WTJX NEWSFEED

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Senator Marvin Blyden following the inaugural Innovative Housing Construction Summit, where more than 600 Virgin Islanders explored new affordable building technologies and strategies to cut construction costs and expand homeownership. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. nominated Magistrate Judge Venetia Harvey Velazquez to the Superior Court for the St. Croix District. Travis Lawrence, the man accused of a violent June assault on his elderly neighbor, 76-year-old Denston Bacchus, has been charged with murder after Bacchus died from injuries in September. Listen to these stories and more.

Monday, November 3, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Nigel O. Hodge Foundation has made a donation to the Schneider Regional Medical Center for new equipment to treat newborns with jaundice. A St. Thomas man was arrested in the early morning hours after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend in the leg. DHS and DOF mailed out nearly 11,000 locally funded SNAP relief checks due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, now in its 33rd day. DPNR announced the reopening of the Queen Conch harvest season running until June 1, 2026. Listen to these stories and more.

Friday, October 31, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Authorities in the British Virgin Islands are conducting a manhunt for two escaped prisoners — Jose Almestica and John Burgos — who escaped His Majesty’s Prison. Lawmakers engaged in a heated debate during Legislative session over a previously circulated amendment by Senator Carla Jospeh that seeks to divert a portion of the $5 million reprogrammed for the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack. Two men were arrested at Cyril E. King Airport by federal authorities after over 100 pounds of marijuana was found in their luggage. Listen to these stories and more.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Lawmakers approved a bill that extends the deadlines and increases funding for the Sixth Constitutional Convention. A St. Croix man has been arrested on attempted murder, rape and multiple domestic violence charges after he allegedly strangled his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of Pueblo La Reine. Senator Kurt Vialet is calling on gas station owners across the territory to lower fuel prices, urging compassion to those struggling under the federal government shutdown and a temporary suspension of SNAP benefits. Listen to these stories and more.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Defense attorney Pamela Colon, who represents Sasha Charlemagne in her ongoing federal fraud case, has informed the court that she will be on medical leave and unavailable until February 2026. Senators on the Committee on Health, Hospitals, and Human Services voted unanimously to advance an amendment to the Caregivers Leave Act, that would expand paid leave for eligible government employees to handle caregiving responsibilities. Attorney General Gordon Rhea has joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general calling on Congress to close a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill that allows the sale of unregulated, intoxicating hemp-derived THC products. Listen to these stories and more. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Lawmakers advanced legislation allowing government employees to run for political office without taking a leave of absence. We speak with Stewart Beckford, Commissioner of Jamaica’s Fire Brigade as Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the island’s western coast today as a Category 5 storm. Police on St. Thomas arrested two women following a domestic disturbance in Lindbergh Bay. The victim reported that the women broke into her home, assaulted her, and stole her belongings. Listen to these stories and more.

Monday, October 27, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with St. Thomas Social partner and executive chef, Sunil Sharma, as the restaurant offers up to three free meals a day to anyone with a valid SNAP card during the federal government shutdown. Police on St. Croix arrested husband and wife — Elliot and Omayra Navarro — as suspects in the sexual assault of a 7-year-old child. A St. Thomas man was arrested for drunk driving after crashing into a utility pole on Magens Bay Road Friday morning which triggered a series of cascading outages across St. Thomas and St. John. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced $2 million to expand the VI Slice Moderate Income Homeownership Program as funding nears exhaustion. Listen to these stories and more.

Friday, October 24, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Senator Ray Fonseca who is urging a Chapter 9 restructuring or possible federal takeover of WAPA, citing the utility providers mounting debt, frequent blackouts in the STT/STJ district and years of mismanagement. A St. Thomas woman is facing federal drug trafficking charges after Homeland Security agents intercepted a methamphetamine-filled package mailed from California and later found multiple narcotics and drug packaging material inside her home. Separately, federal agents arrested a man with a history of marijuana distribution charges at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport after finding nearly eight pounds of the drug hidden in his luggage during a Customs inspection of a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale. Listen to these stories and more.