Blunt Road shifts to one-lane traffic through October 28
Culvert and road-cutting work in the Johnson's Ghut and Long Trench area will restrict traffic on the Tortola route while keeping emergency access available.
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Reset filtersBVI House passes electronic-transactions amendment
The bill narrows exclusions that created uncertainty around electronic execution of commercial documents, but House passage is not yet confirmation of assent or commencement.
DHS starts seeking broader SNAP food replacement after outages
Federal approval for a wider replacement benefit is still pending, while households using the existing loss process face separate reporting and documentation requirements.
BVI contribution amnesty can waive penalties through December 31
Eligible employers, self-employed people and voluntary contributors can seek a full waiver of accrued Social Security and NHI surcharges and penalties, but principal and current contributions remain due.
Power disruptions raise sewer-overflow risk on St. Thomas and St. John
VIWMA warns that rising wastewater levels can produce overflows from St. Thomas manholes and near the Cruz Bay treatment plant; the systems may take hours to stabilize after power returns.
United schedules weekly Newark–St. Croix nonstop beginning October 31
The Saturday service is planned between Newark Liberty and Henry E. Rohlsen airports on a Boeing 737-700, adding a direct St. Croix link to the New York metropolitan area.
BVI records 1.07 million visitor arrivals through September
The January–September total combines cruise passengers, overnight visitors and day trippers; officials did not publish a category-by-category breakdown with the announcement.
Eleven cannabis micro-cultivation applications enter compliance review
The group includes applications from St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John and the first applicant from Water Island; review is underway, not final licensing approval.
GERS funding-note shortfall reaches approximately $116 million
The latest fiscal-year payment was about $4.38 million below the amount due, adding to earlier unpaid balances tied to the pension-system funding note.
All St. Thomas–St. John feeders restored; isolated outages may remain
WAPA says every feeder was restored around 11:35 p.m. Saturday, although customers with individual outages still need to report them and the utility has not clarified Unit 27's final testing status.
FEMA opens direct online flood-insurance purchases to USVI property owners
Eligible customers can now quote and buy National Flood Insurance Program coverage through FloodSmart.gov, though most new policies have a 30-day waiting period.
BVI supplementary budget directs funds to water relief and community cleanup
The $44.9 million package includes $500,000 for water-shortage subsidies and $600,000 for derelict removal, but much of the total reallocates existing budget resources.
CZM hearing set for St. John backup-power projects
The October 29 online hearing covers generator and fuel-storage plans at Coral Bay and Frank Bay; the projects remain under federal-consistency review.
Senate committee advances Lovango lease and Frederiksted fish-market funding
Both measures move to Rules and Judiciary; neither the Red Hook waterfront lease nor the $600,000 market appropriation has final approval.
WAPA approves $3.4 million diesel purchase as fuel inventory remains tight
The 15,026-barrel order follows another emergency purchase this month; WAPA says LPG supplies are secure but diesel reserves have not reached its target level.
$250 million bond proposal reaches the Legislature
The submitted bill assigns $165 million to hospitals, WAPA and VIWMA and $85 million to government obligations and capital needs; lawmakers have not approved the borrowing.
Constitutional Convention targets January draft and requests $300,000
Delegates say an initial document is due January 31 before a planned July referendum, while the additional appropriation and enabling-law changes remain requests.
Sprauve Library plans October 31 reopening on St. John
DPNR has scheduled a 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. family celebration, but the announcement does not yet provide the library's ongoing post-event hours.
St. Croix modular morgue opens with local autopsy capacity
The 2,400-square-foot Orange Grove facility restores on-island forensic examinations and supports preparations for rebuilding Juan F. Luis Hospital.
FDA records place the USVI in an IV-tubing product correction
The affected ICU Medical sets may show brown discoloration, but the manufacturer says the material is not contamination and the products may remain in use after standard inspection.
NOAA proposes different spiny-lobster limits for the two USVI districts
The federal proposal would raise St. Croix's annual catch limit 28.8% and trim the St. Thomas–St. John limit by 243 pounds; public comments are due November 16.
USVI emergency-medical-services overhaul clears its first Senate committee
Bill 36-0346 would create territory-wide licensing, ambulance standards and medical oversight, but it still needs additional legislative approval and the governor's action.
One dead, three injured in Castle Burke collision
Police identified the driver killed in Saturday's two-vehicle St. Croix crash as 22-year-old Jeralys M. Guzman; one passenger remained critically injured when the incident was reported.
UVI trustees approve $92.5 million budget for fiscal 2027
The university's governing board approved its new operating plan while audit progress, government allotments, capital projects and accreditation-related governance remain under review.