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New JFL Hospital Scaled From Eight Stories to Five; Officials Say No Services Will Be Cut

Higher Bond Yields Could Block Some USVI Hotel Financing Deals, PFA Official Warns

No More Major Changes: FY 2027 Budget Advances Under Closed Rule as Senators Warn of Tight Finances

Higher Bond Yields Could Block Some USVI Hotel Financing Deals, PFA Official Warns

Janeka Simon
September 24, 2026

Virgin Islands Public Finance officials want a fresh assessment of the bond market following last we...

No More Major Changes: FY 2027 Budget Advances Under Closed Rule as Senators Warn of Tight Finances

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 24, 2026

The Fiscal Year 2027 budget is headed toward a final Senate vote with its financial structure largel...

Charlotte Amalie Ranks No. 25 Among Top Shopping Destinations in Americas and Caribbean

Staff Consortium
September 24, 2026

ST. THOMAS — Charlotte Amalie has been ranked No. 25 among the Top 30 Shopping Destinations in the A...

Shot in St. Thomas, ‘Scheme Queens 2: Caribbean Heist’ Returns for Oct. 8 Red-Carpet Premiere

Staff Consortium
September 24, 2026

ST. THOMAS — Scheme Queens 2: Caribbean Heist, a sequel filmed primarily on St. Thomas and featuring...

See 340-693-1021 Calling? VIDOH Says Answer. It’s the Territory’s Health Survey

Staff Consortium
September 23, 2026

If 340-693-1021 appears on your caller ID, the V.I. Department of Health says you should consider an...

Cecile Douglas Sentenced to 30 Years for First-Degree Aggravated Rape of Child Under 13

Staff Consortium
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — Cecile Douglas, 44, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a St. Croix jury conv...

Small University, Global Reach: UVI Delivers 26 Presentations at World’s Largest Coral Reef Symposium

Staff Consortium
September 22, 2026

The University of the Virgin Islands reinforced its growing presence in global marine science this s...

St. Croix Boil-Water Advisory Lifted After Follow-Up Tests Find No E. coli

Staff Consortium
September 22, 2026

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Water and Power Authority has lifted the boil-water advisory that had been in e...

V.I. Firefighter Appeals After Federal Judge Rejects Disability Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Claims

Ernice Gilbert
September 22, 2026

ST. CROIX — A longtime St. Croix firefighter has appealed after a federal judge rejected his claims ...

17 Charged in Federal Cocaine Network Accused of Using San Juan Airport and U.S. Mail to Reach Mainland

Staff Consortium
September 22, 2026

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Federal prosecutors have charged 17 people in an alleged cocaine-trafficking...

Man Accused of Stealing Gaming Machine Keys From Bushwackers Arrested After Returning Days Later

Staff Consortium
September 22, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A man accused of stealing a set of keys from Bushwackers Gaming Center at Crown Bay Sho...

Man Accused of Firing at Police After Tint Stop Faces Four Attempted Murder Charges

Janeka Simon
September 22, 2026

ST. THOMAS — What began as a traffic stop over an allegedly illegally tinted windshield escalated in...

Former Puerto Rico Bank CEO Gets More Than 9 Years for $24.9M Fraud and Venezuela Sanctions Evasion

Staff Consortium
September 21, 2026

Tomás Niembro Concha, the former chief executive of Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank, has ...

New JFL Hospital Scaled From Eight Stories to Five; Officials Say No Services Will Be Cut

Janeka Simon
September 24, 2026

ST. CROIX — The planned replacement for the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital has been reduced from eig...

91% Full in Days: RTPark STEM Program Expands to 480 Seats as Schools Report Rising Career Interest

Janeka Simon
September 23, 2026

The UVI Research and Technology Park’s after-school STEM program entered the new school year nearly ...

‘When God Opens a Door, Walk Through It’: Skepple Opens U.S. House With Prayer, Carries USVI Concerns to Speaker Johnson

Ernice Gilbert
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — Pastor Dexter Skepple of Speak the Word Ministries in Frederiksted served as guest chapl...

Mall of St. Croix Loses Insurance Appeal Over Shareholder Suit Alleging Embezzlement, Mismanagement and Corporate Losses

Ernice Gilbert
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — A shareholder dispute accusing directors and officers of Sunshine Shopping Center, which...

Caribbean Birth Rates Are Falling. Baby Grants Are Growing, but Women Say Money Isn’t the Whole Problem

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Across much of the world, women are having fewer children, populations are aging, and governments ar...

USVI Finances ‘Precarious’ as Income Tax Collections Fall $31.7M and FY 2027 Budget Advances

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Lawmakers advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 budget package on Monday after three months of hearings, wit...

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro Face Growing Lawsuits Over Rare Sudden Vision Loss

Ernice Gilbert
September 22, 2026

The makers of Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are confronting a growing wave of lawsuits from patients ...

