AROUND Saipan you see many names and places related to sugar: Sugar Dock, Sugar King Road, Sugar KingPark, the old sugar train. Clearly, this was an important part of the island’s history. Many ...

AT a proclamation signing honoring farmers and ranchers at the governor’s office on Friday, June 6, the Saipan Agriculture Farmers Association Committee announced that the Saipan Agricultural Fair ...

WASHINGTON — Following the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the 2025 Reconciliation Bill, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1),” U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds ...

THE Commonwealth’s population went down by about 12% to 47,329 in 2020 from 53,883 in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Conducted early in 2020, before the Covid-19 shut down the tourism ...

DAVID Matthew Frahm, a former Marianas High School music teacher, on Tuesday pled guilty to possessing child pornography and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. Finding the defendant ...

HERMAN’S Modern Bakery, one of the oldest businesses in Micronesia, has announced the appointment of Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero as its new general manager. Herman’s has been serving the ...

THE Bears continue to hold on to a top-five spot in the leaderboards of the 2025 Saipan Baseball League after collecting their third win of the season with a 7-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Monday ...

DESPITE the defense’s objection, Superior Court Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja granted the CNMI government’s request to change the date of Shayne Villanueva’s bench trial. Villanueva was charged ...

FIRE broke out at Hong Yuan Department Store, a clothes retail shop in Garapan, on Sunday morning. The Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services said it was still trying to determine the cause ...

THE Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, under the Office of the Governor, is updating the Standard State Mitigation Plan for the five-year period beginning 2024. The SSMP presents the range of natural ...

SEAN Gil, the inaugural winner of Marianas Surf Skate League’s Marianas Skate Series in 2023, claimed the title once again in the 2-5-3 Expert Competition at Garapan Skate Park on Saturday. The ...

(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce earlier this month hosted representatives from the United States Pacific Air Forces or PACAF to discuss business opportunities for Chamber members and strengthen ...