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The Women’s Coalition of St. Croix kicked off a fundraising campaign to coincide with its 40 years of service this month in support of all victims of crime, sexual assault, and domestic and dating violence.
ST. THOMAS — Senators voted to approve a five-year moratorium on new gas station permits during legislative session Thursday, and granted a permit for 100 new permanent moorings that will help provide infrastructure for the charter yacht industry while protecting coral reefs from damaging anchors.
Three One Love Service Station locations on St. Croix are barred from receiving fuel delivery because the company failed to abide by safety regulations, according to a statement issued Thursday by the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources.
Sports
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The last four seasons have been unkind to Jharel Cotton from a baseball standpoint.
V.I. Cycling Federation holding 1st race Sunday
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Opinion
Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
The shooting at Buck Island Reef National Monument that left one person injured was very unfortunate. The rise of crime in the Virgin Islands has now spread to smaller offshore islands from the major populated ones. Buck Island should not be a place for crimes, but a place of tranquility to …
Island Life
As part of the St. John School of the Arts’ Sis Frank Virtual Concert Series 2021, a free concert by Victor Provost and the Alex Brown Quartet will be featured on Zoom tonight from 7 to 9 p.m., with a “Mingle with the Musicians” Q & A session at 6 p.m.
St. Croix
For the Record
A Virgin Islands man was at the center of a tragic shooting in Texas on Nov. 18, according to Houston-area news reports.
A St. Thomas man was arrested Wednesday and charged with tampering with evidence after he was seen on surveillance video removing a gun from the dead body of a shooting victim, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
ST. THOMAS — Federal agents intercepted a vessel carrying 433 pounds of cocaine off St. Thomas on Wednesday night, and charged the five men aboard with drug smuggling, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Obituaries
Walter L. Challenger
Dr. Ezmin Sallithica George, affectionately known to her famil…
William Richard Bredenbeck
Ernest Turnbull
Magdalen Fedee Xavier, also known as Mum, of Estate Mary’s Fan…