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St. Croix Times Staff Frederiksted - The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority’s (VIEDA) Enterprise Zone Commission (EZC) has purchased the Padilla Building at 53 A&B King Street in Frederiksted, St. Croix. The historic building will become the future site of the Agro and Food Innovation Center, the anchor project of the Frederiksted Enterprise Zone. Supported by an appropriation provided by the 33rd Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the center will serve as a

M.A. Dworkin USVI - Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has submitted two substantive measures to the 36th Legislature that build on his Administration’s commitment to growing the Virgin Islands economy, creating opportunity for working families, and revitalizing local industries. The governor’s proposals would phase in a $15 minimum wage and open new avenues for small-scale distilleries and breweries tied to local agriculture. The first proposal, An Act to Support Small-Scal

M.A. Dworkin USVI - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. joined Agriculture Commissioner Louis Petersen, members of the 36th Legislature, community...

Understanding Coral Reefs and Their Importance Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that play a crucial role in marine biodiversity. They are made up of colonies of tiny individual corals, known as polyps. These marine invertebrates have hard exoskeletons composed of calcium carbonate. Polyps are sessile, meaning they are permanently fixed in one location. They grow slowly, forming various shapes and sizes depending on their species. Alongside other animals with calcium carbonate

M.A. Dworkin U.S. Virgin Islands – Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition, Inc. (dba Virgin Islands Good Food), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...

M.A. Dworkin The Planet - Drones are being utilized in countries around the world to manage mosquito populations, to reduce the risk of...

St. Croix Times Staff Washington, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a total of $175 million in funding under...

St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - A Green Sea Turtle which is considered “Threatened” due to human and natural impacts was apparently shot recently with a spear gun in a malicious manner by some brutal or careless individual. The Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) team was contacted about a Sea Turtle in distress near the Frederiksted Pier in St. Croix. Divers sent photos to STAR’s Sea Turtle stranding hotline of a Green Turtle with a fishing spear through i

St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) in partnership with the Growing, Research,...

St. Croix Times Staff Governor Albert Bryan Jr. met recently with the leadership of the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Yacht...

St. Croix Times Staff USVI - Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) reminds the...

St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. joined the Rev. Dr. Robert Vernon Lee, Executive Director of Fresh Ministries, and Dr. Safiya George, President of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), for a landmark event: the formal gifting of Fresh Ministries’ Aquaponics Farm facilities to UVI at the historic Bethlehem Sugar Factory restoration site. The Island Fresh Aquaponics project, launched by Fresh Ministries, has become a successful model of