WTJX NEWSFEED

WTJX NEWSFEED: March 19, 2024

By Isabelle Teare

Published March 19, 2024 at 5:15 PM AST

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, we speak with Crucian jockey Julio “Maganja” Felix who marks a career milestone at Turfway Park in Kentucky, amassing 3,500 victories. Senator Marvin Blyden discusses the recent tour of eight St. Thomas housing communities and the maintenance issues plaguing them. Director of the Virgin Islands Energy Office, Kyle Fleming, discusses the solar projects underway on St. Croix, and how they will benefit the residents of all three islands. And Joseph Greaux Jr., an 8th grader from Eulalie Rivera pre-k through 8 school wins the 51st annual territorial spelling bee. Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare

Isabelle Teare is the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of WTJX. She also serves as a multi-media journalist for the System – writing print stories, reporting for the radio NewsFeed, and hosting <i>Trial Watch</i>, a live online program that covers high-profile cases in the territory. Isabelle is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Born in Brooklyn but raised on St. Thomas since the age of seven, she attended and graduated from Antilles School before moving to Washington, D.C., where she earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies. Originally planning to pursue a career in law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before deciding to follow her passion for storytelling.

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