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GOVERNOR David M. Apatang last week renominated Theodore R. Parker to the Health Care Professions Licensing Board.

THE House of Representatives, during an emergency session on Friday, unanimously passed House Bill 24-74, appropriating $1 million in trust income proceeds from the Marianas Public Land Trust to fund a portion of household allotments for Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November 2025.

REPRESENTATIVE Joel Castro Camacho on Friday announced his candidacy for the Saipan mayoral race in 2026. The incumbent mayor is Ramon B. Camacho.

THE Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation has avoided utility disconnection after signing a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. on Friday at the Governor’s Office.

ON Friday afternoon, community volunteer and Division of Parks and Recreation employee Max Aguon, along with co-worker Joe Agulto, found used motor oil dumped in a trash bin at Smiling Cove Marina. Aguon suspects it came from one of the boats at the marina.

CLARISSA Adlawan entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and to money laundering conspiracy, as charged in Counts 1 and 7 of the indictment, at a change of plea hearing in federal court on Tuesday.

EDUCATORS, policymakers, and community leaders in the CNMI gathered Nov. 5 and 6 at Saipan World Resort for a two-day symposium aimed at assessing and strengthening the preservation of Chamorro and Carolinian languages and culture.

THE Civil Service Commission on Thursday elected a new set of officers.

GOOD-HEARTED people initiated acts of kindness by providing emergency food assistance to participants in the Nutrition Assistance Program who did not receive their electronic benefit transfer to pay for food last week due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

(Commonwealth Utilities Corporation) — There will be a scheduled power service interruption on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.