Local News

CPA, Eastern Power Solutions sign MOU for Saipan solar farm

June 23, 2026• Local News

THE Commonwealth Ports Authority and Eastern Power Solutions have entered into a memorandum of understanding to develop a solar farm on CPA property in Saipan.
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CUC not ‘sitting on piles of gold,’ counsel says

June 23, 2026• Local News

COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corporation board legal counsel Michael Ernest told the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission on June 18 that the utility is “not sitting on piles of gold,” pushing back against what he described as persistent misinformation about CUC’s financial condition.
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Alaska sex offender pleads guilty to registration violation in NMI

June 23, 2026• Local News

A MAN convicted in Alaska nearly two decades ago of sexually abusing a minor is scheduled to be sentenced in September after pleading guilty in federal court to failing to register as a sex offender while living in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Saipan, Tinian students return to school as summer program begins

June 23, 2026• Local News

TWO months after Super Typhoon Sinlaku forced an early end to the school year, students across Saipan and Tinian walked back into classrooms Monday.
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Sports

June 23, 2026• Local Sports

Arboliras dominates Street Session Volume 2 at Capital Hill Skate Park debut

June 23, 2026• Local Sports

Peyton Basa wins double gold at NMA Open Track & Field Meet

June 23, 2026• Local Sports

D’Outcast, New Summit open MIBL 2026 with key wins

June 22, 2026• Local Sports

Braves rally from 4-0 hole to secure repeat championship

June 22, 2026• Local Sports

Short-handed Saipan G-Rollers earn respect in Guam 3×3 tournament run

June 22, 2026• Local Sports

Maliwanag, Licayan lead standout performances in MYBA billiards action

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Editorials

What Sen. Castro and MVA said

June 18, 2026• Editorials

In the case of the House bills that triggered the current legislative hullabaloo, did the House conduct public hearings before acting on the measures? Were CUC, CPUC, or other experts consulted or given the opportunity to provide comments? If not, why not?
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Déjà vu at CUC

June 11, 2026• Editorials

We are good at identifying glaring problems and coming up with sensible solutions. But the follow-through leaves much to be desired.
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Zero

June 4, 2026• Editorials

Everyone on Capital Hill is “for education.” Yet they passed a budget that forced PSS to reduce the number of its school days. Elected officials are also “for public health,” but they have consistently underfunded the medical referral program.
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FAC fury and political amnesia

May 28, 2026• Editorials

A curious thing to hear: an elected official condemning CUC’s management while praising its rank and file for their “good work.” Who does he think oversees them and sets the direction needed to ensure efficient operations?
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Letters

Questions

June 15, 2026• Letters to the Editor

The major problem is the fuel source along with normal bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Urgently needed: An amendment to HR 8800 to include the CNMI

June 14, 2026• Letters to the Editor

As you know, the issue on inclusion of the CNMI in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act or RECA as “downwinders” is not new to the CNMI delegate’s office.
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Opinions

Trek through the jungle

June 21, 2026• Columnists

NEAR Bird Island at the northern end of Saipan there is a trail that leads west through the jungle, over the hump of Marpi and down to As Matuis. It is not for everyone but if you want to feel the island breathe, take its pulse and smell its scents you should hike this trail.
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What CUC said

June 18, 2026• Columnists

Politicians can advocate for and commiserate with ratepayers all they want, but someone still has to pay for generating power and providing CUC’s services.
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Business

US gasoline prices tumble for sixth straight week

June 23, 2026• Business News

Diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran has translated into relief at the pump for Americans, data showed on Monday, with gasoline ​prices falling for a sixth straight week and marking a 15% drop ‌from their May peak.
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Regional/World

Marshall Islands digital money gets FEMM exposure

June 23, 2026• Regional, World

When Pacific Island Finance ministers gather Tuesday in Majuro for their annual meeting, they will not only hear about this north Pacific nation’s new digital money system, they will also get a hands-on opportunity to use it at a night market being held in conjunction with the meeting.
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National

Alan Greenspan, Fed ‘maestro’ through years of boom and bust, dies at 100

June 23, 2026• National

Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday aged 100, his wife said.
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