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WTJX NEWSFEED: September 17, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published September 17, 2026 at 6:12 PM AST

Photo Caption: A Tesla Powerwall Install on St. Croix.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Virgin Islands Energy Office says it successfully tested its virtual power plant program, coordinating hundreds of privately-owned Tesla Powerwalls across the territory to feed power back onto the grid, and it's offering financial incentives to get more residents to enroll.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an apparent suicide on St. Thomas, after a man was found hanging in a building near Market Square Wednesday morning.

And the Virgin Islands Department of Health is leading the charge on a new disease surveillance system.

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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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