As efforts to redistrict the county for more proportionate representation are underway, three voting residents, one from each district, were recently sworn in to serve on the reapportionment committee.
The local economy is still feeling the adverse effects of the April 2021 La Soufriere volcanic eruptions-the arrowroot industry being a prime victim. The eruptions not only crippled arrowroot production by dumping huge amounts of ash on farmers’ lands; it also destroyed the country’s lone starch producing factory located in Owia. And the financial support which the government has been providing to arrowroot farmers is expected to continue until the …