Skipping the flights to San Juan? The St. Croix Sun rounds up the top on-island summer camps and academic enrichment programs for local high schoolers for the 2026 season, including UVI's residential Summer Bridge and film production tracks.

The FBI San Juan Field Office has opened its doors for the 2026 Teen Academy. High school students (grades 9–12) can apply for this exclusive, hands-on summer program running July 7–11, featuring real SWAT, cybercrime, and evidence tracking scenarios. Applications are due by June 1, 2026.

When Elon Musk’s high-stakes legal battle against OpenAI unsealed early corporate financials in a California federal court, the tech world braced for impact. Nobody expected the fallout to land directly on the landscape of Big Ten football recruitment. The St. Croix Sun goes "Direct-to-Dockets" to expose how a rare, early-stage $20 million bet by the University of Michigan endowment transformed into a projected $2 billion corporate windfall—and how a massive $500 million portion of that tech treasure is quietly bypassing the NCAA to build an unstoppable NIL war chest under new head coach Kyle Whittingham.

Severe weather advisories are active for the U.S. Virgin Islands this Memorial Day. The National Weather Service has implemented a Wind Advisory through 8:00 PM tonight, warning of hazardous gusts up to 38 mph. Concurrently, a High Rip Current Risk and Small Craft Advisory make the surf zone highly dangerous. Looking ahead, a tropical moisture surge hits tomorrow, leading into a heavy pulse of Saharan dust and extreme heat indices over 100°F later this week. Read the full text breakdown and secure your property today.

Local plant enthusiasts are tracking a pair of rare, massive Night-Blooming Cereus buds preparing to open along the Christiansted harbor overlook guardrail for a single evening performance.

Eighty local mothers gathered at UVI for the 3rd Annual Mothers Matter Empowerment Event, sharing an active day of sound healing, emotional boundary setting, and mutual inspiration under the theme "Rooted in Radiance."

St. Thomas native Aliyah Boston delivered a dominant performance for the Indiana Fever, racking up 20 points and 16 rebounds in a 90-82 victory over the Golden State Valkyries, marking her 42nd career double-double.

A haunting visual look at the final resting place of Reynisha Juanita Rivera at Kingshill Cemetery grounds a deep "Direct-to-Dockets" analysis of the VIDOJ plea deal that allowed her co-defendant, Estefani Rodriguez, to walk free with all murder charges dismissed with prejudice.

A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through Tuesday morning as a strong Atlantic high-pressure system drives 20-knot winds and 7-foot seas across local waters. Plus, track the shifting tropical moisture and a plume of Saharan dust heading for the USVI later this week.

While WAPA's executive team was 1,500 miles away in Milwaukee gladhanding over newly tested emergency generator units earmarked for St. John, reality bit hard at home. A total system failure at the Richmond Power Plant plunged all of St. Croix into an island-wide blackout on Saturday afternoon. As core circuits were prioritized, historic Frederiksted Town on the fragile Feeder 8B was left to bake in the heat for nearly an hour—highlighting the stark, unresolved contrast between polished utility public relations and the threadbare infrastructure of the "toothpick grid.

"Castro’s Cuba is Buying Up Dollars Faster Than Scarface’s Tony Montana Ever Could."

While Washington attempts to apply its Venezuela regime-change blueprint to the Straits of Florida, an investigative deep dive by the St. Croix Sun reveals why Havana remains a corporate garrison state. Leaked financial ledgers expose GAESA—the multi-billion dollar conglomerate run by the Cuban military—which hoards hard currency, controls 70% of the economy, and builds luxury resorts while everyday citizens face historic blackouts and food rationing. We break down what this Caribbean shadow economy means for regional stability, maritime borders, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A dense plume of tropical moisture is bringing triple-digit heat indices (100°F–105°F) and an active shower pattern to St. Croix for the holiday weekend. Combined with choppy offshore seas and a moderate rip current risk at north- and east-facing beaches, residents and visitors are urged to exercise caution during outdoor and marine activities.

The Lead: DPNR has released its weekly beach water quality report for May 22, 2026. Great Cruz Bay on St. John has been red-flagged due to high bacteria counts, while all beaches on St. Croix are listed as "unknown" after DPNR failed to collect samples. Read the full weekend safe-swimming guide.

The Lead: Following the dramatic escalation of charges against Saidah Harley in St. Croix Superior Court, The St. Croix Sun delivers an exclusive legal analysis of Attorney General Gordon Rhea’s aggressive prosecutorial strategy. Discover how the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice engineered a bulletproof legal box using the felony murder rule, completely stripping the defense of standard "escape hatches" and permanently shifting the landscape of local domestic violence prosecutions.

In a massive escalation from initial police reports, St. Croix dockets reveal that Saidah Harley was formally hit with First-Degree Felony Murder and Grand Larceny charges in court this morning. Read The St. Croix Sun's exclusive breaking coverage detailing the violent downtown Christiansted car attack, the stolen backpack that triggered it, and Harley's extensive history of domestic violence arrests.

The Virgin Islands Police Department is requesting immediate public assistance to locate missing 14-year-old Ryley Hull. New citizen sightings from yesterday afternoon have placed the teenager on foot with a friend along a specific commercial corridor in St. Thomas. Read the full community alert for the exact timeline, specific locations, and physical descriptions to help keep the community alert before the holiday weekend begins.

The Lead: A powerful mid-level ridge is keeping the Caribbean breezy and beautiful for the start of the holiday weekend, but an approaching upper-level trough is set to remix the rhythm by Memorial Day. Discover how shifting upper-air patterns will impact the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, bringing a transition from sunny, high-velocity winds to deep tropical downpours just in time for the holiday finale.

A newly released VIPD booking report has shattered previous timelines surrounding the East Street highway shooting. Kenny O. Rogers, 44, officially surrendered to police on May 20, 2026—nine months after the initial August 2025 domestic shooting that left a woman critically injured. Facing a newly expanded list of charges, including two counts of First-Degree Attempted Murder, Rogers' defense attorney successfully secured his immediate release from custody hours after his surrender, bypassing pre-hearing detention. The St. Croix Sun delivers an unfiltered look at a timeline that has stunned local observers.

A tracking alert from a local utility company led to the recovery of a stolen commercial vehicle and the subsequent arrest of 54-year-old Burton Fahie on St. Thomas. Police tracked the GPS coordinates of the vehicle from its unauthorized movement on April 30 to a stationary location at Nadir Hill. Following a multi-week investigation, VIPD detectives apprehended Fahie on Veterans Drive, charging him with unauthorized vehicle use and possession of stolen property ahead of his pending Advice of Rights hearing.

A sudden regulatory bottleneck has disrupted maritime shipments between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Government House confirmed that the cargo vessel Water Spirit was hit with U.S. Coast Guard warnings and fines after a private marina expansion by Safe Harbor forced the boat to load at an alternative dock, encroaching upon a federally protected navigable waterway. While Governor Albert Bryan Jr. insists the vessels are not explicitly banned, operations remain halted until independent marine surveys can verify channel clearance. The St. Croix Sun examines the maritime filings behind the territory's latest supply chain disruption.