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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 6, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published October 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM AST

Pictured: Medical waste found overflowing behind the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Despite used needles, blood vials and other medical waste found overflowing behind the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital, the hospital maintains it follows “established procedures for collecting, securing, storing, and preparing medical waste for disposal.”

A generator fire has forced Divi Carina Bay Resort and Casino on St. Croix to close its hotel and move guests elsewhere, as the casino continues operating on a backup generator.

And police have arrested Kaden Durand for the murder of 23-year-old Asani Henry, who was shot to death in the Hospital Ground area on St. Thomas in June.

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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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