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Suspect in J’Niya Rambaran Murder Arrested at St. Thomas Airport While Preparing to Leave Territory

Coast Guard Says Survivors on Water’s Surface Would Have Been Found as Air Ambulance Search Conti...

St. Croix’s Buccaneer Tennis Club Earns National USTA Outstanding Facility Award

Coast Guard Says Survivors on Water’s Surface Would Have Been Found as Air Ambulance Search Continues

Ernice Gilbert
October 04, 2026

NANTUCKET, Massachusetts — A Coast Guard captain said Sunday that anyone still a...

St. Croix’s Buccaneer Tennis Club Earns National USTA Outstanding Facility Award

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

ST. CROIX — The Buccaneer Resort’s tennis facility has earned a 2026 USTA Outstanding Facility Award...

Man Found Dead in Water at Lindbergh Bay; Identity and Cause of Death Unknown

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

ST. THOMAS — Authorities are investigating after an unidentified man was found dead in the water at ...

USVI Heat Advisory Runs From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; St. Croix High Forecast Near 96°F

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

A heat advisory will take effect across St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4...

EPA Proposes New Fine-Particle Air Quality Classification for Entire USVI

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to classify the entire U.S. Virgin Islands as “atta...

Air Ambulance Carrying Bermudian Patient and Relative Missing Off Nantucket After Declaring Emergency

Staff Consortium
October 03, 2026

A medical evacuation jet carrying a Bermudian patient and family member, along with four Canadian cr...

Bryan Signs FY2027 Budget, Setting Spending for Hospitals, Schools and Government Services

Staff Consortium
October 03, 2026

Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has signed the fiscal year 2027 budget, authorizing funding for government...

Phone Dropped at Palm Strade Robbery Scene Leads Police to Man Who Claimed He Was Victim

Janeka Simon
October 03, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A cellphone allegedly dropped during an attempted armed robbery on Palm Strade helped p...

USVI’s $165,262 Share of Sandoz Drug Settlement Awaits Court Approval

Staff Consortium
October 03, 2026

The U.S. Virgin Islands would receive a $165,262.39 allocation under a proposed $400 million settlem...

Three Unannounced Bird-Flu Drills Tested USVI Health Facilities

Staff Consortium
October 02, 2026

Three unannounced exercises using professional actors posing as patients potentially infected with a...

Backpack Left Behind at Sonya’s Leads Police to Machete Robbery Suspect

Janeka Simon
October 02, 2026

ST. CROIX — A man accused of terrorizing two employees during a machete robbery at Sonya’s Fine Isla...

Profit Hills Shooting Leaves Man Critically Wounded With Multiple Gunshot Injuries

Staff Consortium
October 02, 2026

ST. CROIX — A man was in critical condition following a shooting in Profit Hills Thursday evening, T...

“Our Expenses Have Quadrupled”: PFA Raises Annual Administrative Fee to $7.5 Million

Ernice Gilbert
October 02, 2026

The V.I. Public Finance Authority’s board unanimously approved a 50 percent increase in its annual a...

Breaking news

Suspect in J’Niya Rambaran Murder Arrested at St. Thomas Airport While Preparing to Leave Territory

Ernice Gilbert
October 04, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A 21-year-old man accused in the killing of J’Niya Rambaran was arrested Saturday at Cy...

UVI Full-Time Tuition to Rise About 56% in Spring 2027; George Apologizes for Delayed Notice

Ernice Gilbert
October 02, 2026

Full-time undergraduate tuition at the University of the Virgin Islands will rise by roughly 56 perc...

UVI Student Worker Sues After Campus Attack, Says Security Took Nearly Two Hours to Arrive

Janeka Simon
October 03, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A University of the Virgin Islands student worker who says he waited nearly two hours f...

PFA Authorizes $767.7 Million for Initial Utility and Road Work as Board Questions Contractor Estimates

Janeka Simon
October 02, 2026

The V.I. Public Finance Authority board on Thursday authorized officials to enter contracts totaling...

