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WTJX NEWSFEED: February 20, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas
Published February 20, 2026 at 5:40 PM AST
Pictured: Fire crews quickly contained a fire outside a building located in the Peter’s Rest Shoppes and Warehouses.
Photo Credit: WTJX/Jamar Hewlett
Pictured: Fire crews quickly contained a fire outside a building located in the Peter’s Rest Shoppes and Warehouses.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze involving furniture outside a warehouse in Peter’s Rest Wednesday evening, with no injuries reported and the cause still under investigation. A legislative hearing scheduled for today on the long-delayed Paul E. Joseph Stadium project was postponed for a second time due to the unavailability of key testifiers. DPNR’s latest beach water quality tests found Princess Condo Row, Magens Bay, and Honeymoon Beach unsafe for swimming, while most other monitored beaches met safety standards. A 43-year-old St. Croix man has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual offenses involving a minor, admitting to police that he kissed the teen but claiming it occurred during what he described as a moment of meditation, while denying the more serious allegations. 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&nbsp;the&nbsp;historic&nbsp;newspaper, The&nbsp;St. Croix Avis.&nbsp;Marcellina earned her&nbsp;bachelor’s degree in criminal justice&nbsp;from the University of the Virgin Islands,&nbsp;also&nbsp;working in the office of Senator Shawn-Michael Malone while she attended school.&nbsp;After leaving Malone's office,&nbsp;Marcellina&nbsp;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.&nbsp;She then joined WTJX-TV, Channel 12 as a producer, but was soon&nbsp;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&nbsp;podcasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>Email: mvdouglas@wtjx.org<br/>Phone: (340) 474-1682
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