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(BECQ) — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality  analyzes water samples collected from Saipan’s west coast recreational beaches and storm drainages every week.

LIEUTENANT Gov. Dennis James C. Mendiola and Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Lt. Justin Paul Mizutani pleaded not guilty Monday to refiled misconduct in public office charges during an arraignment before Superior Court Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja.

COMMONWEALTH Economic Development Authority Executive Director Derek T. Sasamoto supports Senate Bill 24-25, which would allow CEDA to lend up to $100,000 per applicant.

THE House of Representatives has approved nearly $1 million in tobacco settlement funds for the Marianas Visitor Authority.

FOLLOWING closing arguments Monday afternoon, Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo told jurors he will deliver instructions for deliberations Tuesday morning in the sexual abuse trial of Justin Diaz, 40.

KOROR, Palau (Press Release) — A 6,200-nautical-mile traditional voyaging journey is underway across the Pacific, placing ancestral navigation, youth, and ocean science at the center of a growing global climate dialogue.

(CNMI SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network at Northern Marianas College, through its Lead Center on Saipan and the Tinian Small Business Development Center, will host a series of federal contracting training sessions designed to help local businesses better understand and prep…

EDUCATION Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho on Thursday assured parents and educators that learning at Koblerville Elementary School will continue uninterrupted as the campus prepares for its first major reconstruction project in nearly four decades.

MARIANAS High School bested six other high schools in the highly competitive CNMI High School Mock Trial competition held March 5–6, 2026, at the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona served as the presiding judge for the championship round.

TRASH collection company Art Man Trash is raising concerns about illegal trash dumping at Smiling Cove Marina.