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THIRTY eighth-grade students at Tinian Junior/Senior High School marked their promotion on Wednesday morning, May 27, becoming the first class of the 2025–2026 school year to be formally celebrated since Super Typhoon Sinlaku struck the island in mid-April.

THE Department of Public Safety is urging residents and business owners to remain vigilant as officers investigate a series of burglaries reported during and after Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

SELF-EMPLOYED workers — from barbers and hairstylists to mobile food operators, taxi drivers, and home-based service providers — are being urged to apply for federal disaster loans as the U.S. Small Business Administration expands its outreach following Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

MORE than a month after Super Typhoon Sinlaku made landfall in the Northern Mariana Islands, grounded fishing vessels remain at Smiling Cove Marina as contractors continue dredging the storm-altered channel to restore safe passage for recreational boats and commercial fishing vessels.

(MVA) — As the Marianas prepares for the anticipated return of direct international flights from its key visitor markets, the Marianas Visitors Authority Board of Directors met Wednesday, May 27, 2026, to advance several initiatives focused on restoring tourism, strengthening destination readiness,…

AMID public outrage over the increasing cost of electricity, Rep. Vincent “Kobre” Aldan said requiring the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to undergo an audit by an independent third-party expert “is more important now than ever.”

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang has signed into law House Local Bill 24-53, which appropriates $220,000 in electronic gambling license fee collections for the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance and the operations of the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation.

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang last week submitted the reappointment of Dina A. Tenorio to the Northern Marianas Technical Institute Board of Trustees.