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(SCC) — With just two weeks remaining, the Saipan Chamber of Commerce will host its most prestigious annual event, the 2025 Business Person of the Year & Board of Directors Installation Gala, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Kensington Hall, Kensington Hotel Saipan.

(SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network is pleased to announce the official venues for its 2026 CNMI Industry Day events, returning for its second year with a three-island series designed to connect local businesses with government and military procurement opportunities across t…

(Commonwealth Utilities Corporation) — There will be a scheduled water service interruption for portions of Papago on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

(Commonwealth Utilities Corporation) — There will be a scheduled water service interruption on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in As Lito.

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

THE Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission is putting the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. on notice after determining that CUC has failed for years to comply with a CNMI law requiring annual reconciliation and partial payout of customer net-metering credits.

GARAPAN Central Park has been closed to the public after staff discovered that power lines leading to the facility were deliberately cut, according to the Division of Parks and Recreation.

THE Department of Community and Cultural Affairs’ Division of Youth Services on Monday reported 98 new “child safety concerns” and two newborns who tested positive for methamphetamine in the first quarter of 2026.

THE family of a 64‑year‑old woman who died on Feb. 9, 2024, after a fall and rapid medical decline at the local hospital, has filed a wrongful‑death lawsuit in Superior Court, accusing the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. of negligence and failing to provide adequate care.

REPRESENTATIVE Roman C. Benavente last week pushed for the completion of Obyan Beach and Ladder Beach Road projects, which have been delayed for almost two years.