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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 16, 2023

On today's NewsFeed, Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, talks about the brown water issues facing residents on St. Croix. Amid a 300% rate increase from the Department of Sports Park and Recreations, cruise ship vendors are seeking help, we speak with an affected vendor.

Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett speaks during a press conference today outside the United States Capitol.

Federal lawmakers, civil rights groups call on DOJ to denounce Supreme Court’s racist Insular Cases

Members of Congress, civil rights groups urge U.S. Department of Justice to disavow and cease its reliance on the Supreme Court’s racist Insular Cases.

John McCoy, an employee at the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency who filed a nomination petition to run for a seat in the Senate, has requested for the Elections System of the Virgin Islands to withdraw his name as a nominated candidate due to required leave of absence.

Gov’t employees running for public office, including 6th Constitutional Convention, must take leave

Leave of absence requirement for government employees seeking public office creates financial burden; Senator Marise James seeks to adjust held bill to amend law.

He fled Syria's war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte gives presentation to members of the USVI Hotel & Tourism Association at their annual meeting on Thursday.

Boschulte highlights importance of attracting younger demographic to VI during annual HTA meeting

Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte updates USVI Hotel & Tourism Association on efforts to attract younger tourist demographic through social media and data analytics.

Darlene Baptiste, who was born on St. Thomas and was appointed in 2003 as the first full-time commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Health, will start her new role as chief executive officer of the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center on February 5, 2025.

Former VI Health Commissioner Darlene Baptiste hired to lead JFL as chief executive officer

Darlene Baptiste, a St. Thomas native appointed in 2003 as first full-time commissioner of VI Department of Health, to start role as hospital CEO February 5, 2025.

The St. Croix Preservation Committee today directed attorney Trudy Fenster to remove cinder blocks, a concrete planter, and bricks enclosing half the stairway that were constructed without authorization on the sidewalk in front of her building on the corner of Custom and Church streets in downtown Christiansted.

Historic Preservation orders Trudy Fenster to remove unauthorized bricks, planter in Christiansted

St. Croix Historic Preservation Committee directs attorney Trudy Fenster to remove unauthorized sidewalk construction in front of her building in downtown Christiansted.

WTJX NEWSFEED: May 21, 2024

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, St. Croix Chief of Detectives, Naomi Joseph, is asking for the community's help to locate 62-year-old Raymond Ward (0:51). Senator Donna Frett-Gregory has announced she will not seek re-election (2:46).

WTJX NEWSFEED: October 30, 2023

On today's NewsFeed, Governor Albert Bryan Jr announced his application for a federal declaration of national emergency regarding the water crisis facing St. Croix residents. The Division of Personnel is conducting elections for the Government Employees Service Commission.

The lifeless body of 41-year-old Samuel Ruiz Jr. was discovered outside the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center behind this generator room near the fence line on January 3, a day after he arrived at the hospital to be treated for severe abdominal pain.

Sister of man who died outside JFL while waiting for emergency care sues hospital board, doctor

Wrongful death lawsuit alleges medical negligence at Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center after Samuel Ruiz Jr. dies outside while waiting for emergency care.

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