hotel on the Cay over confirmed …
Jan 10, 2025 · PROTESTANT CAY — The Department of Health, today, issued an immediate Cease-and-Desist Order to Hotel on the Cay in St. Croix, requiring the hotel to suspend all operations due to the detection of legionella contamination in multiple water sources. “The VI Department of Health has ordered Hotel on the Cay to remediate the hotel water systems and to allow the Department of Health to ...
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Jan 16, 2025 · SAN JUAN — A plume of Saharan dust will begin affecting the local region, with direct impacts on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico starting tomorrow (Christmas Eve day),…
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MIAMI — More than a million migrants who were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration may have their temporary stays revoked and be rapidly deported, according…
Coast Guard medevacs 2 people following zip-line collision in St.
Nov 5, 2024 · FREDERIKSTED — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter conducted the medical evacuation of two injured people from the Carambola zip-line platform in St. Croix.. Rescued were Jason Bomar, 58, and Jeanne Glidewell, 32, both U.S. citizens, after they sustained multiple injuries associated with a high-speed collision on the zip-line on Friday.