Ten Percent of the V.I. Has Received One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
Local health providers are focused on distributing all of the 2,270 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine sent to the territory each week.
Coral Bay Seeks to Honor Memory of ‘King of Thankspiggin’ Ken Yolman
COVID-19 has affected lives in countless ways, including the way we mourn. In July 2020, when Coral Bay resident Ken Yolman died of cancer off island, no memorial service was held.
Black History: Sugar and Slavery are Inseparable
This is the final installment of a 4-part serialization of the first chapter of a book being written by Shaun A. Pennington about the historical and modern-day consequences of sugar that have plagued Virgin Islanders and Americans for 400 years.
Black History: How Slaves Lived and Died
This is part 3 of a 4-part serialization of the first chapter of a book being written by Shaun A. Pennington about the historical and modern-day consequences of sugar that have plagued Virgin Islanders and Americans for 400 years.
St. John’s Dee Wells Wins Key to the City of Worcester
If you want to be good at something, you have to become obsessed with it. That was a lesson DeJongh “Dee” Wells learned from his grandmother, Ellen Pickering, and he has never regretted taking it to heart.
Black History: The Plantation Next Door
This is part 2 of a 4-part serialization of the first chapter of a book being written by Shaun A. Pennington about the historical and modern-day consequences of sugar that have plagued Virgin Islanders and Americans for 400 years.
St. Thomas Reeling From the Shock of Losing Revered Community Members
While awaiting official confirmation of the four local people who died tragically on Monday in a helicopter crash near Botany Bay, St. Thomaians were subdued and sorrowfully sharing memories of and experiences they had with the individuals they lost.
Black History: Sugar Slavery in the Virgin Islands
This is part 1 of a 4-part serialization of the first chapter of a book being written by Shaun A. Pennington about the historical and modern-day consequences of sugar that have plagued Virgin Islanders and Americans for 400 years.
4 Known Dead, Little Else Released on Helicopter Crash
A helicopter crash in the Botany Bay area Monday afternoon took four lives, the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency confirmed, but little else had been released about the incident as of Monday evening.
Tourism Association President Upbeat as Resort Investments Kick In
Lisa Hamilton, president of the USVI Hotel and Tourism Association, says it is time to be optimistic. Lemonade is being made from lemons, she said.