VIPA Waives Contour Landing Fees for a Year as St. Maarten Service Begins and More Caribbean Routes Are Discussed

Ernice Gilbert
October 01, 2026

ST. THOMAS — The V.I. Port Authority will waive 100 percent of Contour Airlines’ landing fees for up...

Lawsuit Accuses Golden Grove Officer of Facilitating Brutal Attack on Inmate

Janeka Simon
October 01, 2026

A former Golden Grove inmate has sued the V.I. Government and several Bureau of Corrections official...

DPNR Acquires 293 Acres at Great Pond to Protect St. Croix’s South Shore

Staff Consortium
September 29, 2026

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources has acquired 293 acres along St. C...

Police Commissioner Says Crime Cycle Will Continue While Residents Shield Offenders and Expose VIPD Operations

Janeka Simon
September 29, 2026

Police Commissioner Mario Brooks says the V.I. Police Department can intensify patrols, make arrests...

21-Year-Old J’Niya Rambaran Shot to Death on Veterans Drive, Raising USVI Homicide Toll to 39

Ernice Gilbert
September 28, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A 21-year-old woman was shot and killed early Monday on Veterans Drive in St. Thomas, t...

21-Year-Old Dies After Stolen Car Crashes During St. Thomas Police Pursuit; Another Man Arrested

Staff Consortium
September 27, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A 21-year-old man died and another was arrested early Sunday after a stolen Toyota Coro...

Man Dies, Woman Critically Injured After SUV Crashes and Overturns on Bovoni Road

Ernice Gilbert
September 27, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A man died and a female passenger suffered life-threatening injuries early Sunday after...

Mighty Sparrow, ‘Calypso King of the World,’ Dies at 91 After Seven-Decade Career

Ernice Gilbert
September 27, 2026

Slinger Francisco, the Grenada-born, Trinidad-raised performer known around the world as the Mighty ...

St. Croix Placed Under Islandwide Quarantine After Mediterranean Fruit Fly Detected

Ernice Gilbert
September 26, 2026

The V.I. Department of Agriculture has declared a phytosanitary emergency and placed all of St. Croi...

UVI Full-Time Tuition to Rise About 56% in Spring 2027; George Apologizes for Delayed Notice

Ernice Gilbert
October 02, 2026

Full-time undergraduate tuition at the University of the Virgin Islands will rise by roughly 56 perc...

UVI Student Worker Sues After Campus Attack, Says Security Took Nearly Two Hours to Arrive

Janeka Simon
October 03, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A University of the Virgin Islands student worker who says he waited nearly two hours f...

PFA Authorizes $767.7 Million for Initial Utility and Road Work as Board Questions Contractor Estimates

Janeka Simon
October 02, 2026

The V.I. Public Finance Authority board on Thursday authorized officials to enter contracts totaling...

VIPA Waives Contour Landing Fees for a Year as St. Maarten Service Begins and More Caribbean Routes Are Discussed

Ernice Gilbert
October 01, 2026

ST. THOMAS — The V.I. Port Authority will waive 100 percent of Contour Airlines’ landing fees for up...

Lawsuit Accuses Golden Grove Officer of Facilitating Brutal Attack on Inmate

Janeka Simon
October 01, 2026

A former Golden Grove inmate has sued the V.I. Government and several Bureau of Corrections official...

DPNR Acquires 293 Acres at Great Pond to Protect St. Croix’s South Shore

Staff Consortium
September 29, 2026

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources has acquired 293 acres along St. C...

Police Commissioner Says Crime Cycle Will Continue While Residents Shield Offenders and Expose VIPD Operations

Janeka Simon
September 29, 2026

Police Commissioner Mario Brooks says the V.I. Police Department can intensify patrols, make arrests...

21-Year-Old J’Niya Rambaran Shot to Death on Veterans Drive, Raising USVI Homicide Toll to 39

Ernice Gilbert
September 28, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A 21-year-old woman was shot and killed early Monday on Veterans Drive in St. Thomas, t...

