On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority hosted its first Lineworker Exhibition & Festival at the Agricultural Fairgrounds to showcase the skills, safety practices, and everyday work of its linemen, while also honoring crews who helped restore power in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa.

Judge denies Martinez & O’Neal’s motions for acquittal in 48-page ruling; rejects Whitaker’s bid for sentencing delay in separate ruling.

Senators approve bill with election-related amendments barring convicted felons from public offices, increasing campaign donations, and changing early voting dates.

Measure allows Waste Management Authority to use air curtain incinerators at landfills when other methods are unavailable, while imposing air monitoring requirements.

Former Senator James Weber III and Roy Sheridan disqualified in separate cases involving district filing rules and running mate consent issues. 

Sheridan names ‘Horris’ Graham on gubernatorial petition despite Graham saying he refused to run; crowded fields emerge for Legislature, Congress, and territorial boards.  

Lawsuit accuses Tramway Properties of deliberately hiring workers without contractor licenses, then using their vulnerability to underpay or stiff them entirely.