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Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. marked Thursday’s observance of Contract Day by honoring the workers behind the 1878 Fireburn uprising on St. Croix and pointing to wages, education and homeownership as part of his administration’s efforts to improve opportunities for working Virgin Islanders, according to a Government House press release. Contract Day, observed Oct.

Acting Public Works Commissioner Rueben Jennings at Wednesday’s Senate Housing, Transportation and Telecommunications Committee hearing, where lawmakers questioned the department about staffing shortages and transit expansion. (Photo courtesy V.I. Legislature) Virgin Islands Public Works officials outlined major road and transit projects Wednesday while lawmakers pressed the department over staffing vacancies, road-project timelines and plans to expand public transportation.

Virgin Islands Housing Authority Executive Director Dwayne Alexander at Wednesday’s Senate Housing, Transportation and Telecommunications Committee hearing, where lawmakers questioned the authority about vacancies, repairs and housing conditions. (Photo courtesy V.I. Legislature) The Virgin Islands Housing Authority has moved out of HUD’s “troubled” status but remains “substandard,” as lawmakers pressed officials Wednesday over vacancies, repairs and conditions facing residents.

Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas is among the Virgin Islands Port Authority facilities slated for improvements under VIPA’s $266.1 million fiscal year 2027 budget. (Source file photo) The Virgin Islands Port Authority Board approved a fiscal year 2027 budget of $266.1 million on Wednesday, along with a long list of projects to improve airports, marine facilities and other critical infrastructure across the territory.

Senior federal officials and the governors of the U.S. territories that are represented through the Interior Department’s Interagency Group on Insular Areas meet virtually Wednesday for their midyear senior plenary meeting. (IGIA screenshot) Gov.

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. announced plans Tuesday for a new financial district in downtown Christiansted that would seek to bring banking, investment, insurance and other financial-service firms to St. Croix, according to a Government House press release.

Ruthine Theodile, aka “Abies,” of Upper Love, passed away on Sept. 17. She was 84 years old. Ruthine Theodile She was preceded in death by mother, Zilmie Abraham; father, Rolle Abraham; sisters, Josephine Prescott and Arias Abraham; brothers, Patrick Clayton, Phillip Abraham, Oliver Abraham, Ciford Abraham, and Mark Abraham.

The Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) advises the motoring public that an annual vehicle disposal fee of $10 will be assessed on all vehicles registered to operate on public roadways in the Virgin Islands. The fee is being implemented pursuant to Title 20, Chapter 33, Section 331 of the Virgin Islands Code, which authorizes the Bureau to collect a vehicle disposal fee as part of the vehicle registration process.

The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA), in partnership with the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, will welcome Contour Airlines to Cyril E. King Airport (STT) on Monday, Oct. 5, as the airline launches new nonstop service between St. Maarten and St. Thomas. The inaugural flight from Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) is scheduled to arrive at 2:10 p.m. VIPA, and the Department of Tourism will mark the occasion with a water salute and welcome ceremony.

Brett “Mac” McClafferty’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition has been dismissed after he missed the deadline to make a $10,000 payment to the trustee managing the case, according to an order handed down Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. Brett “Mac” McClafferty (Submitted photo) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon had ordered McClafferty to pay trustee William F. Jaworski Jr. the fee by 4 p.m. Sept. 8 following a special hearing Aug.