Internet connections in the Virgin Islands are less than half the speed of the average U.S. mainland connections, according to data collected in the government's $1.3 million broadband mapping project.

"The University of the Virgin Islands is on a journey, on a quest, for greatness," newly inaugurated UVI President David Hall told a cheering crowd as the rain fell down at the Reichhold Center for the Arts on Saturday night.

Daily News Photo by AARON GRAY Michelle Jackson asks the panel a question Wednesday at the Retroactive Wage Commission public forum at Charlotte Amalie High School.

The hot topic yesterday was Retro a ' the wages owed to some government employees who were promised raises more than a decade ago but were never paid.

The University of the Virgin Islands has two new faculty members who are experts in the management of natural resources.

The University of the Virgin Islands will be busy in March. A monthlong series of events has been planned to celebrate the university's founding and officially inaugurate its new president, David Hall.

The territory's archivists are making plans to hold on to V.I. history by preserving the pages that tell it.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Darnley Petersen, 8, pets a Flemish giant rabbit Saturday afternoon at Ag Fair.

Government: All local and federal offices are closed. Schools: Public, parochial and private schools are closed.

Daily News Photo by ALDETH LEWIN V.I. Education Commissioner LaVerne Terry and guest speaker Russell Rumberger from the University of California at Santa Barbara led a conference on dropout prevention Tuesday.

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Dr. Prince Ramsey speaks Friday at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Daniel Hogue grew up on a cattle ranch near Topeka, Kan., spent five years in the Army and, seven years ago this month, married a civil engineer from Ukraine whom he calls "walking sunshine." After graduating in 1975 with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he helped start a company that sells contact lenses, dabbled in the ...

Good News from Dept. of Tourism and Bureau of Economic Research - tourism numbers from November 2009 are up.

Virgin Islanders now have a way to track the weather of five unique microclimates in the territory.

The University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park board received updates Wednesday on a St.

Daily News Photos by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Members of Central High JROTC participate Monday morning in the 17th annual Dr.

Not only could an earthquake like the one that struck Haiti on Tuesday happen in the Virgin Islands, seismologists say one day it probably will.

Senate got to grill Alpine energy yesterday. Senators asked Alpine officials questions for ten hours.

A standing-room-only crowd gathered Monday evening and listened as residents lined up to pose questions about a petroleum coke and waste-to-energy plant project that has sparked controversy.

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Cars travel through rain Friday morning near the University of the Virgin Islands on St.