WTJX NEWSFEED: January 30, 2025

By Isabelle Teare

Published January 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM AST

Pictured: Kmart in Lockhart Gardens Shopping Center

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, the VIPD has a suspect in custody following a robbery at Kmart in Lockhart Gardens on St. Thomas. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett says certain federal funding remains frozen, despite the White House rescinding the directive which initiated the freeze. Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. says the territory’s gun policy has “totally failed,” suggesting that legal gun ownership should be made more accessible through regulated gun ranges and streamlined licensing procedures. And the St. Croix Historic Preservation Committee approves the $20 million FEMA funded project to convert the overhead utility lines along Queen Street in Christiansted to an underground system. Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare

Isabelle Teare is a new member of the WTJX team. She is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Raised on the island of St. Thomas since the age of seven, Isabelle 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 on pursuing a career in the law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before making the decision to pursue her passion for storytelling.

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