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WTJX NEWSFEED: January 23, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published January 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM AST

Pictured: Overflowing sewage on 1st Avenue

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, WMA officials point to a collapsed manhole as the cause of sewage overflow on 1st Avenue over the past few weeks. We speak with Office of Disaster Recovery Director Adrienne Williams-Octalien following FEMA awards of over $2 billion to replace the wastewater facilities in the STT/STJ district. The US government seeks to delay sentencing David Whitaker to 2026. Listen to these stories and more.

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Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas is the Radio News Reporter for WTJX-FM, 93.1. Born and raised on St. Croix, Ventura-Douglas graduated from the University of the Virgin Islands, where she received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. While at UVI, she worked in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone before beginning her career in radio. Ventura-Douglas fell in love with radio growing up, when she and her father would spend every morning and afternoon listening to local radio news legend, Alvin G. After leaving Senator Malone's office, she became the program director of Vivid Streaming. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer. Soon after, she was tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to present an evening news. She is passionate about bringing radio news to the Virgin Islands community through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00pm on 93.1 FM and available online, on demand.<br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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