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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 1, 2026

By Isabelle Teare
Published October 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM AST
Pictured: The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands statue on St. Thomas. The fourth queen, Susanna “Bottom Belly” Abrahamson, is not featured in the statue as her role as a leader in the Fireburn was not uncovered until 2004, when historian and former Senator Wayne James' archival research found historical documents in Denmark.
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Pictured: The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands statue on St. Thomas. The fourth queen, Susanna “Bottom Belly” Abrahamson, is not featured in the statue as her role as a leader in the Fireburn was not uncovered until 2004, when historian and former Senator Wayne James' archival research found historical documents in Denmark.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Today is Contract Day, the 148th anniversary of the Fireburn on St. Croix. We speak with Stephanie Chalana Brown, state director of the Division of Virgin Islands Cultural Education, about how Contract Day gives Virgin Islanders a language for examining labor today.

The Health Department says it needs nearly $2 million from senators to pay off a debt in the territory's AIDS drug program, and it is warning that care for people living with HIV could be at risk if the bill goes unpaid.

And after FEMA placed the territory's recovery work under an enhanced compliance review, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. says a meeting with the agency has opened the door to federal help with speeding up stalled projects and housing construction workers.

Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare
Isabelle Teare&nbsp;is the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of WTJX.&nbsp;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&nbsp;she&nbsp;specialized&nbsp;in radio broadcast and audio storytelling.&nbsp;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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