21-Year-Old Dies After Stolen Car Crashes During St. Thomas Police Pursuit; Another Man Arrested

Staff Consortium
September 27, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A 21-year-old man died and another was arrested early Sunday after a stolen Toyota Coro...

Man Dies, Woman Critically Injured After SUV Crashes and Overturns on Bovoni Road

Ernice Gilbert
September 27, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A man died and a female passenger suffered life-threatening injuries early Sunday after...

Mighty Sparrow, ‘Calypso King of the World,’ Dies at 91 After Seven-Decade Career

Ernice Gilbert
September 27, 2026

Slinger Francisco, the Grenada-born, Trinidad-raised performer known around the world as the Mighty ...

St. Croix Placed Under Islandwide Quarantine After Mediterranean Fruit Fly Detected

Ernice Gilbert
September 26, 2026

The V.I. Department of Agriculture has declared a phytosanitary emergency and placed all of St. Croi...

Prosperity Farm Bar and Events Shut Down Indefinitely Over Missing Hea

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

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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...

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Man Found Dead in Water at Lindbergh Bay; Identity and Cause of Death Unknown

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

ST. THOMAS — Authorities are investigating after an unidentified man was found dead in the water at ...

Coast Guard Says Survivors on Water’s Surface Would Have Been Found as Air Ambulance Search Continues

Ernice Gilbert
October 04, 2026

NANTUCKET, Massachusetts — A Coast Guard captain said Sunday that anyone still a...

NANTUCKET, Massachusetts — A C...

St. Croix’s Buccaneer Tennis Club Earns National USTA Outstanding Facility Award

Staff Consortium
October 04, 2026

ST. CROIX — The Buccaneer Resort’s tennis facility has earned a 2026 USTA Outstanding Facility Award...

ST. CROIX — The Buccaneer Resort’s tennis facility...

Air Ambulance Carrying Bermudian Patient and Relative Missing Off Nantucket After Declaring Emergency

Staff Consortium
October 03, 2026

A medical evacuation jet carrying a Bermudian patient and family member, along with four Canadian cr...

A medical evacuation jet carrying a Bermudian pati...

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Government

Bryan Signs FY2027 Budget, Setting Spending for Hospitals, Schools and Government Services

Staff Consortium
October 03, 2026

Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has signed the fiscal year 2027 budget, authorizing funding for government operations, hospitals, education, infrastructure ...

“Our Expenses Have Quadrupled”: PFA Raises Annual Administrative Fee to $7.5 Million

Ernice Gilbert
October 02, 2026

The V.I. Public Finance Authority’s board unanimously approved a 50 percent increase in its annual administrative fee Thursday, raising the amount fro...

Saturday VITRAN Service Could Cost $570,000 as DPW Advances 2050 Transportation Plan

Nelcia Charlemagne
October 01, 2026

The V.I. Department of Public Works is evaluating what it would take to introduce Saturday fixed-route VITRAN service across the territory, an expansi...

DOH Searching for New Care for Three Virgin Islanders After Court Orders Removal From Sylmar

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 30, 2026

The V.I. Department of Health is searching for new treatment placements for three Virgin Islanders currently at the Sylmar facility in California afte...

Taxicab Commission Pressed Over 13 Missing Medallions, Improper Licenses and Stalled Enforcement

Nelcia Charlemagne
September 29, 2026

Lawmakers on Monday pressed V.I. Taxicab Commission Executive Director Melissa Smith over missing medallions, improperly issued taxi licenses and ling...

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

Bryan Announces ‘3rd Wall Street’ Financial District Plan for Downtown Christiansted

Ernice Gilbert
September 30, 2026

ST. CROIX — Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. on Wednesday announced plans to establish a new financial district in downtown Christiansted intended to attract ban...

Bryan Urges Trump Administration to Treat St. Croix Refinery as National Asset, Create Federal Path to Restart

Ernice Gilbert
September 25, 2026

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. is calling on the Trump administration to treat St. Croix’s long-idled oil refinery as a national energy asset and establish a c...

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...

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