The Virgin Islands Consortium

Watch: St. Croix Schools Still Lack Grass-Cutting Contracts; Landscaping Staff Have No Equipment

USVI SNAP Maximum Is 29% Higher Than Mainland, But Shelter Deduction Is 21% Lower

Superior Court Rejects Bid to Split Delegate Race From Local Ballot; Unified Ballot Stands

USVI SNAP Maximum Is 29% Higher Than Mainland, But Shelter Deduction Is 21% Lower

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

Virgin Islands households receiving the maximum SNAP benefit will qualify for substantially more fo...

Superior Court Rejects Bid to Split Delegate Race From Local Ballot; Unified Ballot Stands

Janeka Simon
September 01, 2026

Superior Court Judge Venetia Velazquez has rejected Mary Moorhead’s attempt to force the Elections S...

St. Croix Man Gets 5 Years After 800 Fentanyl Pills Hidden in Book Are Intercepted in Mail

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

ST. CROIX — A St. Croix man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after investigators t...

DPW, VITEMA to Distribute Sandbags Territory-Wide Sept. 3-4; Six-Bag Limit Per Household

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

Residents across St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John will be able to collect sandbags Thursday and Fr...

USVI’s First Fully Electric Police Patrol Vehicles Enter Service Across Territory

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

Five fully electric Ford Mustang Mach-E patrol vehicles are entering active service with the Virgin ...

Police Recover Stolen Glock During St. Croix Traffic Stop; Driver Released on Bail

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

ST. CROIX — A traffic stop prompted by an apparent window-tint violation and missing front license p...

Man Out on Bail Again After Fourth Arrest; Multiple Cases Remain Pending

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

ST. THOMAS — With two criminal cases from earlier this summer still pending, Clifton King is facing ...

Loaded Ghost Gun Found Under Driver’s Seat After Reckless Passing Stop on St. Croix, Police Say

Staff Consortium
September 01, 2026

ST. CROIX — A St. Croix man faces firearm and ammunition charges after police say a traffic stop for...

Police Say 19.88 Pounds of Cannabis Found in Vehicle During Christiansted Patrol

Staff Consortium
September 01, 2026

ST. CROIX — Police say they recovered 19.88 pounds of cannabis from a vehicle in Christiansted Frida...

Third Circuit Sets New Federal Precedent in St. Thomas Ford Airbag Case

Ernice Gilbert
September 01, 2026

ST. THOMAS — A precedential ruling issued Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ...

Connect USVI’s $84 Million Fiber Buildout Targets 46,000 Locations Across the Territory

Staff Consortium
September 01, 2026

A new Government Accountability Office review of federal broadband programs places the Connect U.S. ...

WAPA Resumes St. Croix Water Production; Pressure Recovery to Be Gradual as Boil Advisory Remains

Janeka Simon
August 31, 2026

ST. CROIX — Water production has resumed at WAPA’s Richmond reverse-osmosis facility following repai...

FEMA Seeks Five-Year Disaster Shipping Network for USVI and Puerto Rico

Staff Consortium
August 31, 2026

FEMA is seeking multiple contractors to move disaster supplies from the mainland to the USVI and Pue...

Watch: St. Croix Schools Still Lack Grass-Cutting Contracts; Landscaping Staff Have No Equipment

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

Pence-Founded Think Tank Urges Congress to Limit Birthright Citizenship in USVI, Citing Insular Cases

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

A conservative think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congress to restrict...

Meta Seeks to Halt USVI Discovery Even After $18B Settlement Over Similar Youth-Harm Claims

Janeka Simon
September 01, 2026

Even as Meta Platforms agrees to pay up to approximately $18 billion and impose sweeping restriction...

USVI Fair Market Rent Benchmarks Lag Years Behind, Still Anchored to 2020 Census Data

Staff Consortium
September 01, 2026

Federal rent benchmarks that help determine how much rental assistance Virgin Islands families can r...

Bryan Declares St. Croix State of Emergency as Water System Recovery Continue

Staff Consortium
August 31, 2026

ST. CROIX — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has formally declared a state of emergency for St. Croix over ...

NOAA Proposes Allowing USVI Commercial Fishermen to Spearfish and Sell Yellowfin Tuna

Ernice Gilbert
August 31, 2026

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing a significant expansion of fishing ...

