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WTJX NEWSFEED: November 13, 2026

Pictured: Sanitation workers collect and dispose of garbage at a roadside dumpster on St. Thomas, highlighting the potential risks they face from improperly discarded needles and other medical sharps in household waste.
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Pictured: Sanitation workers collect and dispose of garbage at a roadside dumpster on St. Thomas, highlighting the potential risks they face from improperly discarded needles and other medical sharps in household waste.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority is calling for safer disposal of used needles and other medical sharps to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries among sanitation workers handling household waste.

A proposed 170-room hotel near Morningstar Beach has cleared a major legislative rezoning hurdle, but its developers must still finalize the design, obtain permits and address concerns raised by neighboring property owners.

Former Virgin Islands Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe's federal bank fraud case remains in pretrial proceedings as his defense considers challenging whether the case should be prosecuted in Puerto Rico.

Listen to these stories and more.

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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