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Water and Power … [Read more](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/st-thomas-wapa-plant-fails-again/article_0a5a71a3-6dea-5e9d-b804-af24df9866c1.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read%20more) [PSC meeting Monday on WAPA rate, Waste Management tipping fees](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/psc-meeting-monday-on-wapa-rate-waste-management-tipping-fees/article_fcfc6176-febf-5232-9bf8-68a64ea44f95.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) The V.I. Water and Power Authority is set to argue for a rate increase at Monday’s meeting of the Public Services Commission and the Waste … [Read more](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/psc-meeting-monday-on-wapa-rate-waste-management-tipping-fees/article_fcfc6176-febf-5232-9bf8-68a64ea44f95.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read%20more) [Man sentenced to nearly four years in prison for gun trafficking](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/man-sentenced-to-nearly-four-years-in-prison-for-gun-trafficking/article_9c50d37d-bb2a-5dd0-a09e-144a5d61df0a.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) A man at the center of a constitutional-rights case has been sentenced to 45 months and 17 days in federal prison for trafficking firearms,… [Read more](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/man-sentenced-to-nearly-four-years-in-prison-for-gun-trafficking/article_9c50d37d-bb2a-5dd0-a09e-144a5d61df0a.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read%20more) Island Life [Eddie Russell & Co. to perform Pre-Father’s Day jazz concert](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/island_life/24_7_island_action/eddie-russell-co-to-perform-pre-father-s-day-jazz-concert/article_962cabcc-f3bb-5123-8f06-570f60a976ad.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) Community Music Inc. will present a virtual pre-Father’s Day concert this Saturday featuring trumpet master Eddie Russell and other St. Cro… [Read 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soul](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/island_life/24_7_island_action/spiritual-and-healing-arts-expo-fair-soothes-the-soul/article_01701daf-bfd5-5998-b031-dadafb566bd9.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) Spirit of the Islands will offer a Spiritual and Healing Arts Expo & Fair on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cane Bay Campgrounds wit… [Read more](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/island_life/24_7_island_action/spiritual-and-healing-arts-expo-fair-soothes-the-soul/article_01701daf-bfd5-5998-b031-dadafb566bd9.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read%20more) 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more](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/island_life/24_7_island_action/round-table-to-discuss-the-virgin-islands-woman/article_8e43a2ad-b192-589b-bc7f-b3b2b969b390.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read%20more) Sports [Asset-image](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/st-thomas-teen-takes-early-lead-in-28th-international-optimist-regatta/article_d56050ae-1514-5d73-bd4d-420b95d8452a.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image) [St. Thomas teen takes early lead in 28th International Optimist Regatta](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/st-thomas-teen-takes-early-lead-in-28th-international-optimist-regatta/article_d56050ae-1514-5d73-bd4d-420b95d8452a.html#utm_source=virginislandsdailynews.com&utm_campaign=%2Feedition%2Fdaily-email%2F%3F-dc%3D1624086019&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline) ST. THOMAS — It’s been a few years since a Virgin Islander has won one of junior sailing’s biggest events in the Caribbean. 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