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WTJX NEWSFEED: September 18, 2025

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

Published September 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM AST

Pictured: A school bus drives along a flooded King Street in Christiansted town as the Department of Education waffled between keeping schools open or closed.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Heavy rainfall from a tropical wave caused flooding, school and office closures, power outages, and service disruptions today. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. spoke with WTJX about ongoing blackouts in the STT/STJ district, sharing that Wartsila engineers are working to make repairs as WAPA pushes to propane conversion. Lawmakers reviewed sharp increases in government health insurance costs, warnings about rising premiums, chronic illness impacting employees and retirees, as they debated the possibility of moving toward a self-funded model. Police on St. Croix arrested a man in connection with a domestic violence incident. 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. She was born and raised on the island of St. Croix, where her grandfather founded the historic newspaper, The St. Croix Avis. Marcellina earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of the Virgin Islands, also working in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone while she attended school. After leaving Malone's office, Marcellina went on to serve as program director of Vivid Streaming before working for the Virgin Islands National Guard as a Family Assistance Center Specialist from 2017 to 2018, where she supported service members and their families following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer, but was soon tapped to switch to WTJX-FM to deliver local evening news through the WTJX NewsFeed, airing every weekday at 5:00 pm on 93.1 FM and available on demand, wherever you get your podcasts.   <br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682

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