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DISTRICT Court for the NMI designated Judge David O. Carter will visit Rota on Feb. 25 to inspect Commonwealth Utilities Corp. facilities.

THE Senate on Thursday confirmed the nominations of Dave Guerrero and Mike Evangelista to the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents.

THE Commonwealth is reflecting on the life of Lino Mettao “Tata Lino” Olopai, a revered Carolinian cultural leader, master navigator, and guardian of ancestral knowledge who passed away peacefully on Jan. 29 at the age of 86. His loss is deeply felt across the Marianas, where he was widely regarded…

(Office of the CNMI Governor) — Senior officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Office of Insular Affairs are in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week to engage in a series of high-level meetings focused on fiscal reform progress, audit milestones, and budgeta…

(Department of Finance) — As a reminder, Financial Services is relocating to its Capitol Hill office. Operations will be temporarily closed on Feb. 5, 6, and 9, 2026.

(Press Release) — The Division of Coastal Resources Management hosted the second CNMI Wetlands Management & Stakeholder Coordination Workshop on Jan. 29, 2026 at the Pacific Islands Club. The session brought together representatives from various agencies — including CUC, DEQ, DLNR, DPL, DPW, MI…

BEER bottles and cans were dumped near Johnny’s Bar, between the plants along Palm Street and Beach Road, by workers of a company contracted to clean the main Garapan tourist district, attorney David Banes told Variety on Tuesday afternoon.

THE Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday refiled 13 misconduct charges against Lt. Gov. Dennis James C. Mendiola and Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Lt. Justin Paul Mizutani, reviving a public-integrity case that collapsed last month over prosecutorial errors. The new filing …

FORMER Imperial Pacific International majority shareholder Lijie Cui was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Wednesday and is now awaiting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudication of her application to adjust status, Variety learned.

IN September last year, the Senate heeded the clamor of concerned local residents and rejected Mariana Eland Corporation’s proposal to lease the 1.4 million-square-meter property previously occupied by Kan Pacific’s Mariana Resort & Spa in Marpi.