July 3rd for most of the country is a day of preparation and travel for the Fourth of July. However, in the U.S. Virgin Islands the celebrations begin early. Emancipation Day is a very important part ...

Running a business in the U.S. Virgin Islands comes with its own unique set of challenges—and managing payments shouldn’t be one of them. That’s where Salty Locs steps in. Whether you operate a hotel, ...

News of St. John is a blog about the daily happenings of St. John, US Virgin Islands ...

Caneel Bay Resort was destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 and has remained closed to the public since then. These public comment periods are coordinated by the NATIONAL Park Service and ...

A door frame hangs in the tree at Gallows Point – Oct. 10, 2017 Hello everyone and happy Thursday! We’ve received a ton of questions regarding the status of the resorts on the island. Here is a quick ...

On Christopher Columbus’ first expedition in 1492, he encountered a peaceful, kind people on the Bahamian island of Guanahani which Columbus later named San Salvador. Of these Taino people, Columbus ...

We've created a local musician's catalog (in alphabetical order) to help you find exactly what you're looking for and to make bookings easier. This list is ...

A while back, I received a message from “the queen of the beach read” and best selling author Elin Hilderbrand. She reached out to me via Instagram to ensure that I had seen the story about ABC’s ...

Good Morning! I understand that it has been a struggle to find a rental car on St. John. Many companies on island may not come up in a Google search and we ...

A lot of you may not know this, but non-reef safe sunscreen is actually illegal in the USVI. In July of 2019, legislation was passed in the territory ...

Colin mapping the wreck site of Coral Bay 1 Over time, Leah and Colin had uncovered a multitude of pieces of the sunken ship, now categorized as Coral Bay 1. The discovery of the anchor of the vessel, ...

As you may know, hiking the Reef Bay Trail takes you on a journey back in time, past crumbling sugar mills, and onto an extraordinary window into St. John’s pre-Columbian past. If you’ve veered off ...