Virgin Islands News

In an effort to save Maho Bay Camps on St. John, the Trust for Public Land has started a fund and is seeking donations to help purchase the property.

A convicted child molester with a knack for eluding authorities was sentenced to 155 years for sexually abusing two boys, including a prepubescent youngster whom he was living with in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said Thursday.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - An amphibious tour bus veered off a road Wednesday, injuring about 30 cruise ship passengers who were taking a shore excursion in the U.S. Virgin Islands, police said.

More than 100 people from Central and South America, the Caribbean and the U.S. have converged on St.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - The Hovensa oil refinery has dismissed 270 contract workers in response to the global economic downturn, a company spokesman said Monday.

The V.I. government is suing video gambling contractor Southland Gaming of the Virgin Islands for more than $20 million that government officials believe the gambling company owes the territory.

The 150-room Windward Passage , formerly the Holiday Inn St. Thomas, is no longer is affiliated with Holiday Inn.

The V.I. \Water and Power Authority will be replacing a gate valve on a potable water line on the waterfront near Pizza Hut from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

First-time home buyers in the Virgin Islands are eligible for a tax credit of up to $8,000 that is being given to other new homeowners in the mainland United States under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

STEPHANIE WONG is spending part of the summer before her senior year at El Cerrito High School in the waters off the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The US Virgin Islands sued a gaming company on Monday for allegedly failing to pay taxes on lucrative video lottery machines for nearly six years.

The St. John Festival held the Prince and Princess competition and they selected Daniela Joseph as the St.

The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism unveiled its new national U.S. advertising campaign during the 16th annual U.S. Virgin Islands Destination Symposium.

A juror in the Virgin Islands tax-evasion and conspiracy trial of an Illinois car dealer and three co-defendants is accused of misconduct during the proceedings.

Shayla Solomon took this year's Miss U.S. Virgin Islands crown. June 21, 2009 -- Around 6 a.m. Sunday, 23-year-old Shayla Solomon was at the Cyril E. King Airport, getting ready to accompany her "Graffiti Street" students on their end-of-the-year trip to Italy.

Hearty Congratulations to the graduates of the West Indies Heritage Institute on St.

The Internal Affairs Unit of the Virgin Islands Police Department is investigating a report that pictures taken at of the June 8 accident which claimed the life of Karence DeCosta are being circulated via e-mail. Police Chief Rodney Querrard said one of his officers brought the e-mails to his attention Tuesday.

The territory has reported its first case of swine flu. The confirmed case, which was on St.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands and another in Dutch St.

During the process of drafting the proposed Virgin Islands constitution, a number of controversial provisions dealing with rights for native or ancestral Virgin Islanders attracted significant attention.