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M.A, Dworkin       St. Croix - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announced at the Monday Press Briefing at Government House St Croix, they have completed one of the largest land acquisitions in Territorial history, securing 2,469 acres at Maroon Ridge and Annaly Bay on St. Croix.        The $17.5 million purchase, finalized August 15, 2025, was funded through the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oc

M.A. Dworkin       Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking” which was issued on August 7, 2025.        “This latest EO represents another example of a broad national policy from the Trump Administration that will have significant implications for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ federal funding streams. The sweeping directive affects grant recipients

John F. McKeon  In March of 2021, at the tail end of the Covid epidemic, I returned with my wife to St. Croix. We were returning from...

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Plenty of kids set up lemonade stands all over the world. In many cases it’s the start of an entrepreneurial way...

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at about 8:57 am, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned...

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - At approximately 3:30 am on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Central Dispatch...

St. Croix Times St. Croix - School Closures due to threats at St. Croix Central High School, St. Croix Educational Complex High School,...

A.J. Pike ST. Croix - On Saturday, August 23, 2025, at approximately 4:09 am, Traffic Investigation Bureau Officers were informed of a...

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - When you bring together three brilliant women who have been instrumental in putting together one of the most...

St. Croix Times Staff Washington, D.C. - The Trump Administration will begin reviewing all 55 million foreigners who hold US visas for...

M.A. Dworkin USVI - Signed into law on August 14, 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Social Security Act has provided a...

M.A. Dworkin       St. Croix - St. Croix Foundation for Community Development (SCF) recently announced the recipients of $534,000 in grant funding through its 2025 Healing Humanities Cultural Place Keeping Grant Program.        Thirteen innovative nonprofits and community groups serving the island of St. Croix have been selected to receive grants supporting projects that celebrate, preserve, and elevate St. Croix’s rich cultural and historical heritage through arts, storytell