FEMA Places USVI Recovery Under Enhanced Compliance Review; Bryan Says No New Funding Restrictions Followed Washington Talks

Ernice Gilbert
September 21, 2026

An August 24 letter from FEMA initiating an enhanced compliance review of the Virgin Islands’ disast...

Wrong Year, Recorded Calls and Sentencing Math at Center of Jenifer O’Neal’s Third Circuit Appeal

Janeka Simon
September 21, 2026

Former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal has placed four challenges to her fed...

Celtic Bank Seeks Foreclosure on Hotel 1829 and At Home in the Tropics, Alleging $3.62 Million Debt

Ernice Gilbert
September 21, 2026

Celtic Bank Corporation has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to foreclose on the St. Thomas propertie...

29-Year-Old Man Shot Dead at Princess Villas in La Grande Princesse; No Suspects Identified

Staff Consortium
September 20, 2026

ST. CROIX — A 29-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Princess Villas in La Grande P...

USVI Gets New Sept. 30 Deadline as HUD Reopens $4 Billion Homelessness Grant Competition

Staff Consortium
September 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reopened its $4.04 billion federal homeless...

Federal Judge Rules BIR Had No Authority to Impose 3.8% Investment Tax on Bona Fide USVI Residents

Ernice Gilbert
September 19, 2026

A federal judge has ruled that the V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue had no legal authority to impose ...

91% Full in Days: RTPark STEM Program Expands to 480 Seats as Schools Report Rising Career Interest

Janeka Simon
September 23, 2026

The UVI Research and Technology Park’s after-school STEM program entered the new school year nearly ...

‘When God Opens a Door, Walk Through It’: Skepple Opens U.S. House With Prayer, Carries USVI Concerns to Speaker Johnson

Ernice Gilbert
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — Pastor Dexter Skepple of Speak the Word Ministries in Frederiksted served as guest chapl...

Mall of St. Croix Loses Insurance Appeal Over Shareholder Suit Alleging Embezzlement, Mismanagement and Corporate Losses

Ernice Gilbert
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — A shareholder dispute accusing directors and officers of Sunshine Shopping Center, which...

Caribbean Birth Rates Are Falling. Baby Grants Are Growing, but Women Say Money Isn’t the Whole Problem

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Across much of the world, women are having fewer children, populations are aging, and governments ar...

USVI Finances ‘Precarious’ as Income Tax Collections Fall $31.7M and FY 2027 Budget Advances

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Lawmakers advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 budget package on Monday after three months of hearings, wit...

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro Face Growing Lawsuits Over Rare Sudden Vision Loss

Ernice Gilbert
September 22, 2026

The makers of Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are confronting a growing wave of lawsuits from patients ...

FEMA Places USVI Recovery Under Enhanced Compliance Review; Bryan Says No New Funding Restrictions Followed Washington Talks

Ernice Gilbert
September 21, 2026

An August 24 letter from FEMA initiating an enhanced compliance review of the Virgin Islands’ disast...

Wrong Year, Recorded Calls and Sentencing Math at Center of Jenifer O’Neal’s Third Circuit Appeal

Janeka Simon
September 21, 2026

Former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal has placed four challenges to her fed...

Celtic Bank Seeks Foreclosure on Hotel 1829 and At Home in the Tropics, Alleging $3.62 Million Debt

Ernice Gilbert
September 21, 2026

Celtic Bank Corporation has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to foreclose on the St. Thomas propertie...

29-Year-Old Man Shot Dead at Princess Villas in La Grande Princesse; No Suspects Identified

Staff Consortium
September 20, 2026

ST. CROIX — A 29-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Princess Villas in La Grande P...

USVI Gets New Sept. 30 Deadline as HUD Reopens $4 Billion Homelessness Grant Competition

Staff Consortium
September 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reopened its $4.04 billion federal homeless...

Federal Judge Rules BIR Had No Authority to Impose 3.8% Investment Tax on Bona Fide USVI Residents

Ernice Gilbert
September 19, 2026

A federal judge has ruled that the V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue had no legal authority to impose ...

Prosperity Farm Bar and Events Shut Down Indefinitely Over Missing Hea

Politics

Journalist-Led Debate Series Begins Sunday as WTJX and Consortium Ques

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Gun Violence Will Persist Until the Virgin Islan...

Letter to the Editor | St. Croix Racetrack Agreement Is Not a Giveaway...

Op-Ed: Leadership in a Borrowed House and the Limits of Power in the V...

Op-Ed | Governor Bryan: Why Self-Insurance Is the Key to Controlling H...

Opinion: Bill 36-0144 Is an Unconstitutional and Racist Attack on the ...

Op-Ed: Virgin Islands Must Seize the Global Economic Wave or Risk Bein...

Op-Ed: Passport-Free, Culture-Rich: How the USVI Bridges America and t...

Op-Ed: A Retirement Windfall for the Few, a Burden for the Many...

Dear Editor, ‘Come Home’ Rings Hollow When the Struggles That Drov...

