AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoTerritory Tech & Science: UVI’s Virgin Islands Center for Autonomous Research (VICAR) partnered with NOAA and the University of Miami to deploy the first biogeochemical Argo ocean float in USVI waters near Grammanik Bank, collecting temperature, salinity, oxygen, pH, chlorophyll-a and nitrate data for years. Grid Reliability: WAPA says back-to-back overnight blackouts are planned for St. Thomas-St. John (STT-STJ) on July 13 and 14, with multi-feeder outages scheduled 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., while St. Croix continues to see feeder instability. Public Safety: St. Thomas man Stephan Joseph faces a second wave of charges tied to a Havensight dirt bike theft, with court documents alleging the same weekend and suspects as an earlier Sugar Estate work-truck heist. Violence & Courts: A St. Thomas woman was arrested after police say she used her car to strike an ex-boyfriend at Bellows International; another case involves a mother accused of assaulting her daughter over online summer school grades. Health Research: DNDi and Serum Institute of India are preparing phase 3 trials for a dengue monoclonal antibody treatment (VIS513) in Malaysia, Thailand and Brazil. STEM Career Pipeline: The National FFA Organization named 2026 American Star finalists, highlighting supervised work-based learning that feeds skilled careers.
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