Virgin Islands News

Though the territory's revenue dropped from $19.5 billion in 2007 to $6.8 billion in 2012, its annual payroll to employees has hardly budged from $1.1 billion, according to an economic report from the U.S. Census.

St. Croix Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne Rosbach packs up books donated by members of Blue World Travel Agency and their "Festival At Sea" passengers aboard the Carnival Valor on Tuesday in Frederiksted.

Since August 2013, all 50 states have been available for editing with the USGS The National Map Corps volunteered geographic information project.

The Post Brewing Co. in Lafayette, above, will host Jack's Block Party Aug. 3 to benefit the Autism Society of Boulder County.

Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort has launched a virtual website that allows guests to see and explore views from the various guest rooms available at the resort before they book.

The Virgin Islands Legislature and its 15 members, called senators, have duties and powers that are either specifically stated or implied in the Revised Organic Act of 1954 and the V.I. Code.

Four convenience stores in the territory have reached a settlement with the federal government after allegations that the stores unlawfully traded food stamp benefits for cash.

In the new novel Land of Love and Drowning , the Virgin Islands and the ocean around them make for a magical setting.

'Land of Love and Drowning,'' Tiphanie Yanique's debut novel, is a saga, though not strictly speaking a generational one.

Today the U.S. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority and Vitol Virgin Islands Corporation announced the arrival of the first shipment of eight empty LPG storage tanks.

The latest Kids Count report takes a look at trends affecting the territory's children during a 20 year period, finding some disturbing trends but also showing some positive signs for the future of Virgin Islands youth.

Daily News Photo by AISHA-ZAKIYA BOYD Supporters of gay marriage hold up signs in protest during an anti-gay marriage rally Thursday morning in Emancipation Garden, St. Thomas.

Wayne James, fashion designer, lawyer, former US Virgin Islands senator, historian, and author of the soon-to-be released book on men's manners, Manly Manners: Lifestyle and Etiquette for the Young Man of the 21st Century, has been invited to deliver the keynote address at the October 11-12, 2014, conference in Oslo, Norway.

Honeymoon Bay and Solomon Bay are among the beaches that see little foot traffic on airport-less St. John, a short ferry ride from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

All four men on trial for the armed robbery of the Imperial Jewelry Store were convicted by a federal jury late Wednesday afternoon.

More than a dozen board members and officials of the V.I. Water and Power Authority were on hand Wednesday morning for the arrival of the first eight of 18 liquid propane gas storage tanks being delivered to the territory.

The Obama administration is coming under fire for once again making a unilateral change to ObamaCare -- this time, quietly exempting the five U.S. territories and their more than 4 million residents from virtually all major provisions of the health care law.

Sen. Terrence Nelson once again is pushing for a ballot referendum involving marijuana, this time to get voters' opinions about legalizing medical marijuana in the territory.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

Delegate to Congress candidate Stacey Plaskett sent this photo, taken by her husband, to local media and claims a man she says is a Bureau of Corrections inmate is erecting a tent for opponent Sen. Shawn-Michael Malone's campaign on Dec. 29 at Randall "Doc" James Racetrack on St. Croix.