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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 9, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM AST

Pictured: Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. shakes hands with St. Barths President Xavier Ledee after signing a twinning agreement to promote cultural, social, and economic ties between the islands on March 10, 2026.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: As the territory celebrates French Heritage Week, Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. has signed a proclamation declaring July 9 “Virgin Islands St. Barths Friendship Day.”
Nearly a year after police fatally shot 48-year-old Alejandro “Alex” Tores III in LBJ Gardens on St. Croix, his mother says she is still waiting for answers.
And the Area Labor Federation has thrown its support behind delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett in the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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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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