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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 29, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM AST

Pictured: A brush fire caused land to be burned alongside St. Croix’s South Shore Road.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Yesterday, 30 acres were lost to a brush fire on St. Croix's South Shore Road. We speak with Fire and Emergency Medical Services Director Antonio Stevens for details.

ICE says it is not currently seeking proposals to build a secure housing facility on St. Thomas, after a federal procurement document sparked news reports of a possible new immigration detention center on the island.

And Fly The Whale is now offering daily flights between St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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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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