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WTJX NEWSFEED: August 17, 2026

By Marcellina Ventura-Douglas
Published August 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM AST
Pictured: A brush fire burns across the western coastline of St. Croix over the weekend as firefighters worked for hours to contain one of three brush fires reported across the Virgin Islands. The fires come as the territory remains under extreme drought conditions, a burn ban, and elevated fire danger warnings.
Source: Virgin Islands Consortium
Pictured: A brush fire burns across the western coastline of St. Croix over the weekend as firefighters worked for hours to contain one of three brush fires reported across the Virgin Islands. The fires come as the territory remains under extreme drought conditions, a burn ban, and elevated fire danger warnings.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Three brush fires kept VIFEMS crews busy over the weekend, including a St. Croix blaze that began as a vehicle fire before spreading into nearby vegetation and one on St. Thomas near the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital and Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute.

A St. Thomas man has been arrested after police say they discovered him naked inside a ransacked Estate Fortuna residence.

The USVI Nike RBI 18U girls softball team returned home as World Series champions after making history with the program's first national title in a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros.

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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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