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Pictured: The Virgin Islands Legislature raised a Pride flag in June 2024 at their St. Croix location (as well as St. Thomas and St. John) and five months later stalled a bill submitted by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. that would have created a formal process for changing gender markers on government-issued IDs.

WTJX NEWSFEED: October 9, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Last November lawmakers stalled legislation submitted by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. that provided for a judicial process that grants gender marker and name change on government-issued identification. Almost a year later, the governor took matters into his own hands, signing Executive Order no. 543-2025, establishing the formal process by which individuals in the VI may request a change to the gender marker on their official government-issued documents.

Senator Kenneth Gittens speaks during a Committee on Rules and Judiciary meeting Thursday in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room on St. Croix.

Senate VP Kenneth Gittens calls for serious review of Senator Carla Joseph’s conduct as Rules chair

Senators Kenneth Gittens and Alma Francis Heyliger urge leadership to address Senator Carla Joseph’s ‘unprofessional’ behavior.

Pictured: Senate President Milton Potter chairs a September 17 Committee of the Whole and Session in the Earl B Legislative Hall on St. Thomas

WTJX NEWSFEED: October 17, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Following the news that SNAP benefits will be disrupted in November, Senate President Milton Potter announced plans to introduce emergency legislation to use the Rainy Day Fund to keep food assistance and social programs running during the federal government shutdown.

Pictured: VING Chief of Staff Lt. Colonel Arthur Hector and JFL Chief Executive Officer Darlene Baptiste hold up a signed memorandum of understanding that will connect Army veterans with employment opportunities at JFL through the Army’s Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) program.

WTJX NEWSFEED: September 19, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center on St. Croix has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to help connect veterans with jobs through the Army’s PaYS program. Police on St. Croix have arrested a 47-year-old man in connection with an assault at the old American Paradise gym that left a man hospitalized with a broken arm and multiple injuries.

Pictured: Students wait outside of the Lockhart K-8 School after being evacuated due to a threat called into the campus.

WTJX NEWSFEED: September 22, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Lockhart K-8 School on St. Thomas was evacuated today after a 911 call reported a possible weapon and bomb on campus.

WTJX NEWSFEED: September 15, 2025

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Residents are mourning the passing of Louis Taylor Jr., a celebrated Virgin Islands musician, teacher, and athlete who died on his 76th birthday. The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority has appointed Hannibal Michael Ware as its new executive director.

Governor Albert Bryan Jr, speaks with (from left to right) Guam's Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio, CNMI Governor David Apatang, and American Samoa Governor Pula'ali'i Nikolao Pula at the Department of the Interior's IGIA Mid-Year Plenary in Washington, D.C. this month.

Op-Ed: Why the Virgin Islands Must Take Control of Rising Healthcare Costs

Albert Bryan Jr. is the ninth elected Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United States.

Thomas Simon, of St. John, is pictured in a 2011 mugshot.

St. John man accepts plea deal after arrest in cocaine sting, altercation with suspected drug dealer

Thomas Simon pleads guilty after selling cocaine to undercover DEA agent on St. John and following an altercation with suspected drug dealer Shakoi Mactavious.

Joseph Decourcy, a St. John business owner whose company, WVJD LLC, operates Wharfside Village Hotel in Cruz Bay, was recently arrested in North Carolina after allegedly breaking into a home and assaulting an occupant.

St. John’s Wharfside Village Hotel owner arrested in North Carolina for breaking into home, assault

Joseph Decourcy, whose company operates Wharfside Village Hotel, charged with simple assault after allegedly breaking into home and repeatedly punching an occupant.

Malique Daniel holds his kitten Bobbi outside the remains of the apartment building that was destroyed in a predawn fire on Wednesday. Daniel initially believed both of his kittens had died in the blaze; Bobbi escaped, but his other kitten, Zobbi, did not survive.

Malique Daniel loses residence, pet, livelihood in fire near Blackbeard’s Castle on St. Thomas

A predawn fire destroyed apartments near Blackbeard’s Castle on St. Thomas. One tenant lost his home and livelihood, but later learned one of his two kittens survived.

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