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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 15, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM AST

Pictured: Senator Ray Fonseca speaks during a meeting of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance on July 13, 2026.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: As residents deal with the latest streak of water and power disruptions, Senator Ray Fonseca says he is introducing legislation that would allow the court to temporarily appoint an independent outside manager to run WAPA.
The Virgin Islands Supreme Court is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented change in leadership, as Chief Justice Rhys Hodge and two other justices retire from the bench this year.
And the Virgin Islands Track and Field team has returned home from a championship event in Mexico where it set three national records. Listen to these stories and more.

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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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