Dolly’s Remnants Reach USVI as Rain, Thunderstorms and Gusty Winds Projected to Increase Today

Staff Consortium
August 30, 2026

The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are beginning to affect the U.S. Virgin Islands early Sunday, w...

Homicide Suspect Arrested on St. Croix After St. Thomas Killing as He Prepared to Fly Mainland

Staff Consortium
August 30, 2026

ST. THOMAS — V.I. Police Department detectives arrested a suspect in the killing of 21-year-old Gere...

Contractor Chosen for Schneider Hospital Rebuild, $91M Approved for St. Thomas School Projects as PFA Clears Nearly $298M in Disaster Recovery Funding

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

The Public Finance Authority has approved up to $207.36 million for the first two phases of the Roy ...

USVI Leisure and Hospitality Jobs Fall 20.9% as Overall Payroll Employment Drops 6.5%

Ernice Gilbert
August 29, 2026

Preliminary federal estimates show the U.S. Virgin Islands' payroll employment continuing to contrac...

USVI Agencies Warn of Rising Hunger and Homelessness as SNAP Rules Take Effect Sept. 1

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

With new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirements taking effect September 1 and as ma...

St. Croix Autism Provider Says EDC Tax Relief Is Key to St. Thomas, St. John Expansion

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

ST. CROIX — Tropical Behavioral Services told Economic Development Commission members Thursday that ...

Territory Bids Farewell to Eustace Charles After Lie in State, Funeral and Four Days of Official Honors

Staff Consortium
August 28, 2026

ST. CROIX — The U.S. Virgin Islands concluded four days of official observances Thursday honoring Eu...

Pence-Founded Think Tank Urges Congress to Limit Birthright Citizenship in USVI, Citing Insular Cases

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

A conservative think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congress to restrict...

Meta Seeks to Halt USVI Discovery Even After $18B Settlement Over Similar Youth-Harm Claims

Janeka Simon
September 01, 2026

Even as Meta Platforms agrees to pay up to approximately $18 billion and impose sweeping restriction...

USVI Fair Market Rent Benchmarks Lag Years Behind, Still Anchored to 2020 Census Data

Staff Consortium
September 01, 2026

Federal rent benchmarks that help determine how much rental assistance Virgin Islands families can r...

Bryan Declares St. Croix State of Emergency as Water System Recovery Continue

Staff Consortium
August 31, 2026

ST. CROIX — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has formally declared a state of emergency for St. Croix over ...

NOAA Proposes Allowing USVI Commercial Fishermen to Spearfish and Sell Yellowfin Tuna

Ernice Gilbert
August 31, 2026

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing a significant expansion of fishing ...

Dolly’s Remnants Reach USVI as Rain, Thunderstorms and Gusty Winds Projected to Increase Today

Staff Consortium
August 30, 2026

The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are beginning to affect the U.S. Virgin Islands early Sunday, w...

Homicide Suspect Arrested on St. Croix After St. Thomas Killing as He Prepared to Fly Mainland

Staff Consortium
August 30, 2026

ST. THOMAS — V.I. Police Department detectives arrested a suspect in the killing of 21-year-old Gere...

Contractor Chosen for Schneider Hospital Rebuild, $91M Approved for St. Thomas School Projects as PFA Clears Nearly $298M in Disaster Recovery Funding

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

The Public Finance Authority has approved up to $207.36 million for the first two phases of the Roy ...

USVI Leisure and Hospitality Jobs Fall 20.9% as Overall Payroll Employment Drops 6.5%

Ernice Gilbert
August 29, 2026

Preliminary federal estimates show the U.S. Virgin Islands' payroll employment continuing to contrac...

USVI Agencies Warn of Rising Hunger and Homelessness as SNAP Rules Take Effect Sept. 1

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

With new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirements taking effect September 1 and as ma...

St. Croix Autism Provider Says EDC Tax Relief Is Key to St. Thomas, St. John Expansion

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

ST. CROIX — Tropical Behavioral Services told Economic Development Commission members Thursday that ...

Territory Bids Farewell to Eustace Charles After Lie in State, Funeral and Four Days of Official Honors

Staff Consortium
August 28, 2026

ST. CROIX — The U.S. Virgin Islands concluded four days of official observances Thursday honoring Eu...

