GOVERNMENT & POLICE NEWS

Agriculture Announces Caribbean Area Conservation Innovation Grants

 The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) Caribbean Area (CB) re-announces the availability of the 2013…

Video Galleries

Audio Galleries

On Thursday, April 25, the St. Thomas community was enjoying J'Ouvert when the celebration was shattered by gunshots which injured three people. Public safety officials immediately canceled the remainder of J'Ouvert.

 
Currently:Click for Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands Forecast

Source Picks

Board of Education Hosts First in Series of Public Forums

A handful of parents and teachers gathered on St. Thomas Friday for the first in a series of meetings sponsored by the Board of Education that is geared toward addressing public concerns.

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
2013-05-18 00:14:32
Two Retirees Elected to Group Health Insurance Board

Government retirees elected Adelbert Bryan and Lori Anderson to represent them on the V.I. Government Employees' Service Commission Group Health Insurance Board.

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
2013-05-17 22:45:15
Montessori School Presents “Arts for Change Interdisciplinary Arts Show”

 Virgin Islands Montessori School & Peter Gruber International Academy presents “Arts for Change Interdisciplinary Arts Show” -- dance, drama, music, visual arts, improv, and poetry to change our lives and our world.

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
2013-05-17 13:03:59
Local news — St. Thomas
CommentLog in or Register to CommentE-mailE-MAILPrintPRINT
Three Still Missing from Downed Plane

The U.S. Coast Guard searched all day Saturday, overnight and all day Sunday, but hasn’t found any trace of the three people missing when a plane piloted by Kirby Hodge went down early Saturday on a flight between St. Croix and St. Thomas.

“We are fully committed to find these people. We’re throwing everything we have at it,” Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad said Sunday.

On Saturday, a the crew of a Planning and Natural Resources Department boat pulled a woman identified as Valerie Jackson from the water after a Coast Guard plane spotted her in the water.

She was able to tell the crew about the missing woman and two men. One of the missing men was identified by a friend as Hodge.

Castrodad declined to provide names of those missing.

Advertising (skip)

The plane, a Piper Aztec, was delivering newspapers from St. Croix to St. Thomas.

Castrodad said the Coast Guard cutter Sapelo was on the scene along with an HC-144 ocean-searching fixed wing aircraft, a quick response boat, a Coast Guard auxiliary aircraft, and helicopters. Additionally, a C-130 plane arrived from the states to assist with the search.

“The Sapelo and the C-130 will be searching all night,” he said.

Castrodad said the search will continue Monday.

He said pilots of privately-owned aircraft were assisting in the search, but urged anyone planning to join the search to notify the Coast Guard.
 

Read more stories in Local news»»