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Axel Dash Before the Jurassic Period - Life on Earth began so long ago that the oldest clues are not fossils of animals or plants, but chemical traces locked in ancient rock. Scientists can study those traces, rebuild early Earth in labs, and model chemistry on computers. Yet one question still sits at the center of it all: how did nonliving matter become life? That question has no single accepted answer. Several ideas compete, overlap, and change as new evidence appears. Som

A.J. Pike St. Croix - Two armed masked gunmen robbed a female employee at Yum Yum Restaurant in Peter’s Rest just after midnight on Saturday September 12, 2026, keeping her at gunpoint while emptying the cash register and fleeing the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. The female employee was unable to provide a description of the masked men or of the vehicle they used to flee. She was not injured in the robbery. This was not the first time Yum Yum has be

Bud Ayer Outer Space - The old public line was simple: space was a sanctuary. Satellites enabled life on Earth, guided troops at war, carried banking signals, tracked storms, and connected continents. Weapons belonged somewhere else. That line no longer fits the way governments talk, plan, and build. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink’s remarks at the Cyber Conference reflected a shift that has been building for years inside the U.S. national security system. The United States is

Cameron Dowe and Nat Peligan Special to the St. Croix Times USVI - Stand on a hill above Charlotte Amalie Harbor or look across the ruins of a St. Croix sugar estate, and the past does not feel distant. It feels layered. Canoes crossed these waters long before European ships arrived. Forts rose over Indigenous trails. Sugar fields fed empires. Workers and freedom fighters forced changes that colonial rulers had tried to delay. The history of the U.S. Virgin Islands is not a s

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times San Juan, PR - A dry spell in Puerto Rico is never just a weather story. It can mean low reservoirs, rationing schedules, closed school fountains, stressed farms, and families storing water in buckets because the tap may not run when they need it. That is why cloud seeding gets attention whenever drought tightens its grip. The idea sounds direct: treat clouds so they produce more rain. For an island facing hotter days, shifti

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2026 Grassroots Initiative "Bottom Up Government" Launches in USVI: Challenges 2026 Candidates to Adopt Concrete Solutions for Municipal Governance and WAPA Reform U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Today, the Bottom Up Government (BUG) initiative officially launched its territory-wide civic campaign, presenting concrete, ready-to-adopt policy frameworks aimed at dismantling centralized inefficiencies and restoring accountability to local communities.

M.A. Dworkin DLCA Fuel Price Survey for Week of September 7, 2026 SOL Petroleum Wholesale Rack Rates: Regular Fuel - $3.65 / Premium Fuel - $3.90 / Diesel Fuel - $5.04 ST. CROIX SELF-SERVICE Average Prices: Regular Fuel - $4.327 per gallon Premium Fuel - $4.607 per gallon Diesel Fuel - $5.404 per gallon Lowest Prices: Regular Fuel - $4.289 per gallon at East End Gas, Fill & Chill, Five Corners Service Station, Gasaway, an

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES --------0-------- DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCES Office of the Commissioner Monday, September 14, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BOATING INCIDENT REPORTED DURING FUN RUN MARINE EVENT St. Croix - Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources is notifying the public of a vessel-related incident that occurred on Sunday, September 13, 2026, shortly before 2:00 p.m. dur

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On May 5, 2017, a female reported at the Wilbur Francis Command a series of prior sexual assaults that had been committed against a female minor. Investigators identified the suspect as Alexander Burgos Matos, an adult male. Mr. Burgos Matos fled the island of St. Croix during the investigation. An arrest warrant was obtained from a Judge at the Superior Court. On August 25, 2026, Mr. Burgos Matos, 53, was arrested by the Allen County Sheriff’s De

Axel Dash St. Croix - Maureen O’Hara seemed born for Technicolor. Her red hair caught the light like flame, her voice carried the music of Ireland, and her screen presence could turn a simple entrance into a declaration. She was beautiful, yes, but that was never the whole story. O’Hara played women with wit, temper, dignity, and backbone. She could spar with John Wayne, command a scene beside Charles Laughton, charm a department-store Santa, and still make it feel as if she

Axel Dash St. Croix - Dan Aykroyd’s link to St. Croix feels less like a celebrity footnote and more like a full-circle movie story. The island is not just a scenic escape for him. It is tied to one of the sharpest comedies of the 1980s, a place where his screen history, Caribbean beauty, and personal reinvention now overlap. His recent move to St. Croix has drawn attention because Aykroyd is not a casual name in film history. He helped shape modern movie comedy. He co-created

Axel Dash St. Croix - Michelle Smith’s rise on the track carries the force of a fast final curve: controlled, fearless, and built from years of work that began far from the biggest stadium lights. For St. Croix and the wider U.S. Virgin Islands, her success means more than medals. It is a young athlete showing what island talent can do when skill, discipline, family support, and national pride meet at full speed. Smith has become one of the most exciting track athletes connec