USVI Cargo Costs Set to Rise as Tropical and Crowley Raise Fuel Charge

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

Pence-Founded Think Tank Urges Congress to Limit Birthright Citizenship in USVI, Citing Insular Cases

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

A conservative think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congress to restrict...

Bryan Declares St. Croix State of Emergency as Water System Recovery Continue

Staff Consortium
August 31, 2026

ST. CROIX — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has formally declared a state of emergency for St. Croix over ...

ST. CROIX — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has formally...

Emergency Water Distribution Begins in Frederiksted as Drought, Richmond Shutdown Strain St. Croix Supply

Ernice Gilbert
August 30, 2026

ST. CROIX — Emergency water distribution will begin in Frederiksted Sunday evening as prolonged drou...

ST. CROIX — Emergency water distribution will begi...

Christiansted Wastewater Overflow Ends; WAPA Suspends Richmond Water Production as Frederiksted Boil Advisory Continues

Staff Consortium
August 30, 2026

ST. CROIX — Emergency repairs have ended the wastewater overflow caused by the collapsed force main ...

ST. CROIX — Emergency repairs have ended the waste...

Vic Videos

Watch: Sunday Brush Fire Breaks Out Near Beach ...

Watch: Arthur A. Richards PreK-8 School Opens

August 08, 2026 05:23 AM

Fireborn: A Message to the Ancestors — A Future...

July 03, 2026 07:33 AM

Watch: Candidates Cast Lots for Ballot Position...

May 29, 2026 07:59 PM

Animated Short Reimagines the Fireburn Queens T...

March 17, 2026 05:20 AM

Government

USVI’s First Fully Electric Police Patrol Vehicles Enter Service Across Territory

Staff Consortium
September 02, 2026

Five fully electric Ford Mustang Mach-E patrol vehicles are entering active service with the Virgin Islands Police Department, marking the first deplo...

USVI Agencies Warn of Rising Hunger and Homelessness as SNAP Rules Take Effect Sept. 1

Janeka Simon
August 28, 2026

With new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirements taking effect September 1 and as many as 5,000 Virgin Islanders potentially affected,...

Bryan Says Legislature Effectively Killed Southland Deal; Sept. 6 Race Day Now in Doubt

Ernice Gilbert
August 26, 2026

Governor Albert Bryan Jr. declared Wednesday that the Legislature has “effectively killed” the proposed Southland Gaming horse-racing agreement by sen...

Vialet Wins Vote to Send Southland Bill Back to Committee, Leaving St. Croix Racetrack Plan in Limbo

Nelcia Charlemagne
August 26, 2026

A majority of senators on Wednesday declined to take the expected final vote on the Southland Gaming racetrack package, instead sending Bill 36-0313 t...

Horsemen Back Southland Racetrack Deal, but Vialet Warns No Signed Live Racing Agreement Is in Place

Nelcia Charlemagne
August 25, 2026

Horsemen from St. Thomas-St. John and St. Croix largely urged lawmakers Monday to approve the proposed Southland Gaming racetrack agreement, warning t...

USVI PORTS HUB

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...

V.I. Port Authority Advances Airports P3 Projec...

Ernice Gilbert
February 25, 2024

The V.I. Port Authority has announced the receipt of multiple compliant proposals in response to its request for proposals for the Airports Public/Pri...

Business

Southland Racetrack Plan Could Support 244 Jobs, but Senators Question VLT Economic Impact

Nelcia Charlemagne
August 26, 2026

The proposed Southland Gaming racetrack development could support 244 jobs and generate tens of millions of dollars in economic activity, according to...

UVI RTPark Wins Record Six International Economic Development Awards, Including Three Golds

Staff Consortium
August 24, 2026

ST. CROIX — The UVI Research and Technology Park has won six 2026 Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the International Economic Developmen...

Amazon Opens $37 Million Puerto Rico Delivery Station, Bringing Faster Shipping Closer to USVI

Ernice Gilbert
August 20, 2026

Amazon has begun operating its first last-mile delivery station in Puerto Rico, a more than $37 million investment in Dorado designed to accelerate pa...

ABC Construction and Principal Sued Over Unfinished St. John Home; Complaint Alleges Double-Billing and Fraud

Janeka Simon
August 18, 2026

ST. JOHN — A St. John construction company and its principal are facing a civil lawsuit alleging they failed to complete a residential project within ...

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