ST. THOMAS — One Communications, the territory’s leading telecommunications provider, has announced that its St. Thomas retail location at Tutu Park Mall will remain closed today, February 10. The closure follows an overnight security incident…
FREDERIKSTED — Frustration mounted across St. Croix and St. Thomas today as residents woke up to “SOS” icons on their screens and dead silence on their lines, following reports of a rolling network outage affecting…
ST. CROIX — Government House Communications Director Richard Motta delivered a triple-shot of updates Monday, covering a new crackdown on off-duty police conduct, the upcoming Agrifest weekend, and a mea culpa from WAPA following the…
While some people are busy complaining about the news cycle, the VIPD Economic Crime Unit has been busy tracking a different kind of “entrepreneur.” Jeffrey T. Howard, 65, is currently cooling his heels at the…
By JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff While the rest of the territory was hitting the “snooze” button, the earth north of the British Virgin Islands was clearing its throat. A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck the…
By GrokGuest Contributor, Virgin Islands Free PressFebruary 2026 Artificial intelligence isn’t hype anymore—it’s infrastructure. In early 2026, we’re seeing models capable of small scientific discoveries (per OpenAI’s own projections), with bigger ones on the horizon…
FREDERIKSTED — In a town where the arrival of a Navy cruiser like the USS Gettysburg usually signals a boost in local spirits, a different kind of shock is hitting residents where it hurts most:…
By JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff ST. CROIX — Sources close to the 2026 Gubernatorial race have confirmed to the V.I. Free Press that Delegate Stacey Plaskett is preparing to abandon her seat in Washington…
ST. CROIX — Last week at Davos, Elon Musk joked about buying “pieces” of Greenland. This morning, we have a different proposition for the man who wants to die on Mars: Try living on St.…
By JOHN McCARTHY /V.I. Free Press Staff CHRISTIANSTED — In the pre-dawn darkness of January 20, 2026, the Caribbean Sea became a theater of high-stakes enforcement as U.S. special operations forces seized the M/T Sagitta.…