The Virgin Islands’ top judge asked lawmakers Thursday to increase funding for the judicial branch and tie future court budgets to a fixed share of the General Fund budget, arguing that years of constrained appropriations have placed sustained pressure on the courts.

For over 90 years, the streets of Frenchtown have come alive each July with French flags, music, food, and community fellowship, honoring the neighborhood’s deep French-Caribbean roots. That longstanding tradition continues Tuesday, July 14, as the Frenchtown Civic Organization hosts its annual Bastille Day Celebration beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the French Heritage Museum and the Joseph Aubain Field parking lot. 

The Virgin Islands Montessori School and Peter Gruber International Academy broke ground Thursday on a $15 million FEMA-funded campus reconstruction project that will rebuild and modernize key educational facilities as part of a multi-year recovery effort following the 2017 hurricanes.

Attorney General Gordon Rhea told senators Thursday that the Virgin Islands Department of Justice has active public corruption investigations underway and that criminal filings in some of those cases could come within the next several weeks.