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January 2nd, 2018
USVI holds off on burning hurricane debris

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources in a release issued Friday December 29, 2017 made known that it had issued the permits for the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to conduct air curtain incineration of debris in the territory.

December 26th, 2017
Christmas Day accident leaves one dead on St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A man died early Monday morning, December 25, 2017 during an accident that occurred on the Melvin Evans Highway a half mile away from the Sunny Isle stoplights on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), according to St Croix Rescue’s David Goodrich who, along with other St Croix Rescue members, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) and emergency medical technicians, was on the scene following the fatal accident.

December 11th, 2017
USVI Men wanted for first-degree murder rearrested in prison!

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Two men wanted in connection with a first-degree murder incident that took place in June 2017 were rearrested while in prison following warrants issued by a Superior Court judge on Thursday December 7, 2017, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department [VIPD] Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Saturday December 9, 2017.

December 10th, 2017
Pilot was not licensed to fly multi-engine aircraft that crashed in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — The pilot who operated the plane that crashed at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Thursday night, December 7, 2017 killing all five occupants, including a member of the Stylee Band, was not licensed to operate a multi-engine plane like the one he operated that fateful night, according to official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records obtained by The Consortium.

December 8th, 2017
UPDATE: Stylee Band’s Kyle 'Kylo’ Sylvester among 5 dead in USVI plane crash

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Virgin Islands News Online can confirm that the member of Stylee Band who perished, along with 4 others, in a plane crash near the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Thursday night, December 7, 2017 is lead singer Kyle ‘Kylo’ Sylvester.

November 28th, 2017
'Wit ur mudda'- USVI Gov Mapp when asked where he resides

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp’s penchant for using social media to respond to Virgin Islands residents critical of him was on display yet again on Facebook Sunday November 26, 2017, this time in a post on the popular St Thomas group, “What’s Going On, St Thomas”, using lingo known to be an insult and eliciting a torrent of responses, some casual in nature and others expressing shock at his retort.

November 27th, 2017
Man shot on dance floor in St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A man told police he was shot after 1:00 A.M on Saturday November 25, 2017 while on the dance floor of popular local nightclub Chris Hideaway, St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) but the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) are still investigating the matter, as no witness has been able to corroborate the victim’s version of the incident, Police Commissioner Delroy Richards told The Consortium early Sunday November 26, 2017.

November 23rd, 2017
National Parks reopen in USVI following hurricanes

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Christiansted National Historic Site and Buck Island Reef National Monument on the island of St Croix, and Trunk Bay Beach at Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St John, US Virgin Islands (USVI) have reopened following lengthy closures because of damage wrought on the parks by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the US Department of Interior (DOI) announced Tuesday, November 21, 2017.

November 20th, 2017
Cease & Desist Order served on fraudulent STT insurance agent

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Lieutenant Governor Osbert E. Potter at a recent press briefing in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) attempted to reassure residents that insurance coverage for persons who paid premiums to a suspected fraudulent agent on St Croix will be honoured by insurance companies.

November 12th, 2017
USVI man arrested after allegedly forcing minor to hold his penis

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A 34-year-old man was arrested and charged with unlawful sexual contact after a minor reported two incidents that occurred Thursday and Friday on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI).

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