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Bohlke, Snow tops in St. Croix International Marathon --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

ST. CROIX - With a moonlit sky in the wee hours of the morning, a group of long distance runners took to the roads in historic Frederiksted on Sunday in the eighth St. Croix International Marathon.

Measure seeks 'heritage' designation for St. Croix --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

ST. CROIX - Representatives from various community organizations turned out on Monday to support a bill that would have the 28th Legislature petitioning Congress, seeking a National Heritage Area designation for St. Croix.

Local artists help St. Croix's animals --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

ST. CROIX - The Sunshine Foundation is using art to raise funds to help put an end to animal overpopulation on the island.

$404,000 grant to study St. Croix's trees --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

The nonprofit V.I. Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. has received a federal grant to map and inventory all the trees on St. Croix situated along public roadways to reduce hazards from the trees in storms or wildfires.

So St. Croix So Hot!!!!!

Sis Boom Day Dreams (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

I feel like the luckiest girl alive!!!! The show was stupendous!! Once again your loyalty triggered a well of emotions as I choked back tears! You actually read my blog and show up to say hello and spread handmade love....

St. Croix, Wis., county board is downsizing after fall vote

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Gas prices creep higher on St. Croix and St. John --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Retail gasoline prices inched up slightly on St. Croix and St. John over the Thanksgiving holiday week, while the cost of gas stayed flat on St. Thomas.

Holiday Hope fundraiser slated tonight on St. Croix --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Crucians will get a chance to party with a purpose tonight at the fourth annual Holiday Hope Benefit at the Palms at Pelican Cove.

Attorney general endorses measure targeting child pornography --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

ST. CROIX - The V.I. Justice Department firmly supports a bill that would enact the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act, senators were told on Monday.

Guest editorial -- Fascinating history and sights of Reef Bay, St. John

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Recently I assisted our local PBS television crew on an adventure to the island of St. John, where Anil Bruce and his crew from St. Croix and St. Thomas were in for a journey of a lifetime exploring the V.I. National Park.

Lack of quorum delays action on two education bills -- Senators hear testimony on cultural curriculum, use of test results, paramedic training

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

ST. CROIX - The Senate Committee on Education, Youth and Culture heard testimony on two education bills Monday but did not take action on them because the committee lacked a quorum.

Guest editorial -- Call it what it is: V.I. landfills are 'dumps,' and Alpine's plants will be 'incinerators'

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The economic prosperity of the 1960s ushered in a new era in the Virgin Islands. A new middle class emerged and scores of residents bought new, affordable homes in Bordeaux, Estate Tutu, Bovoni and Nadir on St. Thomas while their Crucian counterparts bought in Mon Bijou and similar developments on St. Croix.

Parade gets Festival under way --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

ST. CROIX - The Old Time Traditional Parade officially launched the Crucian Christmas Festival on Saturday. The event drew thousands to Christiansted.

3,000 plants seized, 25 people detained in five-day marijuana eradication effort --

Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

One St. Croix man was arrested, 25 people were detained and thousands of marijuana plants uprooted during a five-day drug eradication operation on St. Croix.

As feds closed in, Allen Stanford scrambled to keep fraud secret, money flowing

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- With federal agents mounting a probe into his offshore bank, billionaire Allen Stanford drove up a dirt road, hauling records from his headquarters to the top of a lush, tropical mountain.