Northern Marianas

Four environmental groups in the Northern Marianas say the northern two-thirds of Tinian will be blanketed with mortar and artillery bombardment if thousands of US Marines are allowed to relocate to…

An increase in average international fuel prices has prompted the utilities company in the Northern Marianas to raise its power rates from next month.

Volcanic haze from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has now reached the Northern Marianas and Guam, over 6,000 kilometres away.

A bill that would have allowed some poker arcades to keep operating in some villages on Saipan has been thumbed down by Northern Marianas Governor Ralph Torres.

A Northern Marianas historian says the Spanish came so close to "eradicating" the native culture and only snippets remain of how the islands' ancestors lived during pre-colonial times.

Two illegal construction workers in the Northern Marianas were arrested by US Immigration and Customs officers last week in a sign that federal officials are cracking down on such activity in the…

In the Northern Marianas, a bill allowing poker arcades to operate in southwestern Saipan was approved by a local delegation last week.

Pedro Tenorio, the CNMI's longest serving governor, died yesterday following a long illness.

The Northern Marianas is to replace almost 800 wooden power poles which had been damaged by Super Typhoon Soudelor.

For the first time ever the Micronesian Games basketball competition will follow international eligibility rules.

The Northern Marianas Senate has passed a bill decriminalising the use and possession of marijuana.

The Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation in the Northern Marianas has passed a bill that requires the removal blighted buildings.

The House of Representatives in the Northern Marianas has passed another bill appropriating US$8.3 million to address the mould and air conditioning issues of the judiciary's main building.

An indigenous group in the Northern Marianas says it opposes any extension to public land leases to existing hotels and it wants to take over businesses established on the lands after the leases…

A flotilla of two native canoes and one western sailboat have set sail from Saipan to Pagan in the Northern Marianas.

Consumers in the Northern Marianas have been warned against eating romaine lettuce due to the risk of bacterial infection.

The cost of fixing the House of Justice's mould problem in the Northern Marianas has been given a price tag of US$7 million.

United Airlines is replacing smaller turboprop planes with Boeing 737-800 jets that can easily seat 166 passengers for Saipan-Guam route.