WTJX NEWSFEED

Monday, July 8, 2024

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, a man has been shot and killed at Brewers Bay on St. Thomas, marking the territory’s 16^thhomicide of the year. A judge has doubled the initial bail amount for the man who admitted to shooting a mother and her minor daughter at the Candido Guadeloupe Terrace housing community on St. Croix. French Heritage Week kicks off throughout the territory. And the third annual emancipation art exhibition on St. Croix celebrates “Blackfullness.” Listen to these stories and more. 

Friday, July 5, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio News Feed: 
[00:49] A man on St. Croix has been arrested after shooting a mother and her daughter. 
[06:09] Members of IAM Local 2725, who work for the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, have voted to authorize a strike.
[13:46] We speak with Dr. Tai Hunte-Ceasar, Chief Medical Officer for the VI Department of Health, following reports that residents received $2.25 million in medical services from the DoD’s Innovative Readiness Training Program. 
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio News Feed: 
[05:24] The St. Thomas/St. John Police Week Committee will be hosting a Memorial Lantern Release on July 4th in honor of Detective Delberth Phipps Jr. 
[12:56] We speak with the Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery, Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien, about the first-time homebuyer’s assistance program called "Own a Lot, Build a Home." 
[19:18] Uca's Kitchen & Rastafarian Cultural Center will be hosting a 176th Emancipation Day Commemoration event at Buddhoe Park in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Listen to these stories and more.

Monday, July 1, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:

[00:47] Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announces St. Thomas native, Craig Benjamin, as the new Director for the Bureau of School Construction and Maintenance.  

[06:19] Lawmakers vote to name the visitor’s center at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility on St. Croix after longtime community leader, Claire Lorraine Browne Roker.  

[12:22] We speak with Positive Nelson, who is organizing the 24th annual Fort-to-Fort Emancipation Day walk on St. Croix.

[16:11] We speak with Kendell Henry from the Ten Sleepless Knights, as they prepare to hold their Emancipation Day celebration events beginning tomorrow.    

Listen to these stories and more. 

Friday, June 28, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:
[03:02] Attorneys for Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, have filed a motion to dismiss her from the civil suit brought against the VI Government by victims of Jeffrey Epstein. 
[04:29] We speak with Department of Health Medical Director Tai Hunte-Ceasar, following reports of an increase in dengue in the territory and hospitalizations from the COVID-19 virus. 
[09:07] A man has been taken into custody today after attempting to evade officers by jumping off the waterfront apron on St. Thomas. 
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Thursday, June 27, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:
[06:29] We speak with Matthew Berry, a Port Authority harbor pilot, who rescued a man who was drifting on a capsized boat for several days. 
[00:50] Waste Management Authority Executive Director, Roger Merritt Jr., responds to senators' inquiry about a reported employee job action.  
[09:13] The Department of Public Works came under heavy criticism from lawmakers during a Finance Committee hearing regarding overgrown vegetation.
[12:45] A man is arrested on St. Croix after firing a warning shot at another man who he felt looked at him in a disparaging manner.

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:
[00:58] Elroy Donovan Jr., president of the Virgin Islands Power Boat Racing Association, calls on the Division of Festivals to pay the St. Thomas Carnival boat race winners. 
[09: 27] Lawmakers fund a $3 million appropriation request made by the Department of Human Services for the Medicaid program. 
[12:07] Two brothers on St. Thomas are convicted by a federal jury on firearm charges. 
[18:31] The significant decrease in the DPNR's 2025 fiscal year budget request, will hinder them from hiring roughly 20 needed personnel according to Commissioner JP Oriol.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed:
[00:50] Members of the 35th Legislature vote to extend the local state of emergency related to the territory’s energy crisis.  
[05:42] We speak with representatives from the Judicial Branch of the Virgin Islands who are urging residents to respond to their jury duty summons. 
[11:19] Lawmakers learn that Water and Power Authority CEO, Andrew Smith, received a $50,000 bonus.
[19:51] The Virgin Islands Council of the Arts is hosting an Emancipation exhibit to celebrate Virgin Islands Freedom Week. 
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