More than two years after Laurance S. Rockefeller’s beloved resort at Virgin Islands National Park was heavily damaged by back-to-back hurricanes, the once-idyllic retreat’s operators are “grossly underinsured” and being sued over an unpaid $217,416 construction bill.

Tropical Storm Karen's approach to the U.S. Virgin Islands led to the suspension of the search for a missing Kentucky woman at Virgin Islands National Park.

Concerns over the harm many of today's sunscreens can have on coral reefs have prompted the U.S. Virgin Islands government to ban the importation, sale, and possession of any sunscreen product that contains the active ingredients of oxybenzone, octinoxate, or octocrylene. The ban could help the reefs that surround Virgin Islands National Park, Buck Island Reef, and other National Park System reefs there.

Nearly two years since a one-two hurricane punch pounded Virgin Islands National Park and ravaged the high-end Caneel Bay Resort, secrecy shrouds not just the future of the resort but the environmental condition of its grounds.