The Virgin Islands Legislature has passed the 2026 Second Amendment Rights and Public Safety Act, establishing strict new prohibitions on ghost guns, large-capacity magazines, and the carrying of firearms in public "sensitive places" such as schools, hospitals, and large festivals.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Monday that the average hourly wage in the USVI stands at $25.35, falling more than $8 behind the national average of $33.54. Top-paying local sectors include legal and management, while hospitality desk clerks remain four times more prevalent here than on the mainland.

Elvet Carty-Connor was arrested at Magen's Bay Beach during the "King of the Wings" festival after repeatedly backhanding his girlfriend in full view of crowds and stage performers. He is being held without bail on domestic violence charges.

Jeffrey Lewis was booked on $75,000 bail Saturday morning after plowing through a red light on Veterans Drive. A subsequent vehicle search revealed marijuana and a hidden FNS-9C 9mm handgun tucked inside a backpack.

A Special Operations Bureau traffic stop on St. John led to the arrest of Yariel Guerrero-Roble after tactical units discovered a high-caliber Glock 21 pistol and multiple loaded extended magazines hidden inside an Acura MDX trunk.

St. Thomas resident Elvis Frederick was arrested early Friday morning at the Beehive Strip Club after allegedly threatening security and resisting arrest. Officers recovered a fully loaded, chambered Sig Sauer 9mm pistol from his waistband and a secondary extended magazine from his pocket.

St. Thomas resident J'Hmkai M. Boyd was arrested Friday afternoon in Savan after a report of shots fired led detectives to discover a loaded silver-and-black Astra pistol in his waistband. Court documents show Boyd was carrying the weapon within 415 feet of the Jane E. Tuitt Elementary School, claiming to officers he found it in the gut.

On the GOES-19 satellite imagery we can see that a massive, thick blanket of gray Saharan dust is sitting heavily over the Atlantic, pushing right towards the northeastern Caribbean. It acts like a literal shield, choking out any major storm development and keeping everything dry, hazy, and hot. Meanwhile, a tropical wave is clearly visible, tracking safely and far to our south over the South American mainland.

Complete court logs from the USVI C-Track portal show Jared Beagles drove his own defense discovery and compliance filings to secure a total dismissal with prejudice from the DOJ following a chaotic December domestic incident on King Cross Street.

A grueling independent audit of the territory’s 2026 bloodshed reveals an indictment-level reality for the Virgin Islands Police Department. Of the 17 homicides recorded across St. Croix and St. Thomas this year, the VIPD’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has achieved a near-total blackout on proactive arrests—leaving grieving families waiting on an agency that seems far more adept at riding around in air-conditioned SUVs than solving capital crimes.

A devastating incident at the "Skeleton Bridge" in São Paulo, Brazil, has exposed the lethal dangers of unregulated adventure tourism. The tragic death of 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas—witnessed by her fiancé—serves as a stark, urgent cautionary tale for Caribbean tourism hubs where extreme excursions operate under the illusion of digital-age safety.

In the wake of the tragic shooting of 15-year-old Tre’Vante Etienne in Savan, a grieving mother’s plea to break the wall of silence marks a pivotal turning point for St. Thomas. As the territory mourns, the community looks toward a new day of transparency, accountability, and collective healing.

While a VIPD public notice highlighted a major "sexual assault investigation" stemming from a March incident at Waffle Burger in Christiansted, newly obtained Superior Court dockets tell a completely different story. Discover how the state's highest felony charge was quietly thrown out by a judge for a lack of probable cause before an arrest was even made, leaving the defendant facing only minor misdemeanors.

Launching our premier Consumer Corner column, the Sun News exposes how corporate shrinkflation is punishing healthy, heart-smart shoppers on St. Croix. See how Sabra's quiet 20% hummus tub reduction strips purchasing power from local families while the DLCA remains missing in action.

Using NOAA’s latest GOES-19 satellite imagery, the Sun News Weather Desk breaks down how a massive Atlantic high-pressure engine is driving Saharan dust directly over our beaches. Discover how the Caribbean's weather remains deeply connected to the U.S. mainland this weekend, keeping storm fronts safely at bay while locking in a hazy, breezy, and sun-drenched summer sizzle.

Over 30 years after hosting its first World Cup, the USMNT ignited a national fever pitch with a historic 4-1 dismantling of Paraguay in LA. Behind a brilliant 26-pass stoppage-time goal and a Balogun brace, this squad is playing with a "Miracle on Ice" level of team chemistry that has the country believing a legendary run is underway.

An urgent environmental health alert tracking the Department of Planning and Natural Resources' latest coastal water quality monitoring logs . While eighteen territory shorelines successfully passed statutory safety metrics , a severe bacterial contamination spike has closed a major northern St. Thomas surf hub —and an administrative blackout has left the entire island of St. Croix completely unmonitored ahead of the weekend.

A hard-hitting investigative report tracking the regional fallout of SpaceX’s historic $75 billion public debut on the Nasdaq. As Elon Musk ascends as the world’s first paper trillionaire with a staggering $1.77 trillion corporate valuation, the St. Croix Sun News pulls the federal dockets to expose the quiet infrastructure hegemony anchoring itself across the Caribbean Basin—and the steep environmental trade-offs left in its wake.

A physical altercation over an infant falling from a bed escalated into a violent chokehold and a public manhunt on St. Croix. Kenrick "Kenny" Duinkerk, 34, was tracked down and arrested by VIPD officers at a local gas station after allegedly strangling and threatening to kill the mother of his children. Duinkerk was remanded to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility and dragged into the Superior Court in Kingshill for his Advice of Rights hearing. Read the full direct-to-dockets breakdown of the domestic violence charges, the victim's documented injuries, and the suspect's criminal history.

A St. Thomas man with a history of theft is back in custody after allegedly targeting a local restaurant twice in one week. Police tracked the suspect to the Windward Passage Hotel, but not before the stolen bounty of lobster, shrimp, and steak was reportedly distributed throughout the local community. Here is the breakdown of the latest Court Watch.