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Gates Calls Out Musk, Pledges $200B to Charity
St. Croix Times Staff Microsoft co-Founder Bill Gates recently accused DOGE czar Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” by...


UVI RTPark Solar Farm Groundbreaking
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - In what amounts to an historic move for the island of St. Croix, the UVI Research and Technology Park (UVI...


Sargassum Alert! Origin Identified?
M.A. Dworkin Record-breaking Sargassum levels are expected to invade the shorelines of the U.S. Virgin Islands and other islands in the Caribbean Sea beginning in the month of May 2025. According to a report issued by Optical Oceanography Lab at the University of South Florida (USF), record high levels of the ultra-smelly algae have been recorded in the Eastern Caribbean Sea and Western Atlantic. “Sargassum inundation will continue to occur in most of the Caribbean nat


Student Artists Emerge at UVI Show
M.A. Dworkin Past and present students of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) presented a wide-ranging display of budding artistic...


Do Optimists Live Longer?
St. Croix Times Staff Increasing evidence suggests that being an optimist or a pessimist affects your health. A Dutch study found that...


Trump Defunds NPR & PBS
St. Croix Times Staff President Donald Trump has finally caught up with one of his biggest media nemesis and signed an Executive Order...


Business After Hours Opens Doors to Success
M.A. Dworkin The St. Croix Chamber of Commerce’s popular Business After Hours event was held recently at the smash new restaurant, 1756...


Musk Leaving DOGE Buddhism without Buddha
St. Croix Times Staff Elon Musk confidentially compared himself to the Buddha as he insisted his federal cost-cutting efforts would...


VI Vets Healthcare Leaders Meet in PR over Cuts
M.A. Dworkin The Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could severely impact veterans’...


Layoffs at STX Refinery
St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - In a move that is of little surprise to industry insiders, Port Hamilton Refinery and Transportation...


Pathway to Careers in the Marine Industry
St. Croix Times Staff Gallows Bay - Future Job Skills of Tomorrow Inc. (FJSOT) has launched an innovative pre-apprenticeship on-the-job...


Plants “Scream” While Being Harvested
St. Croix Times Staff Scientists have captured the sound of plants “screaming” when harvested. The sound is not the same made by humans,...
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