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Human remains found at Estate Jealousy on St Croix
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The USV.I. Police Department has reported the discovery of human remains at Estate Jealousy on St. Croix.
USVI: St Croix's Arab community rallies in solidarity with Gaza
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Joining other Palestinians on the US mainland, where tens of thousands marched in Washington protesting what they described as Israel's genocide of innocent civilians in Gaza, St. Croix's Palestinian community staged their own protest action against Israel on Saturday, November 4, 2023.
St. Croix native sentenced to over 8 years for cocaine trafficking
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CHRISTIANSTED, ST Croix, USVI - U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands, Delia L. Smith on Friday confirmed that District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced Kareme Holst, 46, to 102 months in federal prison following a guilty plea to charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
USVI horse racing tracks: Progress on St Thomas, frustration on St Croix
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- In a Senate Committee that seemed to underscore a tale of two islands, progress and promise shone for the horse-racing industry on St Thomas, while bureaucratic delays and frustrations continued to mar the efforts on St Croix.
President Biden & First Lady arrive on St Croix today, Dec 27, 2022
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- President Joseph R. Biden will arrive on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, with his wife, First Lady Jill T. Biden, the White House has announced.
Congress Bill to designate St. Croix a National Heritage Area heads to Biden
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FREDERIKSED, St. Croix USVI - A measure sponsored by Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett for the designation of St. Croix as a National Heritage Area (NHA), has been included in the National Heritage Area Act, which has been approved in both the House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law by US President Joe Biden.
President Biden to spend year-end holidays on St Croix
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Preparations are being made by the United States Secret Service and the White House for President Joseph R. Biden's arrival to St Croix, US Virgin Islands later this month, where the sitting president — who on several occasions has welcomed the new year with his family on the Big Island — will spend his precious year-end vacation time.
VI to host first leg of WE VI 40 Plus Basketball Tournament this month
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- They may be past their prime but masters’ basketballers from St Thomas, St Croix, Virgin Gorda and Tortola will be eager to show they still have game when the first leg of a 3-leg 40 plus tournament is held on Tortola from December 16-18, 2022.
St. Croix Man gunned down outside Bar @ Estate Colquohoun
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ST. CROIX, USVI — A man was shot dead during the wee hours of Friday morning, July 15, 2022, in the area of the Frontline Bar & Grill, the USVIPD Department has announced.
USVI confirms 120th COVID-19 related death
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Four days after announcing the 119th Covid-related death in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), the [US] VI Department of Health (DoH) on Monday, July 11, 2022, announced the 120th death tied to the coronavirus in the territory, an indication that though the US Virgin Islands has moved into the endemic phase of the virus, its impact continues.