Apparently, there is (was) also a Workforce Investment Board that has authority over apprenticeship programs in the territory. Interestingly enough,...

There was an interesting and timely story in the Source yesterday about the Board of Careers and Technical Education (I didn't even know it existed) ...

Thanks @stcmike Here's another story a couple days later with more of the story on Khalid Blyden...

Posted by: @gators_mom So the discussion is who is going to pay? @gators_mom Congratulations on the success of your career in educational fu...

My intent is to try to help move the discussion from 'why can't we' to HOW CAN WE... How can we identify, gather, provide resources to help provide ...

@COVID_gypsies Welcome to the forum! Ikea has a store in Puerto Rico and some other mainland companies do as well. REI has shipped and items to ...

@rettiSTX Welcome to the forum! You mentioned that the first level is complete - do you know if the house has a certificate of occupancy (or CO)? ...

I'll happily stipulate that correlation and causation are different and there shouldn't be an implication of causation. It does give one pause when ...

Looking a little more closely at the research, the effectiveness of gun buyback programs is questionable at best... This article from early this yea...

@stjohnjulie I think a gun buy back would be worth a try - it might get a few of the illegal guns out of circulation (any is a step in the right dir...

Although our paths were different, mine was no less circuitous and this has been my experience as well. I did everything from washing dishes and diggi...

@stjohnjulie I agree that the long game's the way to achieve societal change (and pray that the changes are those you described instead of what's go...

The steps outlined in the op-ed you linked make sense. Regrettably, our bureaucrats are thinking the correct approach is to eat the elephant in one ...

@stjohnjulie @jaldeborgh I agree with what both of you have said, but one major challenge is that change would take nearly a generation to show a ...

I don't know if the 500k barrels/day was full capacity when Hovensa was running it, but it looks like their target of 210k barrels/day would be 42% of...

@exit-zero The St Croix Source did a pretty good series of articles on the history of WAPA about a year ago. Taking the liberty of posting a link ...

@vicanuck I actually have it both ways, but the paper copy is ready at hand and doesn't weigh much. (It's also easier to read)

@scout77 As @daveb722 said, check with your shipping company, but I think the car and home goods can be in the same container, BUT nothing except th...

I don't know if STT is different, but on STX I haven't heard of a dealer that would service a vehicle over 10 model years old. If the vehicle is in go...

@islandjoan We bought our house with a mortgage through United Fidelity (Bank of St Croix) last year. You can check their mortgage rates on United...

@vicanuck You've got me there... I guess that falls into the 'wish in one hand....' category.

It appears that their next priority (after being reelected), is building a new police station. Although I'm not opposed to it, I would like to see som...

I thought the difference in survey styles was interesting. Economic development and tourism wants you to 'spell it out' and required written answers t...

@LittleMissSunrise Grey water collection systems have limited viability in existing construction here because many of the homes have concrete floors...

Welcome to the forum, @sabine ! Are you thinking of a brew pub or commercial sized brewery? Do you have experience in the brewing industry? On STX...