Letter to the Editor: Holding On While Letting Go: Generation X and th...

Community Center

See 340-693-1021 Calling? VIDOH Says Answer. It’s the Territory’s Health Survey

Staff Consortium
September 23, 2026

If 340-693-1021 appears on your caller ID, the V.I. Department of Health says you should consider an...

St. Croix Boil-Water Advisory Lifted After Follow-Up Tests Find No E. coli

Staff Consortium
September 22, 2026

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Water and Power Authority has lifted the boil-water advisory that had been in e...

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Water and Power Authority has...

Caribbean Birth Rates Are Falling. Baby Grants Are Growing, but Women Say Money Isn’t the Whole Problem

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Across much of the world, women are having fewer children, populations are aging, and governments ar...

Across much of the world, women are having fewer c...

VIPD Investigates Apparent Suicide After Man Found Dead Near Market Square

Staff Consortium
September 19, 2026

ST. THOMAS — The V.I. Police Department is investigating the death of a 41-year-old man found unresp...

ST. THOMAS — The V.I. Police Department is investi...

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Government

No More Major Changes: FY 2027 Budget Advances Under Closed Rule as Senators Warn of Tight Finances

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 24, 2026

The Fiscal Year 2027 budget is headed toward a final Senate vote with its financial structure largely locked in after the Committee on Rules and Judic...

USVI Finances ‘Precarious’ as Income Tax Collections Fall $31.7M and FY 2027 Budget Advances

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 22, 2026

Lawmakers advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 budget package on Monday after three months of hearings, with Senate Budget Committee Chair Novelle Francis Jr...

DSPR Rejects Outside Management for Paul E. Joseph Stadium, Says Agency Can Handle Up to $2.2M in Annual Costs

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 20, 2026

ST. CROIX — The Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation intends to operate Paul E. Joseph Stadium itself once the long-delayed facility is handed o...

Want to Help the V.I. Government? Donated Scoreboard Shows Why It May Not Be So Simple

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 19, 2026

ST. CROIX — A donated scoreboard intended for the Isaac Boynes Ballpark in Frederiksted remains in storage, prompting lawmakers on Friday to question ...

St. Croix Water Inventory Rises to 38%, but West End Pressure Problems Persist; Boil Advisory Remains

Staff Consortium
September 15, 2026

ST. CROIX — St. Croix’s potable water system continued to recover over the weekend, with islandwide inventory increasing from approximately 31 percent...

USVI PORTS HUB

VIPA Board Selects Ava Penn as Next Executive D...

Ernice Gilbert
September 18, 2026

The V.I. Port Authority Board of Governors has selected Ava Penn as the agency’s next executive director following what the board described as a compe...

Port Authority Surpasses Expectations With $5.3...

Janeka Simon
August 21, 2025

The Virgin Islands Port Authority reported continued strong financial results for the first half of 2025, with its June 30 financial report showing an...

Allure of the Seas to Make Additional Call at C...

Staff Consortium
January 31, 2025

The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Allure of the Seas is scheduled to make an additional call at the Austin “Babe” Monsanto Marine Terminal in Crown Bay,...

Port Authority Opens Charlotte Amalie Dredging ...

Staff Consortium
December 24, 2024

The V.I. Port Authority has issued an invitation for contractors to bid on the dredging project in the Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St. Thomas. The dredgi...

VIPA, Cruise Lines in Productive Talks on Futur...

Staff Consortium
November 07, 2024

The V.I. Port Authority officials met with members of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (F-CCA) on Wednesday to provide an update on the upcomi...

V.I. Port Authority Receives $12.5 Million for ...

Staff Consortium
April 11, 2024

The Biden administration has allocated a $12.5 million grant to the V.I. Port Authority, targeting infrastructure enhancements at the Cyril E. King In...

Business

Higher Bond Yields Could Block Some USVI Hotel Financing Deals, PFA Official Warns

Janeka Simon
September 24, 2026

Virgin Islands Public Finance officials want a fresh assessment of the bond market following last week’s Federal Reserve rate increase, with one PFA o...

Mall of St. Croix Loses Insurance Appeal Over Shareholder Suit Alleging Embezzlement, Mismanagement and Corporate Losses

Ernice Gilbert
September 23, 2026

ST. CROIX — A shareholder dispute accusing directors and officers of Sunshine Shopping Center, which operates the Mall of St. Croix, of embezzling com...

Celtic Bank Seeks Foreclosure on Hotel 1829 and At Home in the Tropics, Alleging $3.62 Million Debt

Ernice Gilbert
September 21, 2026

Celtic Bank Corporation has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to foreclose on the St. Thomas properties housing Hotel 1829 and At Home in the Tropics, a...

Prosperity Farms Challenges DLCA Licensing Decision in Court After DOH Shutdown

Janeka Simon
September 18, 2026

ST. CROIX — Days after the V.I. Department of Health shut down Prosperity Farms’ bar, food-service and event operations, the businesses behind the Est...

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