On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Senate Vice President Kenneth Gittens calls for the government to consider selling WAPA's power generation assets to a qualified private operator, arguing that repeated outages and rising costs have made the territory's electricity crisis economically unsustainable. This comes on the heels of WAPA’s Executive Director Karl Knight attributing the latest St. Thomas/St. John power outages to a series of equipment failures during a board meeting today, noting that significant relief is still months away.
More than 3,600 traffic crashes have been reported across the Virgin Islands this year, prompting highway safety officials to warn that speeding, distracted driving, and other preventable behaviors continue to endanger motorists and pedestrians.
The proposed restoration of Frederiksted's long-neglected fish market drew legislative scrutiny as senators question how much additional public funding will be required to bring the facility back into operation.
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