Northern Marianas

The Northern Marianas Department of Public Safety says crime has plummeted as a result of its war on drugs.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale has struck near the Northern Mariana Islands in the north Pacific.

The Chinese company behind a troubled casino development on Saipan has asked for another extension on a looming government deadline.

For the first time in decades, the Northern Marianas government doesn't owe a penny to its utility company, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation.

The Northern Marianas Seafaring Traditions Programme has completed its first canoe house, ensuring the islands' renewed interest in building traditional canoes continues.

A federal judge has said the US military didn't err in relocating Marines to Guam, or in its plans for live fire training in the Northern Marianas.

The electoral commission in the Northern Marianas has printed 22,000 ballots for November's elections.

The goal of providing 24-hour water supply to all residents of the Northern Marianas island of Saipan is closer to fruition.

Two politicians in the Northern Marianas have explained why they did not support the House of Representatives' decision to legalise marijuana.

All students at public schools in the Northern Marianas are to get free meals starting this school year.

A Northern Marianas construction company is demanding payment of US$160,000 for unpaid electrical and mechanical services provided to the Imperial Pacific casino project.

A former police officer from China has been sentenced to five years in prison in the Northern Marianas for possession of large amounts of methamphetamine or "ice".

A Northern Marianas man has been named as the new commander of the American Samoa Detachment Unit of the US Army Reserve in Pago Pago.

Construction workers at the Imperial Pacific Resort in the Northern Marianas have been placed on "temporary leave" as the company and its main contractors, Pacific Rim Constructors, renegotiate a new…

The US president Donald Trump has signed into law a bill which would allow foreign workers in the Northern Marianas for another ten years.

A huge casino development in the Northern Marianas is seeking an extension on a government deadline for it to complete the facility on Saipan.

The Northern Marianas is amenable to being designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area if it can help eradicate drug trafficking in the Commonwealth.

The governor of the Northern Marianas has issued the all clear for Saipan, Tinian, and Rota after Tropical Storm Maria moved away.

The Northern Marianas government is hunkering down for the worst with the possibility that Tropical Storm Maria could intensify into a typhoon overnight.