Mourning and outrage over the killing of a nine-year-old girl Saturday intensified on St. Thomas as police announced the arrest of her mother on murder charges Monday.
The recent and tragic death of nine-year-old Jacqueda Issac on St. Thomas has shaken our community to its core. While official details surrounding the circumstances are still coming to light, the collective grief and anguish felt by those who knew the family – and even those who didn’t – has been palpable.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. declared that horse racing will return to St. Thomas on May 3 for the Carnival celebrations this year. Horse races last occurred at the track in 2017, before the track was damaged during hurricanes Irma and Maria.
In what could prove a breakthrough, researchers have succeeded in using recorded sound to enhance the chances of coral larvae making their home on struggling coral reefs in need of new life.
More than one hundred St. John children from kindergarten to second grade will come together to present a choir concert on Wednesday at the Julius E. Sprauve School. The 30-minute performance begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public
Former Senator Janette Millin Young sits down in studio to talk over the upcoming election for Sixth Constitutional Convention delegates while host Adisha Penn recaps the biggest headlines of the week.
Responding to the recent resignation of Attorney General Ariel Smith, Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has appointed Ian Clement as the territory’s acting attorney general, effective immediately.
After fourteen years on the bench at the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the Honorable Ruth Miller is ready to step down. With a few months left to go before hanging up her gavel, the federal magistrate judge serving on St. Thomas spoke about the career path that led her to the small courtroom in the Ron de Lugo Federal Building in Charlotte Amalie.
Former First Lady Cecile de Jongh has filed a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by six victims of Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan federal court, calling their claims that she and other V.I. officials aided his sex-trafficking scheme “a 225-paragraph mess of vague and scattershot allegations.”
Virgin Islands Attorney General Ariel Smith has resigned, Government House revealed Tuesday in a four-sentence press release. Smith’s last day on the job will be March 15, making her tenure as the territory’s top litigator 259 days.
The V.I. Water and Power Authority is not raising its electric LEAC or water LEAC through June 30 this year. However, there is concern about the current rate driving WAPA into further debt and whether that debt can be called a collectible asset.
The short special meeting for the Cannabis Advisory Board began with an immediate executive session on Tuesday as members convened to select a new director and share updates on the rules and regulations in order to conform with the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act on Tuesday.
On Saturday, 31 eager educators from St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix flocked to the 13D Research and Strategy Innovation Center at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas campus, to attend a genealogy workshop and garner new tools and resources for their classrooms.
Caribbean superstars Shaggy, Patrice Roberts, Sizzla Kalonji, Kes, and Machel Montano will headline and kick off the 72nd St. Thoms Carnival Village, the V.I. Tourism Department and Division of Festivals announced.
Coveted by second-home buyers and vacation-rental entrepreneurs, St. John can be a tough place to find the right real estate fit. While there may not be a ton of availability, there is diversity in both size and price.
Penelope “Penny” Del Bene has been selected as superintendent of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, effective April 7, the National Park Service announced.
After a month of seemingly unprecedented ambiguity, a juror with misgivings about their role in convicting former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie confirmed the verdict was not a mistake or improperly coerced, according to court records filed Friday. Fahie remains guilty.
Those of us who came from the mainland and have made the Virgin Islands our home know and accept that one of the painful drawbacks is oftentimes people leave. After 18 years of living and contributing in ways that can never be calculated, Jean Etsinger moved to Sarasota, Florida, where she died this week unexpectedly, after contributing to that community for 20 years in many of the same ways that she contributed to the U.S. Virgin Islands.