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Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, left, questions Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on February 27, 2019. Plaskett communicated via text message during the hearing with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender at the time, right.

Stacey Plaskett and Jeffrey Epstein: A Timeline

Tom Eader

Rep. Stacey Plaskett had years of contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from early campaign support to 2019 texts that sparked a failed censure effort.

Revelers dance to the sound of Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights as they tramp to WTJX during the first day of last year’s Crucian Christmas Foreday Serenade on December 23, 2024.

Crucian Christmas Foreday Serenade brings 20 years of joy, awakens unbreakable community spirit

Tom Eader

Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights and WTJX expand Crucian Christmas Foreday Serenade to three days for its 20th anniversary.

Op-Ed: Clarifying the Facts: Our Work, Our Vision, and Our Commitment to St. Croix

Mark Gelband

Mark Gelband is a "team member" of Prosperity Farm.

The USS Lake Erie is docked at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility in Frederiksted.

Navy ships provide economic boom for STX after Bryan administration reached out to address concerns

Tom Eader

Nearly blocked by security concerns, coordination among local and federal agencies made the Navy vessel visits possible, providing a boost to the local economy.

Jennifer Avila, owner of Cultured Delights, takes in the mouthwatering aroma while frying golden benyes she made using her shelf-stable Benye Bliss Mix at WTJX on St. Croix as her 6-year-old son, Robert Canton Jr., observes.

Crucian benyes just got easier to make as Jennifer Avila launches Benye Bliss Mix (video inside)

Tom Eader

St. Croix baker Jennifer Avila grows her Cultured Delights brand with launch of Benye Bliss Mix, a shelf-stable take on a beloved Crucian treat.

An old sign for Island Laundries, seen through the window of the damaged building that sits on Parcels Nos. 164 and 116 Submarine Base, St. Thomas.

Judge transfers Island Laundries case to Civil Division, complicating VIPA’s redevelopment timeline

Isabelle Teare

A judge transferred the eviction case between the GVI and Island Laundries to the Civil Division for litigation, ruling that the company had raised a colorable defense.

Members of the St. Croix Central High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps participate in the Veterans Day parade Tuesday on St. Croix.

Veterans Day marked across the Virgin Islands with parades, ceremonies

Tom Eader

St. Croix and St. Thomas honor those who served during Veterans Day ceremonies.

Island Laundries puts wrinkle in VIPA expansion plans; eviction case reveals faulty gov’t oversight

Isabelle Teare

Island Laundries eviction case exposes decades of lease violations and noncollection by gov’t. Subbase property needed for VIPA’s development plans with cruise line.

Wilbur Francis, Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs director of Enforcement, pours a drink in this October 25 promotion for Prosperity Farm Distillery.

Prosperity Farm fined for unlicensed bar as DLCA enforcement chief pours drinks at venue in promos

Tom Eader

Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs fines Prosperity Farm Distillery for operating without proper business license; distillery faces zoning issue.

Management and Budget Director Julio Rhymer stands in the back courtyard of the government’s newly purchased building on King Street in downtown Christiansted that now houses OMB and the Department of Finance.

GVI uses grant to buy historic C’sted building for OMB/Finance to cut costs, boost downtown activity

Tom Eader

Virgin Islands government buys historic Christiansted building to house OMB and Department of Finance in a move designed to cut costs and boost economic activity in town.