CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas Rescue emergency personnel responded quickly to a person drowning at Sapphire Beach at 12:30 p.m. today. “Our officers were notified by VITEMA control of CPR in progress at Sapphire Beach,…
SAN JUAN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division formally commissioned Task Force Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in a ceremony at the historic Fort Castillo San Cristóbal in the heart of…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two people were injured after a “pump” truck overturned in Mandahl on St. Thomas Monday morning. Officers, emergency personnel and Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) unit inspectors were dispatched to Estate…
CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Virgin Islands suffers some of the worst rates of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in the United States. With more than 40 percent of healthcare positions vacant, the territory also experiences significant health care…
AUSTIN — The first human patient received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company’s billionaire founder Elon Musk said. Elon Musk said Monday on X that his company…
CHRISTIANSTED — Work to restore the Altona Lagoon Bridge foundation began on Monday with pile driving operations, the Public Works Department announced. In a press release, the Public Works Department stated that the work will…
WASHINGTON — An Indian national pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy that spawned a drug trafficking network which used the dark web to conceal its illicit activities, the U.S. Department of…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 4.9 magnitude earthquake rattled the territory at 4:00 p.m. today, but it was too weak to create any damage nor initiate any kind of tsunami. According to USGS, the earthquake struck…
PHILIPSBURG (AP) — A new joint currency will be launched this year for the Dutch Caribbean constituent countries of Curacao and Sint Maarten more than a decade after they became autonomous within the Kingdom of…
HAVANA (AP) — A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military commission said. However, under…