WTJX NEWSFEED

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Facing financial strain due to a reduction in federal funding, VIDE shifts the pay of specialized workers to the local budget. Authorities have identified the man whose body was discovered in the lagoon between Red Hook and Sapphire Beach on Sunday morning. A 20-year-old St. Croix man is facing multiple criminal charges following his arrest in connection to a shooting incident earlier this year. We speak with VIFEMS Director Antonio Stevens while he attends the 2025 Caribbean Association of Fire Chiefs Conference in Negril, Jamaica. Listen to these stories and more.

Monday, May 12, 2025

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Police have launched an investigation following a body being pulled from the water in St. Thomas. Health officials are urging residents to vaccinate against measles as U.S. cases surge. Attorney General Gordon Rhea has issued a statement explaining the recent decision to move for the dismissal of charges against the two cousins charged in the 2022 homicides of Stacie Schjang and Arnold Jarvis Jr. We speak with VIDE Director of Communications Shayla Solomon, who responds to concerns following Friday’s bomb threat at BCB.  Listen to these stories and more.

Friday, May 9, 2025

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: A bomb threat at the Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School on St. Thomas resulted in students being dismissed early today. In preparation for leatherback hatchlings, Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue and the St. Croix Sea Turtle Project are holding a beach cleanup this Sunday. Lawmakers advance three of the governor’s nominees to varying boards in the territory. Former CAHS principal, Alcede Edwards, filed a motion to dismiss all claims against him in the federal lawsuit brought by a former student who says he was a victim of Alfredo Bruce Smith and accuses the former principal of negligence and complicity. Listen to these stories and more.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: National Nurses Week prompts Senator Ray Fonseca, chairman of the Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services, to reflect on the lack of nursing resources available for the territory’s aging population. The man who was shot and killed near Emancipation Garden on St. Thomas on Sunday has been identified as 26-year-old Dion Williams. And we speak with Averil George, Human Services commissioner, about the relocation of residents at the Queen Louise Home for the Aged to allow for long overdue repairs to the facility. Listen to these stories and more. 

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: A woman is suing the Carambola Zip Line on St. Croix following a mid-air collision last November that resulted in the Coast Guard airlifting her from the scene by helicopter. A federal judge hears an update on the discovery process in the bribery case against former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and former Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal. And we speak with Kayla Blincow Israel, a professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, about a new report that warns of record breaking sargassum levels arriving in the territory. Listen to these stories and more. 

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The University of the Virgin Islands and its Research and Technology Park broke ground on a new solar farm and teaching array on their St. Croix campus. After receiving numerous consumer complaints, DLCA Commissioner Nathalie Hodge warns businesses of the penalties for imposing illegal credit card processing surcharges. And a man on St. Thomas remains in custody following his arrest on J’ouvert morning, after he was discovered with an unlicensed firearm tucked in his waistband during the early morning festivities. Listen to these stories and more. 

Monday, May 5, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Current acting commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, Vincent Roberts, has officially been nominated to serve as the department’s next Commissioner. Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. addresses the two fatal shootings that took place within 24 hours of each other on St. Thomas this weekend. And May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We speak with Renan Steele, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health, about the department’s efforts to erase the stigma attached to mental illness in the territory. Listen to these stories and more. 

Thursday, May 1, 2025

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: We speak with Senator Avery Lewis, who was part of a VI delegation that traveled to Puerto Rico to discuss the VA’s potential cuts by the Trump administration and create a contingency plan for local veterans' health care.  Morris Anselmi, a government witness in the federal case against Davidson and Sasha Charlemagne, has admitted under oath that he hopes to receive benefits in his own fraud case in exchange for testifying against the married couple. A woman has been arrested following a domestic violence incident on St. Thomas. Listen to these stories and more.