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GOVERNOR David M. Apatang said on Monday that he and the House leadership are looking into the pending $29 million loan from the Marianas Public Land Trust to fund the $3.9 million Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for at least the month of November while the federal government remains shut dow…

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has scheduled a jury trial for Nores S. Langu, who is accused of allowing his friend, Mariano Falig Jr., to sexually assault Langu’s common-law wife while she was asleep.

(NMC-CREES) — To strengthen agriculture in the Commonwealth, Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services has launched a project to introduce and test several tropical fruit varieties from Malaysia.

(CNMI HSEM) — Based on information received from the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam and compiled at the CNMI Emergency Operations Center-State Warning Point, a developing circulation is expected to move toward the southern Marianas Wednesday afternoon through Thursday night. Heavy showers,…

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang and Lt. Gov. Dennis James Mendiola on Monday declared November as NMI veterans and military families’ month and November 3 to 11, 2025 as CNMI Veterans Week.

THE Department of Public Works on Monday submitted to the Civil Service Commission a statement of issues in response to the statement of issues that attorney Michael W. Dotts filed on behalf of former DPW Public Information Officer Felipe Q. Atalig’s complaints and claims.

Shane Mendiola, a former boating safety officer, received a five-year prison sentence for trafficking crystal meth, highlighting the government’s intensified efforts against illegal drugs. His release is scheduled for January 2028.

Educators in the Northern Mariana Islands are equipped with innovative intervention tools from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, enhancing their ability to deliver personalized, data-driven instruction and support every learner in the classroom.

The NMI Supreme Court has ruled that cost-of-living adjustments for retirees are not constitutionally protected, impacting hundreds of former government employees across the commonwealth by affirming only core pension benefits are guaranteed.